Roma Hip Hop as a Multiculturalist Soundtrack R-Point: The Pedagogy of a Policy Cover Image

Romski hip hop kao multikulturalistički saundtrek. R-point: Pedagogija jedne politike
Roma Hip Hop as a Multiculturalist Soundtrack R-Point: The Pedagogy of a Policy

Author(s): Ana Banić Grubišić
Subject(s): Anthropology, Music, Sociology of Culture, Politics and Identity
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: Roma hip-hop; Serbia; glocalization; R-Point; multiculturalism; identity politics; identity petrification; instrumenatilzation of identity;

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the phenomenon of Roma hip hop in Serbia, its origins and popularization through music workshops for Roma children organized by the non-governmental organization R-Point. The paper analyzes a supposedly liberatory cultural practice, and argues that its designing "from above", through nongovernmental agencies' projects whose declarative aim is to help the Roma, actually petrifies their identity, reducing their entire cultural output to certain elements attractive to the dominant culture and traditionally recognized as "Roma".

  • Issue Year: 5/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 85-108
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Serbian