Transkulturelle Erkundungen Wissenschaftlich-künstlerische Perspektiven

Article “Die Musiken der Welt in Mannheim? Cultural flow und die künstlerische Ausbildung in Weltmusik” published


Two years ago I was asked by Prof. Ursula Hemetek to give a guest lecture within the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien’s lecture series “Transkulturalität”. The resulting talk charted the development of the world music degree program at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg and critiqued Wolfgang Welsch’s term “Transkulturalität”. Instead, I argue in favor of Ulf Hannerz’s concept of cultural flow for examining how cultural exchanges happen.

The talk was chosen to be included in a book featuring some of the lectures from this lecture series. I am very honored that it was recently published as “Die Musiken der Welt in Mannheim? Cultural flow und die künstlerische Ausbildung in Weltmusik”:

Wickström, David-Emil. 2018. Die Musiken der Welt in Mannheim? Cultural flow und die künstlerische Ausbildung in Weltmusik. In Transkulturelle Erkundungen – Wissenschaftlich-künstlerische Perspektiven, edited by Ursula Hemetek et al., 113-28. Wien, Köln, Weimar: Böhlau Verlag.

In addition to the nice hardcover version the book is also available as a (free) open access pdf from the publisher: www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entdecken/literatur-sprach-und-kulturwissenschaften/philosophie/49103/transkulturelle-erkundungen

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