Music and Conflict Transformation in Bosnia: Constructing and Reconstructing the Normal
Author(s):
Craig Robertson
Publication Year:
2010
Type:
journal article
Journal/Book Title
Music and Arts in Action
Publisher
Editor(s):
Pages:
38-55
Volume:
2
Issue:
2
Abstract:
Can music play a role in positive conflict transformation? Having developed a theoretical basis from a previous examination of the contrasting musical conflict transformation projects of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Hip Hop, I have collected data on an inter-religious choir in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina with an explicit conflict transformation remit. Data was collected using ethnographic interviews and participant/observations with fifteen of the choristers in an attempt to answer this question. There was no direct access to audience data and any references to audience reception are from the choir members’ points of view. This detail highlights the issue of application of cultural findings within the choir to the wider social context. For the purposes of this paper therefore any discussions of wider social context are assumed to be mediated through the choristers themselves as members of the choir and the larger Sarajevo and Bosnian society. This data is compared with the previously developed theories and emerging themes are discussed. The fieldwork is ongoing and this article is a summary of findings thus far.
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https://musicandartsinaction.net/index.php/maia/article/view/conflicttransformationbosnia/42Citation (Chicago Author-Date):
Robertson, Craig. 2010. “Music and Conflict Transformation in Bosnia: Constructing and Reconstructing the Normal.” Music and Arts in Action 2 (2): 38–55. https://musicandartsinaction.net/index.php/maia/article/view/conflicttransformationbosnia/42.