Anthropologist Stanley Tambiah once famously characterized the Sinhalese population in Sri Lanka as a “majority with a minority complex,” given that Sinhalese policymakers often behave as if they are constantly under threat. ...

The marginalization of music education in Muslim schools in Sri Lanka has led to a negative impact on the students' creativity and critical thinking skills. This study highlights the need to increase awareness among parents ...

Who are Romani musicians? Members of a mysterious minority gatekeeping the carnival atmosphere, endowed with musical blood and a special talent to make people sing and dance? Or is that just one big myth? The documentary ...

This paper addresses Slovenian brass bands (Slovenski trubači) that flourished on the music scene after 2000 (Kovačič 2009; Hofman 2011; Šivic 2013). In analyzing the case study of selected brass bands, I explore how the ...

A significant part of ethnomusicological studies has dealt with the issue of musical cultures of minorities and their struggle to preserve their music within the societies where the majority has a different musical culture. ...

As a shared traditional art of ethnic minorities in Inner Mongolia, Khoomii is facing similar difficulties as other traditional music in China. Under the tide of modernization led by industrial information, Khoomii must ...

While researching ethnic minorities’ musics in Slovenia, I have often come across the issue of the venue (as a space for performing music) that has proven itself relevant in assessing the social and political realities of ...

Based on ethnographic research conducted with minority musicians from 24 ethnic groups of mainland China, this presentation will give a short overview of traditions and changes and of underlying structures and driving ...

Over the past decade, debates on decolonizing ethnomusicology and related initiatives around equality, diversity and inclusion in academia at large have attempted to address the issue of representation of minority or ...