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SUMMARY:Performance Case Study: Professional and amateur musicians in nort
 hern Afghanistan - Dr Razia Sultanova (University of Cambridge)
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DESCRIPTION:Afghanistan is a war-torn country connecting the Middle East w
 ith Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Since the 1970s the country 
 has lived through a number of invasions and conflicts with different oppon
 ents: the Soviets\, Mujahedin\, Taliban and the Western Alliance\, produci
 ng chaos and turmoil in the daily life of its people. Those wars and confl
 icts are reflected in Afghanistan's rich popular culture. Numerous music g
 enres are performed on a daily basis in different environments\, ranging f
 rom aggressive militant anthems sung in guerrilla camps\, to Sufi chants r
 esonating in local mosques. At the same time domestic music making is stil
 l based on classical tunes\, folk songs of religious origin or teasing lim
 ericks performed in female gatherings. Based on data recorded during my fi
 eldwork in Afghanistan (supported by a grant from the Cambridge Committee 
 for Central and Inner Asia)\, my paper will explore the various ways in wh
 ich these different musical genres are implicated in the country's past an
 d present state of conflict.
LOCATION:Recital Room\, Faculty of Music\, West Road
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