Policy, Research & Politics
Don't Get It Twisted: 'We're Not Gonna Take It' Can Be Anyone's Protest Song
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- Tuesday, 04 September 2018
Back in April, teachers in Oklahoma went on strike, demanding increases to salaries and school funding. Their message was amplified by a song — one that, 34 years earlier, had been the sound of student rebellion.
Female composers largely ignored by concert line-ups
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- Tuesday, 04 September 2018
Women in Music project finds that in 1,445 classical concerts across globe only 76 include a work by a woman.
Journée du droit d'auteur africain
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- Tuesday, 04 September 2018
Les industries créatives en ébullition.
How Do the Arts Promote Social Change?
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- Wednesday, 22 August 2018
During the 19th century, American philanthropists sought to use music as a way to alter the course of the nation’s history.
Revolutionary Music and the Social Fabric of Rebellion
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- Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Karaoke is a favourite pastime amongst young people in the country’s war-torn Kachin State. The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) – one of Asia’s oldest and strongest rebel movements – has tapped into the popularity of karaoke for mobilising against the ethnocratic state of Myanmar.
Nigeria: Radio station fined for playing “vulgar and indecent music”
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- Wednesday, 22 August 2018
A Nigerian radio station has been fined by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for playing music with “vulgar and indecent” lyrics in July and August.
Ain’t I A Woman Too
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- Wednesday, 22 August 2018
The classical and contemporary music worlds have recently replaced the buzzword “collaboration” with “diversity,” and that push for broader inclusion has largely centered on women.
Aryana Sayeed: 'I Am Very Aware of the Danger'
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- Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Aryana Sayeed, 33, is the only internationally known pop act in Afghanistan. She is adored by youth -- and hunted by the Taliban.
Daniel Barenboim : « Aujourd'hui, j'ai honte d'être Israélien »
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- Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Le chef d'orchestre s'est insurgé contre le vote d'une loi définissant Israël comme un État-nation juif. Dans le journal Haaretz, il estime que « c'est clairement une forme d'apartheid ».
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