- Independent human rights researcher, consultant, speaker, moderator and journalist with global expertise on artistic ... moreIndependent human rights researcher, consultant, speaker, moderator and journalist with global expertise on artistic freedom, music censorship and cultural diversity.Co-founder and former Executive Director of Freemuse – the world’s leading organisation advocating and defending artistic freedom.The world’s most quoted expert on music censorship and artistic freedom.UNESCO expert on artistic freedom and cultural diversityEditor and co-writer of Art under Threat 2015-2016 – the Freemuse Annual Statistics on censorship and attacks on artistic freedom worldwide. Contributor to books and magazines on freedom of artistic expression.edit
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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)
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.
Research Interests: Religion, Sociology, Music, Gender Studies, Anthropology, and 53 moreInternational Relations, Philosophy, Communication, Multiculturalism, Censorship, Feminist Theory, Peace and Conflict Studies, Theology, Film Studies, Dance Studies, Comedy, Literature, International Law, Human Rights, Popular Culture, Tibetan Studies, Religion and Politics, Queer Theory, Governmentality, International organizations, Religion and Sexuality, Conflict, Security, Political Science, Sexuality, Gender and Sexuality, Nationalism, Cultural Politics, Freedom of Religion, Diplomacy, Media, Freedom Of Expression, Islam, Ethnicity, Minority Rights, Intercultural dialogue, Poststructuralist Theory, Korea (North and/or South), Film, Citizenship, Identity, Peace, Power, South Africa, North Korea (politics and society), Palestinian Cinema, Lebanese Cinema, Arab Cinema, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cultural Studies, Ethnology, Cultural Production, Film, Art, Theatre, Social Media, Bureaucracy, Freedom, Censorship in Music, Egypt, Arab Spring, middle east, Arab studies, Art Censorship, Censorship, Censorship in Films, and Freedom of Art
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.
Research Interests: Religion, Music Education, International Relations, Multiculturalism, Censorship, and 29 morePopular Music, International Law, Human Rights, Popular Culture, Religion and Politics, International organizations, Conflict, Security, Islam and Human Rights, West Africa, Nationalism, Diplomacy, Freedom Of Expression, Community Music, Islam, Ethnicity, Minority Rights, Freedom of Speech, Peace, Mali, Freedom, Censorship in Music, Music and Conflict, Sound Archiving, Music in Islamic contexts, The Music of North Africa, Muslim Communities In Britain, Applied and Advocacy Ethnomusicology, and The History of Ethnomusicology In Britain
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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.