Policy, Research & Politics
Mideast Tunes Radio, la webradio musicale et engagée du Moyen-Orient
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- Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Le blog Mideast Tunes -plateforme unique pour musiciens underground du Moyen-Orient et d’Afrique du Nord qui se servent de la musique comme d’un outil pour le changement social- vient de lancer une toute nouvelle radio en ligne.
Hot music video will make you want to dance and ignore rampant corruption in the Russian government
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- Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Political opposition? Lame, according to Russian pop singer Alisa Vox—who, according to a source who talked to Russian news site Meduza, was paid $35,000 by the Kremlin for her new music video.
“We are all Algerian here”
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- Wednesday, 14 June 2017
What is contemporary “British-Algerianness” in London, and what role does music play in mediating and articulating this sense of localised cultural identity?
Music and Cultural Diplomacy: Linking Continents – Bridging Cultures
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- Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Culture has to be part and parcel of our foreign policy. Culture is a powerful tool to build bridges between people, notably the young, and reinforce mutual understanding.
Artists gather to defend the right to artistic freedom in Bangladesh
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- Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Artists around the world face threats and limitations from government and non-state actors. Such challenges are also a daily reality for Bangladeshi artists.
Playlists of Protest Music and Endangered Languages on New Smithsonian Folkways Site
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- Tuesday, 30 May 2017
“At a time when living culture has a profound role to play in fostering mutual understanding, I am especially proud that we are evolving globally with these new digital platforms and collaborating with partners to bring these stories of cultural diversity to light”.
Every country should have a music export office
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- Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Music market development agency Sound Diplomacy has called for every country in the world to establish a music export initiative, arguing those without export offices are missing out on “economic and cultural opportunities every day” and “limiting the opportunity to create skills, jobs and a better quality of life for their creatives”.
Tourism Vs. The Music Scene
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- Tuesday, 30 May 2017
A city learns where music shouldn’t be, in addition to where it should.
La petite musique de la politique
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- Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Vladimir Poutine n’est pas, loin s’en faut, le premier chef d’Etat à montrer publiquement ses talents musicaux.
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