The Geography of Music and Indigenous Culture in a Globalizing World
Apropos of last week’s discussion of the intersections of culture, globalization and the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, see this and this weblog post on the Palestinian hip hop phenomenon, and the geography of hip hop more generally. What do you think? Can we consider music as a medium of global forces and local diversity?
In today’s lecture we turn to how indigenous groups are both feeling under threat of globalization, and also using the opportunities it opens up.