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Ole  Reitov

    Ole Reitov

    • Independent human rights researcher, consultant, speaker, moderator and journalist with global expertise on artistic ... moreedit
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    The term'white Zulu'is synonymous with Johnny Clegg, South Africa's first world music chart buster. White Zulu because Clegg, anthropologist as well as musician, mastered the Zulu language culture, dance and... more
    The term'white Zulu'is synonymous with Johnny Clegg, South Africa's first world music chart buster. White Zulu because Clegg, anthropologist as well as musician, mastered the Zulu language culture, dance and music at an early age and, in the 1980s, became a symbol ...
    Threats to artistic freedom are a highly topical issue today. To date, however, the protection of artistic freedom has not been a topic on which Parties to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of... more
    Threats to artistic freedom are a highly topical issue today. To date, however, the protection of artistic freedom has
    not been a topic on which Parties to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural
    Expressions have been asked to report specifically. This article focus on explaining the importance of the issue and the increasing international climate of awareness, both governmental and non-governmental, that has emerged around it, before
    advocating more systematic monitoring of artistic freedom in the implementation of the Convention and thus greater
    attention to the topic in the reports submitted by Parties. The article is published in Re /Shaping Cultural Policies – a UNESCO Global Report (2015)
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    Written by Robin Denselow,the report reflects on the numerous accounts and incidents of censorship, persecution and imprisonment of artists, as they were revealed in testimonials and panel debates during ‘All that is Banned is Desired’,... more
    Written by Robin Denselow,the report reflects on the numerous accounts and incidents of censorship, persecution and imprisonment of artists, as they were revealed in testimonials and panel debates during ‘All that is Banned is Desired’, the first world conference on artistic freedom of expression which took place on 25-26 October 2012 at the Oslo Opera House in Norway.
    The report, ‘Music, Culture and Conflict in Mali’, written by Andy Morgann analyses the background of the conflict. He has interviewed 20 of Mali’s most acclaimed musicians, artists and observers on how music and culture has been... more
    The report, ‘Music, Culture and Conflict in Mali’,  written by Andy Morgann analyses the background of the conflict. He has interviewed 20 of Mali’s most acclaimed musicians, artists and observers on how music and culture has been affected as a consequence of the crisis in the northern part of the country.
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    So when the director told the young producers that the programme they had produced on music in Bhutan could not be broadcast, they knew what that meant. The director went on to explain why: the programme, he said,... more
    So when the director told the young producers that the programme they had produced on music in Bhutan could not be broadcast, they knew what that meant. The director went on to explain why: the programme, he said, was' not in line with the country's cultural and ...
    If you could watch the pop programmes on Beijing TV (BTV) you would notice a signal difference between the videos show in China and those in Europe or the USA. The absence of the naked back of Sade, for instance, is not because she... more
    If you could watch the pop programmes on Beijing TV (BTV) you would notice a signal difference between the videos show in China and those in Europe or the USA. The absence of the naked back of Sade, for instance, is not because she recorded two different videos, but because ...
    ... often stimulates people's curiosity about the banned music and thereby increases sales of the ... Because of Theresienstadt's function as a propa-ganda set, the Nazis freely encouraged the ... 254|... more
    ... often stimulates people's curiosity about the banned music and thereby increases sales of the ... Because of Theresienstadt's function as a propa-ganda set, the Nazis freely encouraged the ... 254| Marie Korpe, Ole Reitov, and Martin Cloonan tool for humiliation, deception, and ...
    The authors describe the negative effects censorship of music has on society.