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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Music is force
AU - Saldanha, Arun
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This essay discusses the role of music to the society, its cultural influence and development, and its importance to social cohesion. It relates the psychedelic music of the people in Goa in India, highlighting the popularity, development and aesthetics of Goa trance dance music, and describes how people in the area inculcate to themselves their musical culture. It provides insights on how the music promotes social cohesion, identity and networks, and explains the mediation model. It cites insights from musical and social theorist particularly Theodore Adorno on the role of music to the society.
AB - This essay discusses the role of music to the society, its cultural influence and development, and its importance to social cohesion. It relates the psychedelic music of the people in Goa in India, highlighting the popularity, development and aesthetics of Goa trance dance music, and describes how people in the area inculcate to themselves their musical culture. It provides insights on how the music promotes social cohesion, identity and networks, and explains the mediation model. It cites insights from musical and social theorist particularly Theodore Adorno on the role of music to the society.
KW - music
KW - Adorno
KW - Deleuze
KW - mediation
KW - force
KW - Nietzsche
M3 - Journal article
VL - 50
SP - 70
EP - 80
JO - The Massachusetts Review
JF - The Massachusetts Review
IS - 1-2
ER -