Policy, Research & Politics
EU Commission seeks views on Europe's audiovisual media rules
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- Thursday, 09 July 2015
The European Commission seeks the views of all interested parties on how to make Europe's audiovisual media landscape fit for purpose in the digital age.
PADETRA: un Contrat Social pour le développement culturellement soutenable de l'Afrique
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- Thursday, 09 July 2015
Le Colloque International du CERDOTOLA 2015 « L'Afrique à la quête d'un développement culturellement soutenable : place et rôle des traditions africaines dans les dynamiques contemporaines d'émergence»; s'est achevé sur l'adoption d'un nouveau concept pour asseoir un développement culturellement soutenable de l'Afrique.
India: 'Guddu Rangeela' in the midst of the 'Mata Ka Email' song controversy
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- Tuesday, 30 June 2015
In the film, Guddu and Rangeela are two small-time orchestra singers based in Haryana, who sing a song 'Mata Ka Email' that has the following lyrics — 'Kal Raat Mata Ka Mujhe Email Aaya Hai, Mata Ne Mujhko Facebook Pe Bulaya Hai'.
Singapore: Music video banned for its pro-LGBT content
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- Tuesday, 30 June 2015
The government's Media Development Authority has confirmed that it advised local broadcasters in Singapore not to air the music video because of 'mature content'.
Ethiopia: The Poetics and Politics of Oromo Resistance
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- Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Stripped of agency, voice, and visibility, the Oromo use poetry, music, and storytelling both to articulate their experiences of marginalization and to resist forms of knowledge and modes of interpretation used to legitimize their oppression.
President Obama's 'Amazing Grace' moment and the power of spontaneous song
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- Tuesday, 30 June 2015
When President Obama broke out in a not-quite-perfect rendition of "Amazing Grace" at the funeral of the Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney in Charleston, S.C., on Friday, he brought the room to its feet and resonated with a TV audience in a way you don't often see at political appearances.
Saudi Arabia: Concert with mixed gender audience cancelled
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- Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Apparently the concert audience was planned to be of 'mixed gender', which incited an opposition campaign against the concert on social media.
Fair Internet for performers!
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- Tuesday, 16 June 2015
The Internet is for everyone.
However, today, whether they are famous or not, performers are still not fairly rewarded when their performances are exploited via online on demand services.
India: Igniting the passion in education through music
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- Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Vetti Yovdhan creates awareness among adivasis through his folk songs and dances.
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