Policy, Research & Politics
A Protest Singer Finds Her Voice in Vietnam’s Police State
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- Tuesday, 16 October 2018
“We keep going,” she said, speaking of artists who offer social commentary under the gaze of Vietnam’s sprawling police state. “But we have to be careful to avoid problems.”
Les Etats-Unis instaurent des droits d'auteur numériques pour les vieux tubes
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- Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Jusqu'à présent, les oeuvres composées avant 1972 ne percevaient pas de royalties lorsqu'elles étaient diffusées sur internet.
Afghan Orchestra Flourishes Despite Violence, Social Pressure
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
The consequences of Afghanistan’s increasingly deadly war are weighing heaviest on the nation’s civilians, with women bearing the brunt of the violence. The Taliban banned music and girls education, and restricted outdoor activities of women when the group was controlling most of Afghanistan.
Citizen-oriented Cohesion Policy with a prominent place for culture
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
In reaction to the European Commission’s proposal for the future EU Cohesion policy, the European Alliance for Culture and the Arts advocates for a citizen-oriented approach of the Cohesion Policy supporting active citizenship and the involvement by communities and individuals.
UN Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
To mark the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur examines the cultural rights approach to the universality of human rights, and the close interrelationship between universality and cultural diversity. She enumerates current threats to universality, calling for foundational renewal and vigorous defence of this principle.
Israeli public radio apologises after playing Hitler's favourite composer Richard Wagner
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
Classical radio station Kol HaMusica on Friday broadcast Wagner’s Twilight of the gods" (Gotterdammerung) despite the country's boycott, prompting a number of complaints from listeners.
Turkey fines major broadcaster for playing ‘homosexual’ P!nk music
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
The video features same-sex couples dancing, which angered conservatives in the Muslim country.
Clip raciste anti-Blanc du rappeur Nick Conrad
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
Il chante : "Je rentre dans des crèches, je tue des bébés blancs, attrapez-les vite et pendez leurs parents, écartelez-les pour passer le temps, divertir les enfants noirs de tout âge petits et grands."
When the music's over
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- Tuesday, 18 September 2018
When Pearl Jam led 50,000 people in a chant of “Save the Showbox” in a Seattle stadium last month, the rockers confronted a question facing many cities: When do the cultural costs of a property boom become too high?
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