The rise of indie music from the heart of Tahrir Square

Author(s):  
Nadine El Sayed
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2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yair Wallach

City streets and squares have become centre stage for political change, in the wave of protests in Europe and the Middle East. Most protest locations are iconic sites of national resonance. Yet this was not the case in the summer 2011 wave of social protests in Israel. Rothschild Boulevard, which was the heart of the protest movement, is a non-iconic street usually associated with the good life of sushi and espresso bars and constant cycle traffic. This unusual choice contrasted sharply with Egypt’s Tahrir Square, Madrid’s Puerta del Sol and protest sites in Jerusalem – all associated with the politics of the nation. Yet it is exactly the lack of symbolic national resonance, and its down-to-earth association with urban joie de vivre, that enabled the Boulevard to assemble a broad and diverse coalition of protestors, and to transcend the exclusive language of politics in Israel. In a country where the national is identified with the ethnic (Jewish), the pedestrian symbolism of Rothschild allowed protestors to forge a civic language that appealed to Israel’s citizenry and residents, Jews and Arabs, local and migrants.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
I Dewa Gede Kusuma

This study aimed at analyzing indie music movement as an anti-reclamationmovement at Benoa Bay, Badung Regency, in 2013 – 2018. There were three problems analyzedin this study; the representation of indie music as a resistance practice towards Benoa Bayreclamation plan, the ideology behind the music as a resistance practice towards Benoa Bayreclamation plan, and the significance of the resistance practice towards Benoa Bay reclamationplan. This study applied qualitative method with interviews, document studies and observation astechniques of collecting data. The obtained data were analyzed by using the theories ofKnowledge Power, Practice and Semiotics.There were three conclusions drawn from the analysis. Firstly, in its movement ofrefusing reclamation plan at Benoa Bay, the indie music made efforts to represent people’saspirations through the lyrics of the songs performed in the anti-reclamation demonstrations.Through the articulation of the anti-reclamation message in music, the people felt that theiraspirations were represented in the music. Secondly, the ideology behind the anti-reclamation movement was environmental conservation ideology and culture. The lyrics of the songsarticulated that the reclamation would damage the environment and disrespectful to the Balineseculture. Thirdly, the significance of the indie music’s resistance practice was seen from theintense aspirations from the people to cancel Presidential Regulation 51 in 2014, so thatreclamation plan could be cancelled.


2021 ◽  
pp. 147059312110560
Author(s):  
Hwanho Choi ◽  
Bernard Burnes

Drawing on concepts of institutional work, legitimacy, and institutional logics, we investigate why countercultural markets experience institutional change and the actions institutional work market actors perform to inform institutional logics and ensure the legitimacy of countercultural markets. Although previous research suggests market changes and disruption, little attention has been paid to markets that originate from different institutional backgrounds, changes in the market experience in relation to its legitimization, and institutional work to attain legitimacy. The case of indie music in South Korea illustrates the evolution of a cultural market from the introduction of its ethos, the crisis caused by legitimacy pressures, and the transformation of the market. Using data gathered through in-depth interviews with indie labels and music consumers in South Korea, and archival sources, our research illuminates the source of market struggle and theorizes approaches that market actors perform to overcome the struggle.


2018 ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
J. Michael Lyons
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2019 ◽  
pp. 171-188
Author(s):  
Yu-peng Lin ◽  
Hui-ju Tsai
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