Policy, Research & Politics
Entre musique et politique, les violons désaccordés
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- Monday, 14 February 2022
Entre candidats à la présidentielle et musiciens, l’heure n’est plus aux flirts engagés d’avant les années 2000. Certains partis ne se soucient guère des droits d’auteurs et les artistes évitent de s’afficher dans les meetings.
Super Bowl 2022: una declaración política y cultural
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- Monday, 14 February 2022
Aunque el rap hace mucho tiempo dejó de ser contracultural, como lo afirma Snoop, hay un sector de la sociedad estadounidense al que no le gustó el anuncio de "el show de medio tiempo más negro de la historia", como lo llamaron varios medios.
#MeToo in the Arts - From call-outs to structural change
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- Wednesday, 02 February 2022
In light of developments since 2017, when the #MeToo movement rose to global prominence, the SHIFT – Shared Initiatives for Training partners (nine European cultural networks and platforms) made a common decision to focus on sexual harassment and power abuse in the European art world.
Seun Kuti: Music, politics and Fela’s legacy
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- Tuesday, 01 February 2022
Seun has also made his mark as an active voice of the people and a politically conscious activist. He has been in the Nigerian scene, voicing out when he should, primarily via his pages on social media platforms.
How the vulgarity of mahraganat taught me to accept my Egyptianess
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- Tuesday, 01 February 2022
With its unfiltered lyrics paying homage to the lives of Egypt’s poor, the genre undermines middle-class fixations with a traditional image of society.
À l'origine de la chanson "Sunday Bloody Sunday" de U2
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- Tuesday, 01 February 2022
En 1983, Bono disait de cette cette chanson que c'était “une chanson de dégoût.” Dégoût d'un conflit meurtrier sans fin, "Sunday Bloody Sunday" a su plaire au plus grand nombre. Voici l’histoire derrière une des chansons les plus politiques et les plus populaires de U2.
El boicot de Neil Young logra la disculpa del antivacunas Joe Rogan y un cambio en Spotify
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- Tuesday, 01 February 2022
La estrella de los podcasts de Spotify promete no volver a criticar las vacunas contra el Covid y pide perdón.
Don't Leave: Reviving the folk songs of Palestinian women
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- Monday, 17 January 2022
For Palestinians, the period of the first Intifada in the late 1980s witnessed a revival and documentation of folkloric songs. There was a drive to collate the dispersed folk heritage that were largely forgotten, plundered, destroyed or lost over the years.
With ban on rallies, political parties turn to music to campaign
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- Sunday, 16 January 2022
With the Election Commission having placed a ban on physical rallies at least till January 15 in light of rising Covid-19 cases, political parties in Uttar Pradesh are turning to music to take their message to the people.
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