Lisa Gilman (George Mason University)
This paper, based in preliminary fieldwork in Malawi, Turkey, and France, explores musically-oriented initiatives by refugees/displaced peoples for refugees/displaced peoples. Focusing on the arts festival in the Malawian refugee camp, a Uyghur language and cultural institute in Paris, and a Syrian arts center in Turkey, the paper outlines some important relationships between music and trauma, memory, community-formation, and survival in the lives of displaced peoples.
Part of 03-06 Aspirations for a Better Life, Thursday, October 13, 2:30 pm–4:30 pm