Talk
WHEN
January 31, 2021
6:30-8 PM
WHERE
Zoom Webinar
Part of "Art and Power in the Middle East: Past and Present"
WHO
NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
Open to the Public
The making of citizens in and through music is a 19th-century commonplace. But the ground of this longstanding musicological discussion has shifted with globalization, mobility, and the parlous condition of nation and state today. What does it now mean to label a musician an “ideal citizen”? This talk looks at the question of musical “multi-citizenship in multiple places” (Parlati/Chamoiseau) from a postcolonial perspective, and reflects on Turkish crooner Zeki Müren and French-Lebanese slam poet Marc Nammour – and the grounds they might provide for reconsidering the familiar myths of the citizen composer.
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