Toward a Methodology of War and Peace Studies in Ethnomusicology: The Case of Aceh, 1976–2009

Kartomi aims to contribute a new perspective to the nascent methodology of war and peace studies in ethnomusicology, based mainly on an ethnographic study of the effects of the recent war and post-war peace situations on the performing arts in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (Aceh), and including brief com...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ethnomusicology 2010-10, Vol.54 (3), p.452-483
1. Verfasser: Kartomi, Margaret
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Kartomi aims to contribute a new perspective to the nascent methodology of war and peace studies in ethnomusicology, based mainly on an ethnographic study of the effects of the recent war and post-war peace situations on the performing arts in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (Aceh), and including brief comparisons with some other wars. After reviewing the study of war- and peace-related performing arts in ethnomusicology, she will introduce the history of the performing arts in Aceh's recent wars as a preface to an account of the arts during its most recent war (1976-2005) and the ensuing peace. She will then discuss the general methodology of research into the performing arts in times of war and times of peace. In 2005 the people of this northernmost province of Sumatra were still fighting a civil war between a separatist guerrilla force--the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan. Aceh Merdeka, GAM)--and the Indonesian Army (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI), who were stationed around the province. The separatists' claim to independence was based on Aceh's sense of identity as a sovereign state, which was fueled by the perception that the central government was plundering Aceh's rich natural resources while returning only a tiny fraction of the profits to the province.
ISSN:0014-1836
2156-7417
DOI:10.5406/ethnomusicology.54.3.0452