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How are music and identity linked? This question is examined in light of the musical practices of Roman (Gypsy) communities in Western Turkey, which demonstrate the powerful role of music in configuring a sense of community and contesting ascribed social identity. This dissertat…

As our world begins to reopen following the closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many industries—including the theatre—will be left with starting to get back to a new normal. Along with the COVID-19 pandemic, theatre also faced another reckoning within the industry: despite oft…

The aim of this thesis is to identify and thread cultural strands (beliefs and customs, narratives and histories, and rituals and traditions) from Gypsy and Traveller culture into a coherent theology. The researcher’s hypothesis is that the most effective method in which one can…