Policy, Research & Politics
Five songs the Chinese censors don't want you to hear
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- Tuesday, 12 January 2016
For Chinese musicians, topics like flatulence, Taiwanese girls and suicide are out. Songs that respect so-called “social morality” are in. Or else.
Iranian Ministry Blocks Album Release; Composer Banned From Working
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- Tuesday, 12 January 2016
The latest album of music by Majid Derakhshani, titled Khoroosh (roar), has been denied distribution, with the security department of the Ministry of Guidance stating that the prominent musician is banned from working.
Indonesia: Punk music and Shari’a law
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- Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Punks face the tightening grip of Shari’a law in north Sumatra. This is documented in ‘Street Punk! Banda Aceh’ – a film about a punk community that refuses to die.
Re|Shaping Cultural Policies
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- Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, will launch the first Global Report to monitor the implementation of the 2005 Convention, entitled “Re|Shaping Cultural Policies. A Decade Promoting the Diversity of Cultural expressions for Development”.
Mali: Three years after the music ban
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- Tuesday, 15 December 2015
One of the accusations often levelled at the West is that distance has numbed it to the suffering caused by terrorism and religious intolerance in faraway places.
The First Global Map of Cultural and Creative Industries
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- Tuesday, 15 December 2015
CISAC – the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers – is pleased to present the release of a new study published by EY titled “Cultural Times – The First Global Map of Cultural and Creative Industries”.
Performance interdite pour l’Orchestre symphonique de Téhéran en raison de la présence de femmes dans ses rangs
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- Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Si les musiciennes se produisent habituellement en Iran avec l'orchestre, elles ne peuvent - en tant que femmes - entrer dans l'enceinte d'un stade depuis la révolution islamique de 1979.
UNESCO: Promoting the status of artists and artistic freedom
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- Wednesday, 02 December 2015
Key players from the world of culture debated the status of artists and freedom of artistic expression at a special side event, held on the sidelines of the 38th session of the General Conference at UNESCO HQ on 13 November.
Politics, war, freedom and music in Myanmar
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- Tuesday, 01 December 2015
For decades Myanmar was governed by a brutal military dictatorship. In 2011 that changed. Thousands of political prisoners were released and strict censorship laws relaxed. Today marks the first elections in the country since then. Melanie de Klerk spoke to some former political prisoners still fighting for democracy.
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