Syllabus
1)Introduction 2)Concepts of minority in law and in social sciences/humanities. Minorities in Central Europe. (Reading: Gleason, Wirth) 3)Ethnomusicology as a "minority" discipline? 4)Key theoretical concepts of minority music research in ethnomusicology (Reading: Turino) 5)Music and migration - Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews in Israel (Reading: Shiloah) 6)Music and identity 1: ZIMU - Kabyle musician in Paris (Reading: Lundberg or Skořepová - ZIMU (in French)) 7)Music and identity 2: Ziriab - Arabic music in the Czech Republic (Reading: Skořepová - Ziriab) 8)Selfpresentation strategies of immigrant communities in the Czech Republic 1 (Reading: Skořepová - Acculturation strategies...) 9)Selfpresentation strategies of immigrant communities in the Czech Republic 2 10)Myth of Romani Music in Prague (Reading: Jurková) 11)Viennese Czechs in the 21st century 1 (Reading: Reyes) 12)Viennese Czechs in the 21st century 2 13)Final discussion
Obligatory bibliography:
Reyes, A., Songs of the Caged, Songs of the Free, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999. Jurková, Z. et al., Prague Soundscapes, Praha: Karolinum, 2014.
Recommended bibliography:
Slobin, M., Subcultural Sounds. Micromusics of the West, Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press, 2000.
Kaufman Shelemay, K., Let Jasmine Rain Down. Songs and Remembrance among Syrian Jews, London, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Butler, Kim D. 2001. "Defining Diaspora, Refining a Discourse". Diaspora 10 (2): 189-219.
Gleason, Philip. 1991. "Minorities (Almost) All: The Minority Concept in American Social Thought". American Quarterly 43 (3): 392-424. Jurková, Z. 2009. "Myth of Romani Music in Prague". Urban People/Lidé města 11 (2): 351-377. Lundberg, Dan. 2010. "Music as identity marker: individual vs. collective". Migracoes/Music and Migration 7: 29-43. Martiniello, Marco, Lafleur Jean-Michel. 2008. "Ethnic Minorities’ Cultural and Artistic Practices as Forms of Political Expression: A Review of the Literature and a Theoretical Discussion on Music." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 34 (8): 1191-1215. Skořepová Honzlová, Z. 2010. "Ziriab - Arabic Music in the Czech Republic". Urban People/Lidé města 12 (2): 399-417. Skořepová, Z. 2012. "Acculturation Strategies in Musical Self-Presentations of Immigrants in the Czech Republic". Urban People/Lidé města 14 (2): 369-384. Skořepová, Z. 2013. "Contemporary Viennese Czechs and the marginalization of their national identity: Representational and Graduation Ball" in Jurková, Z., Stellmacher, M., Skořepová, Z., Kuhnová, K., Seidlová, V. 2013. Tóny z okrajů: Hudba a marginalita/Sounds from the Margins. Praha: Kher.
Turino, Thomas. 2008. Music as Social Life. The Politics of Participation. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.
Annotation
From its very beginning, ethnomusicology dealt with various musics of minorities from the whole world. In this course, we will introduce the notion and different concepts of "minority" in anthropology and related social sciences/humanities (especially in ethnomusicology) and of development and change of its significance according to regions and time epochs.
Introduction of the eminent topics related to "music and minorities" will be based on selection of key ethnomusicological researches from around the world as well as from the contemporary environment of Central Europe, especially Prague, Czech Republic and Vienna, Austria. The course will be based on lectures and discussions on selection of readings and audio/video examples.
Students will be invited to offer own ideas of research projects.