The Routledge Companion to Music and Human Rights

The Routledge Companion to Music and Human Rights is a collection of case studies spanning a wide range of concerns about music and human rights in response to intensifying challenges to the wellbeing of individuals, peoples, and the planet.

Julian Fifer is Executive Director of Musicians For Human Rights. As cellist and founder of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, he conceived a method of orchestral music-making using democratic principles and collective leadership. The artistic outcomes have been documented by Deutsche Grammophon on 55 Orpheus recordings. Angela Impey is Professor of Ethnomusicology at SOAS, University of London and co-editor of the Routledge SOAS Studies in Music series. She has published widely on music and social justice in Africa, including the award-winning Song Walking: Women, Music, and Environmental Justice in an African Borderland. Peter G. Kirchschlaeger is Professor of Theological Ethics and Director of the Institute of Social Ethics ISE at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Lucerne as well as Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein. Prior he was Visiting Fellow at Yale University. Manfred Nowak is Professor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Vienna and Secretary General of the Global Campus of Human Rights, a network of some 100 universities in all world regions, based in Venice. George Ulrich is Academic Director of the Global Campus of Human Rights (Venice, Italy) and Professor of Human Rights at the Riga Graduate School of Law. Research interests relate to the philosophy of human rights, global justice, and human rights and development cooperation.

Table of Contents Introduction Part I Fundamentals on Human Rights and Music 1 What Are Human Rights? Manfred Nowak Voice: Andra Matei (Romania/France) Voice: Sajad Sepehri (Iran/stateless) 2 Why Music and Human Rights? Julian Fifer Voice: Saba Anglana (Somalia/Ethiopia/Italy) 3 The Human Right to Music Noelle Higgins and Michael O'Flaherty Voice: Ramzi Aburedwan (Palestine) 4 Music Education: Child Development and Human Rights Steven J. Holochwost and Elizabeth Stuk 5 Censorship of Music Koen De Feyter Voice: Srirak Plipat (Thailand/Norway) 6 The Right to Let Culture Die Trevor Reed 7 Music Sustainability, Human Rights, and Future Justice Catherine Grant Voice: Joy-Leilani Garbutt (US) Part II Music in Pursuit of Human Rights 8 Orality and the Poetics of Forgiveness in South Sudan Angela Impey 9 Girls Can Dance Xigubu, Too: An Embodied Response to Gender-Based Violence in Mozambique Karen Boswall and Jane K. Cowan Voice: Ani Zonneveld (Malaysia/US) 10 Reimagine: The Role of Popular Music in Overcoming Homophobia in Sub-Saharan Anglophone Africa Frans Viljoen Voice: Roshnie Moonsammy (South Africa) 11 Rock Nacional in Argentina: Resistance to Censorship and Cultural Repression During the Military Dictatorship (1976-1983) Diego Lopez and Veronica Gomez Voice: Katia Chornik (Chile/UK) for Victor Jara (Chile) Voice: Erich Schneiderman (US) for Ramy Essam (Egypt/Sweden) and Shady Habash (Egypt) 12 Silence, Complicity, and Forgotten Voices Heard Kelly Hall-Tompkins Voice: Katy Ambrose (US) Voice: Weston Sprott (US) 13 Reinvoking Gran Bwa (Great Forest): Music, Environmental Justice, and a Vodou-Inspired Mission to Plant Trees Across Haiti Rebecca Dirksen 14 Music and Human Rights: A Perspective From the Humanitarian Sector Teresa Hanley Voice: Laura Hassler (based in the Netherlands) 15 Music and the Arts as Healing Power During and After the Siege of Sarajevo Manfred Nowak Voice: Merima Kljüo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 16 Claiming Human Rights in Iraq: Reflections on the Creation of a Musicians' Collective to Advance Freedom of Expression, Gender Equality, and Cultural Participation Luca Chiavinato Voice: Ibrahim Salama (Egypt) Voice: Iara Lee (Brazil/Korea/US) 17 Music in Contexts of Incarceration: Perspectives From Javanese Gamelan Performance Maria Mendonça Voice: Molly Carr (US) 18 Music Therapy and Human Rights Issues in the Clinic and the Community Brynjulf Stige Voice: Kanayo Ueda (Japan) Part III Music as a Means of Violating Human Rights 19 Music Torture in the 'War on Terror' Manfred Nowak 20 Music, Terror, and Civilizing Projects in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Rachel Harris and Aziz Isa Elkun 21 Weaponized Music: Schubert, Interrogation, and Memory in Dorfman's La muerte y la doncella Katja Stroke-Adolphe 22 Sounds of a Caste-Ending Cultural Movement in Western India Rasika Ajotikar Voice: Casteless Collective (India) Part IV Human Rights and Music: Intrinsic Resonances 23 The Sound of Human Rights: Wordless Music That Speaks for Humanity Bruce Adolphe 24 Adorno Revisited: Aesthetic Theory, Politics, and Human Rights George Ulrich Voice: Lukas Ligeti (Austria/US) 25 Decoding Viktor Ullmann's Last Piano Sonata Through Legal Methodology Michael Wiener Voice: Jeff Janeczko (US) 26 Music and a 'Universal Culture of Human Rights' Peter G. Kirchschlaeger 27 Don't Just Sing About It: Choral Music in the Pursuit of Human Rights Justin Jalea and Alexander Lloyd Blake Voice: David A. McDonald (US) 28 Human Rights and the Professional Musician in the Twenty-First Century Julian Fifer Voice: Mai Khôi (Vietnam) Epilogue Interview with Alessio Allegrini Alessio Allegrini and George Ulrich