Open AccessBorders and bridges: Preliminary thoughts on Balkan music
Author(s) -
Jim Samson
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
muzikologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0976
pISSN - 1450-9814
DOI - 10.2298/muz0505037s
Subject(s) - appropriation , cultural appropriation , sociology , aesthetics , epistemology , anthropology , art , philosophy
The author discusses methodological questions concerning his broad research project on music in the Balkans. He raises a number of questions related to defining national, cultural, and other identities in this region. The text is organized into four sections: 1. An ecumene, 2. Culture as appropriation 3. Centers and peripheries, and 4. Music gets its own back