Kraut-Arabesque : Cultural Globalization and Popular Music

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International Crossroads in Cultural Studies, Istanbul, TR

July 2006

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Kraut-Arabesque : Cultural Globalization and Popular Music
Place: International Crossroads in Cultural Studies, Istanbul, TR
Time: July 2006

Abstract: Building on the work of Grossberg (1984), Straw (1991) & Connell & Gibson (2003), this paper deconstructs the elements which comprise specific urban popular music "scenes" - in this case the specific contemporary rock "scene" of Istanbul as depicted in Fatih Akin's recent documentary "Crossing the Bridge". A collaboration between Dr Alex Seago of Richmond International University in London and Selçuk Artut of Sabanci University and member of one of Istanbul's leading rock groups Replikas, this paper will examine those cultural elements which together comprise a specific contemporary Turkish rock "sound" - representative of the "glocal" flows of cultural influences specific to the metropolitan environment of Turkey's largest city. In a paper which will contain a strong audio- visual element, the specific historical, cultural & economic factors which together constitute the Istanbul "sound" & "scene" will be contrasted & compared to factors constituting similar scenes in other major cities.

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