"This book explores the various ways in which individuals use music and culture to understand and respond to changes in their natural and built environments. Drawing on over fifteen years of ethnographic fieldwork, interviews and participant observation, the author develops the …
Das Jüdische Museum Berlin ist heute eines der erfolgreichsten deutschen Museen, und der Libeskind-Bau, in dem es seine Dauerausstellung präsentiert, ist international berühmt. Wie kam es dazu, dass das ehemalige Kammergerichtsgebäude in der Kreuzberger Lindenstraße, in dem sich…
Vincennes, a historic city on the Indiana bank of the Wabash River that is surrounded by rolling farmland punctuated by old woods, forms the setting for this study about fricassee soup, church picnics, and how these traditions build community and express identity. Vincennes chur…
The Twelfth World Festival of Youth and Students that took place in Moscow in 1985 has largely been forgotten, but historical analysis of the event reveals that it had significant implications for the Soviet Union and Cold War. This thesis argues that the festival was a public c…
In 1966, just six years after gaining independence, Senegal made a bold international statement by hosting a pan-African arts festival of unprecedented proportions. The World Festival of Black Arts (FESMAN) broke new ground by musically performing, rather than merely discussing,…
This dissertation examines the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music and the historical and cultural milieu of which it is a part. Held annually since 1994 in the city of Fes, Morocco, this festival was first launched in the wake of the first Gulf War as an interfaith initiative an…
