Policy, Research & Politics
Facebook censure un groupe de rock pakistanais à la demande du gouvernement
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- Tuesday, 10 June 2014
La page du groupe de rock "Laal" sur le réseau social était aussi un lieu de conversations sur des sujets démocratiques.
Tajikistan: As Tajik rap gets political, authorities resort to bans and pressure
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- Tuesday, 10 June 2014
The mayor of Dushanbe, Tajikistan banned rap and rock music from the capital's buses, minibuses (marshrutkas), and taxis, suggesting that the genre was "alien to national and universal human values," earlier this year.
How Beethoven Rallied Students During the Tiananmen Square Uprising
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- Tuesday, 10 June 2014
There's never been a musical equivalent to that image of the tank, one that continuously reappears in books, films and news coverage. But Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 could qualify, according to first-hand accounts of the pro-democracy protests.
What Weeks Of Debate Have Shown Us About Women In Classical Music
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- Tuesday, 10 June 2014
An astonishing conversation has emerged in the weeks since Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught began her run as Octavian at the Glyndebourne Festival in England.
UN Rapporteur receives complaints on violations of artistic and cultural rights
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- Tuesday, 27 May 2014
The UN special rapporteur in the field of culture has developed a new set of guidelines for individuals and groups that have had their cultural and artistic rights to freedom of expression violated.
Morocco: Rap, Politics Converge in Rabat
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- Tuesday, 27 May 2014
"Singers contribute to the development of social intelligence through the removal of prejudices, and through the analysis of the present, the reality and the truth."
Gambia: Music Unifies, Politics Divides
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- Tuesday, 27 May 2014
The son of Musa Afia Ngum, a great Gambian musician who is currently in Australia touring with Jaaleekaay Band recently said he has no plan to sing for Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh for money.
East Africa: Rapping About East African Women
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- Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Amira Ali takes a critical look at the reconstructed identities of East African women along western political imagination.
Scales of Justice
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- Tuesday, 27 May 2014
How a terrible Supreme Court decision about player pianos made the cover song what it is today.
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