WE ARE NOT GOING BACK: MIGRANT MUSIC AS THE NEW FOLK MUSIC OF ITALY Cover Image

WE ARE NOT GOING BACK: MIGRANT MUSIC AS THE NEW FOLK MUSIC OF ITALY
WE ARE NOT GOING BACK: MIGRANT MUSIC AS THE NEW FOLK MUSIC OF ITALY

Author(s): Alessandro Portelli
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Cultural history, Social history
Published by: Ośrodek »Pamięć i Przyszłość«
Keywords: folk music; immigration to Italy; popular memory; urban context; oral history

Summary/Abstract: This article concerns the “Roma Forestiera” project that has been carried out for the last ten years by the independent Circolo Gianni Bosio organization, which is devoted to the study of popular memory, folk song, and oral history. The author describes the experiences gathered while recording witnesses to history on the streets and in the migrant centres.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 106-120
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English