Musical argonauts of Central Asia : the Aga Khan Music Programme's quest to revitalize cultural heritage / Theodore Levin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levin, Theodore Craig, Author.

Series:

Activist encounters in folklore and ethnomusicology http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/746d9d3e-aee3-4ed4-2d4f-279a287b6bd7

Activist encounters in folklore and ethnomusicology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aga Khan Music Programme.

Applied ethnomusicology--Asia, Central.

Applied ethnomusicology.

Applied ethnomusicology--Asia, Central--Case studies.

Music--Social aspects--Asia, Central.

Music.

Cultural animation--Asia, Central--Case studies.

Cultural animation.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 282 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Aga Khan Music Programme's quest to revitalize cultural heritage

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Musical Argonauts of Central Asia tells the story of the Aga Khan Music Programme (AKMP) and its sustained efforts to revitalize Central Asian musical heritage in the wake of seven decades of Soviet rule. Theodore Levin, who worked with the program since its inception, offers an insider's account of how the AKMP's development tactics and strategies were formulated and their outcomes assessed. In doing so, Levin addresses fundamental questions about the power of music and what NGOs can do to help shape music's social impact: In what sense are music, musicians, and musical life amenable to interventions by a development organization? What do such interventions contribute to the quality of life of their beneficiaries? And what does an ethical development intervention in music look like? In chronicling the work of the AKMP, Levin establishes the bona fides of a type of institutional cultural activism that isn't captured by rubrics such as applied ethnomusicology, public folklore, and safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. Featuring case studies of country-specific interventions in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Musical Argonauts of Central Asia provides a practical roadmap for aspiring activist ethnomusicologists and folklorists that models best practices, analyzes failures, and advocates for the role that ethnographers can and should play in international development organizations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Prologue : the conundrum of cultural heritage

The prince and the ethnomusicologist

The little NGO that could : Centre Ustatshakirt and the future of the past in Kyrgyzstan

Putting Central Asian music on the world stage

Measuring music's impact

The Aga Khan Master Musicians: pluralists, orientalists, cultural appropriators, or all of the above?

Inventing a music prize : the Aga Khan Music Awards

Taking stock : the ethnography of impact.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Levin, Theodore Musical argonauts of Central Asia

ISBN:

9780253074430

0253074436

9780253074447

0253074444

OCLC:

1492567619