turkish folk music in ghent: musical manifestations and their functions in a diaspora context

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TURKISH FOLK MUSIC INGHENT: MUSICAL

MANIFESTATIONS ANDTHEIR FUNCTIONS IN A

DIASPORA CONTEXT

Liselotte Sels


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Research questions

What is the status and position of Turkish folkmusic in the beginning of the 21st century, in

Turkey as well as in the diaspora context ofGhent?

How does Turkish folk music manifests itselfmusically?

Which uses, functions, values and meaningsdoes it adopt in its cultural contexts?

How do the musical and contextual aspectsinteract?


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Turkish people in Ghent (facts and

figures) Migration history:

First phase: Bilateral agreement Belgium-Turkey (1964)

Migrant workers (gastarbeiders) employed in textile industry

Second phase: Immigration stop in 1974 (< economic crisis)

Family reunification, family formation

Present situation: Estimates:

ca 10% of the population of Ghent is of Turkish origin Figures (2011):

4550 people with Turkish (or Belgian-Turkish) nationality

11042 people with former Turkish nationality (naturalization)

?? people born with Belgian nationality but of Turkish origin


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Turkish people in Ghent

(distribution)


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Turkish people in Ghent (regions

of origin)


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Research plan

Study of written sources

Creating a theoreticalframework regarding

- folk music in the 20th

- 20thcentury musicaldevelopments

- uses and functions ofart/music

- cultural production indiaspora

Ethnographic study (fieldwork): structured

observations & qualitative surveys

Classification anddescription of theuses and functions

of Turkish folkmusic in Ghent

(emic & eticperspective)

Classification anddescription of themanifestations of

Turkish folk music inGhent

(repertoire +performance styles /

content + form)

Music-theoretical study

relation


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Research in Turkey


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Attended events in TurkeyNo Date Province - City/village Short description

1 6 June 2011 Izmir - Izmir (city) Trk evening2 9 June 2011 Mula - Milas (town) Spending time with a friend3 9 June 2011 Mula - Milas (town) Wedding party4 10 June 2011 Mula - Milas (town) Circumcision party5 15 June 2011 Afyon - Emirda (town) Spending time with friends6 16 June 2011 Afyon - Emirda (town) Celebration end of school year7 17 June 2011 Afyon - Emirda - Balca (village) Celebration end of school year / graduation 8 18 June 2011 Afyon - Emirda - Trkmenakren (village) Wedding party9 19 June 2011 Afyon - Emirda - summer pastures Visiting old friends10 21 June 2011 Krehir - Krehir (city) Musical evening soccer supporters club11 22 June 2011 Krehir - Krehir (city) Folk dance lesson12 22 June 2011 Krehir - Kaman (town) Official opening of cultural association + festival13 23 June 2011 Krehir - Krehir (city) Trk evening14 24 June 2011 Krehir - Boztepe (town) Wedding party (first day)15 25 June 2011 Krehir - Boztepe + Mucur (town) Wedding party (second day): nian treni, kayn, kna gecesi16 25 June 2011 Krehir - Mucur (town) Wedding party (second day): celebration of father of the bride17 26 June 2011 Krehir - Boztepe + Mucur (town) Wedding party (third day): gelin alma 18 26 June 2011 Krehir ebiler (village) Wedding party19 26 June 2011 Krehir - Tatarilyas (village) Sharing emotions with family and acquaintances20 30 June 2011 Sivas - Sivas (city) Training of ak skills with peers21 30 June 2011 Sivas - Sivas (city) Summer festival22 3 July 2011 Sivas - Karabel (village) Official opening of cemevi + cem23 3 July 2011 Sivas - etinkaya (village) Summer festival24 6 July 2011 Trabzon - Trabzon (city) Spending time with friends and colleagues


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Impressions from Emirda


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Attended events in GhentNo Date City Short description

1 23 Oct. 2011 Ghent Cultural festival2 2 Dec. 2011 Ghent Turkish evening3 3 Dec. 2011 Rupelmonde Circumcision party4 15 Jan. 2012 Ghent Trk evening5 28 Jan. 2012 Ghent Open day of Intercultural Center6 29 Jan. 2012 Ghent Trk evening7 10 Feb. 2012 Ghent Turkish evening8 16 Mar. 2012 Ghent Karaoke evening of student club9 16 Mar. 2012 Ghent Turkish evening10 08 Apr. 2012 Nazareth Wedding party11 18 Apr. 2012 Temse Suvermez night12 30 Apr. 2012 Ghent Trk evening13 08 May 2012 Ghent Caf concert14 18 May 2012 Ghent Trk evening15 18 May 2012 Ghent Jam16 20 May 2012 Ghent Student festival of world music school17 25 May 2012 Ghent Cem18 27 May 2012 Wachtebeke Open-air festival (seyran)19 1 Mar. 2013 Ghent Official opening of music caf20 27 Oct. 2013 Ghent Celebration 50 years Turkish migration


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Impressions from Ghent: Seyran

(open air festival), Wachtebeke
http://youtu.be/n5f818pB1Ks


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Impressions from Ghent: Cem

(alevi ceremony), Ghent
http://youtu.be/vSB2nS-2N_A


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Impressions from Ghent: Wedding

party, Nazareth
http://youtu.be/aRiPn5iajJU


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Impressions from Ghent: Concert

of group Tn, Ghent
http://youtu.be/9SL-rUM3VRg


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Output (selection) Paper Saz and synthesizer in Turkey and in Belgium : A comparative study of the

manifestations of Turkish folk music in its homeland and in the diaspora Submitted for A1-journal Ethnomusicology

Paper Turkish folk music and the balama in Ghent Presented at 1st BalamaSymposium in Germany (2nd International BalamaSymposium)

(Berlin 2013)

Paper Mzik ruhun gdas| Muziek is voedsel voor de ziel : Etnografischonderzoek naar het gebruik en de functies van Turkse volksmuziek in Gent Published in A1-journal Volkskunde (May 2013)

Lecture De taal van de Turkse muziek during event organized by Center forTurkish Studies (Ugent) (December 2012)

Paper Music nourishes the soul: meanings and functions of Turkish folk music inGhent Presented at European Forum on Music (Istanbul 2012) & IMS conference (Rome 2012)

Article series in periodical De Centrale (2011-2012)

Paper The complexity of a simple concept: Themes and issues in understandingTurkish folk music internal publication ARIP 2011 (School of Arts)

Paper Turkish folk music in Ghent: musical knowledge in a diaspora context Presented at BFE conference (Oxford 2010) & EAS conference (Bolu 2010)


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Planned output

Publication in Ethnomusicology (?)

Documentary video about the folk music of Emirda(September2014)

Dissertation (June 2014)


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Additional goals

Making available and promoting the patrimonium of Turkish folkmusic and related folk culture

Stimulating new (socio-)artistic developments making use of thatpatrimonium

Archiving of field recordings in online databases

Providing musical material to composers and performers, settingup artistic projects

Integrating aspects of the Turkish musical patrimonium into thecurriculum of the School of Arts.Ethnic Music

Theoretical Seminars

Project Week


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