Histories of Workers’ Songs: Between Communities and Representations
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In this lecture, I will trace two possible histories of workers’ songs: a history of music practices of workers’ communities, or organized parts of the working class, and a history of representation of working class in songs. The statement that the labour movement is on its historic low has become a common statement across the political spectrum. Though not the loudest, a cultural argument has been one of the most widespread to address this phenomenon – that the communal experience of the working class, from trade unions activities, benefit societies, to cultural institutions and shared urban quarters, have all but disappeared. However, by tracing histories of workers’ songs I will show that disregarding workers’ communities as living practices is not only a contemporary phenomenon. I will particularly argue how the ideas of “socialism from above” and conflating workers’ movement with antifascist movement have contributed to a readiness to substitute practice for representation. Finall...y, I will discuss how we can reflect these lessons
to current music practices in the organizing on the left.
Кључне речи:
Workers’ Songs / Historie / cultural argument / working classИзвор:
Sonic Ties: Rethinking Communities and Collectives, 2023, 19-Издавач:
- Vienna : University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Напомена:
- 26-30 August 2023, Reichenau/Rax, Austria and online
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https://www.mdw.ac.at/forschungsf%c3%b6rderung/isascience/https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/15052
Институција/група
Музиколошки институт САНУ / Institute of Musicology SASATY - GEN AU - Atanasovski, Srđan PY - 2023 UR - https://www.mdw.ac.at/forschungsf%c3%b6rderung/isascience/ UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/15052 AB - In this lecture, I will trace two possible histories of workers’ songs: a history of music practices of workers’ communities, or organized parts of the working class, and a history of representation of working class in songs. The statement that the labour movement is on its historic low has become a common statement across the political spectrum. Though not the loudest, a cultural argument has been one of the most widespread to address this phenomenon – that the communal experience of the working class, from trade unions activities, benefit societies, to cultural institutions and shared urban quarters, have all but disappeared. However, by tracing histories of workers’ songs I will show that disregarding workers’ communities as living practices is not only a contemporary phenomenon. I will particularly argue how the ideas of “socialism from above” and conflating workers’ movement with antifascist movement have contributed to a readiness to substitute practice for representation. Finally, I will discuss how we can reflect these lessons to current music practices in the organizing on the left. PB - Vienna : University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna T2 - Sonic Ties: Rethinking Communities and Collectives T1 - Histories of Workers’ Songs: Between Communities and Representations SP - 19 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_15052 ER -
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Atanasovski, S.. (2023). Histories of Workers’ Songs: Between Communities and Representations. in Sonic Ties: Rethinking Communities and Collectives Vienna : University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna., 19. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_15052
Atanasovski S. Histories of Workers’ Songs: Between Communities and Representations. in Sonic Ties: Rethinking Communities and Collectives. 2023;:19. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_15052 .
Atanasovski, Srđan, "Histories of Workers’ Songs: Between Communities and Representations" in Sonic Ties: Rethinking Communities and Collectives (2023):19, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_15052 .