Music and Democracy Participatory Approaches (Paperback)

Fritz Truempi

ISBN 10: 3837656578 / ISBN 13: 9783837656572

Published by Transcript Verlag, 2023

About this Item

Paperback. Music and Democracy explores music as a resource for societal transformation processes. This book provides recent insights into how individuals and groups used and still use music to achieve social, cultural, and political participation and bring about social change. The contributors present outstanding perspectives on the topic: From the promise and myth of democratization through music technology to the use of music in imposing authoritarian, neoliberal or even fascist political ideas in the past and present up to music's impact on political systems, governmental representation, and socio-political realities. The volume further features approaches in the fields of gender, migration, disability, and digitalization. This book explores how music relates to democratic participation - on- and offline, throughout cultures, in various times, social settings, and political systems. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Music and Democracy Participatory Approaches (Paperback)
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837656578
• ISBN 13: 9783837656572
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Music and Democracy explores music as a resource for societal transformation processes. This book provides recent insights into how individuals and groups used and still use music to achieve social, cultural, and political participation and bring about social change. The contributors present outstanding perspectives on the topic: From the promise and myth of democratization through music technology to the use of music in imposing authoritarian, neoliberal or even fascist political ideas in the past and present up to music's impact on political systems, governmental representation, and socio-political realities. The volume further features approaches in the fields of gender, migration, disability, and digitalization.

About the Authors

Marko Kölbl ist Assistenzprofessor und Leiter des Instituts für Volksmusikforschung und Ethnomusikologie an der mdw sowie stellvertretender Vorsitzender des Arbeitskreises für Gleichbehandlungsfragen.

Fritz Trümpi (Dr. phil.) is a musicologist and associate professor at the Department of Musicology and Performance Studies at mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. His research focuses on the history of music industries and musicians' organisations, music & politics, and music culture(s) of the late Habsburg Empire and its successor states.