Composing Aid Music, Refugees, and Humanitarian Politics by Oliver Y. Shao Paper

Description: Composing Aid Music, Refugees, and Humanitarian Politics by Oliver Y. Shao Music and arts initiatives are often praised for their capacity to aid in the rehabilitation of refugees. However, it is crucial to recognize that this celebratory view can also mask the unequal power dynamics involved in regulating forced migration. In Composing Aid, Oliver Shao turns a critical ear towards the United Nations-run Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, one of the largest and oldest encampments in the world. This politically engaged ethnography delves into various cultural practices, including hip hop shows, traditional dances, religious ceremonies, and NGO events, in an urbanized borderland area beset with precarity and inequality. How do songs intersect with the politics of belonging in a space controlled by state and humanitarian forces? Why do camp authorities support certain musical activities over others? What can performing artists teach us about the inequities of the international refugee regime?Offering a provocative contribution to ethnomusicological methods through its focus on activist research, Composing Aid elucidates the powerful role of music and the arts in reproducing, contesting, and reimagining the existing migratory order. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Oliver Shao is Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. BelongingAfter Relief2. Pleasure3. LaborFor Protection4. Immobility5. Security6. PeaceConclusion: Re-Composing AidBibliographyIndex Review "Moving beyond applied ethnomusicology into what the author describes as critical activist ethnomusicology the study describes and critiques the diverse ways that different players in the refugee camps engage music and related arts to display layers of power dynamics."—Jean Kidula, author of Music in Kenyan Christianity: Logooli Religious Song Details ISBN0253067650 Author Oliver Y. Shao Pages 216 Publisher Indiana University Press Series Activist Encounters in Folklore and Ethnomusicology Year 2023 ISBN-13 9780253067654 Format Paperback Imprint Indiana University Press Subtitle Music, Refugees, and Humanitarian Politics Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-10-03 NZ Release Date 2023-10-03 UK Release Date 2023-10-03 Place of Publication Bloomington, IN ISBN-10 0253067650 Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2023-08-15 US Release Date 2023-08-15 DEWEY 780.9676276 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159401202;

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