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For those who understand #Slovak, I had the pleasure of talking with Romano fórum about my long-term research among Romani musical communities in Slovakia – specifically about my film #HopaLide, my project on #RomaniChords, the myth of Romani #MusicalBlood, and – last but not least – why Roma should have a stronger voice in researching their own culture.

Read the full interview here 👉
https://romanoforum.dennikn.sk/etnomuzikolog-peter-nuska-romovia-nemaju-hudbu-v-krvi-ale-ich-akordy-su-fenomenalne/

#RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic #Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology

If you start watching the film now [ => https://hopalide.nuska.me/] you can join us online for the Q&A [=> https://zoom.us/j/93906311513?pwd=1DfTZAisy9SBSRFVz11mFK9ajqQgxL.1]

😉

#HopaLide #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies

Upcoming #HopaLide screening alert!

Join us on 27 Oct, 12:00 (CET) for the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage in #Belgrade

If Belgrade is too far from where you live (like for me), watch the film online [👉 https://hopalide.nuska.me/] and then – at 13:30 – connect to an online discussion via Zoom [👉 https://zoom.us/j/93906311513] with Ivan Đorđević, Dragan Ristić and myself.

More info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1325024375759451/

#Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic

The idea that some ethnic groups are born with #MusicalBlood is everywhere.

Roma. Jews. African Americans. Cubans. And many more.

But why does this idea persist? And what does it do in the real world?

In my new article, I unpack the anatomy of “musical blood” – using the case of Slovak Roma to show how this belief shapes their lives.

CCying everyone interested in
#Ethnomusicology, #Anthropology, #Musicology, #WorldMusic – also #RomaniStudies & #RomaniMusic

Let’s dive in 👇

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A schematic diagram showing how ideas of “musical blood” emerge through cross-cultural comparison.

Two triangular structures represent two music cultures: Music X and Music Y. Each triangle connects:

Music culture at the top

Musical aptitude for that music (bottom left)

Musical enculturation for that music (bottom right)

Arrows labelled “requires/affords” link these points, showing that each music culture both requires and fosters certain aptitudes and learning processes.

In the middle, between Music X and Music Y, dotted lines and speech bubbles illustrate how stereotypes arise:

Autostereotypes: “We are X, and we are born to improvise unlike Y who need sheet music.” / “We are X, and we don’t need music school like Y.”

Heterostereotypes: “X play so well and they don’t even read music!”

A chain of overlapping circles labelled “emerging stereotypes” runs between the two cultures, showing that repeated comparisons generate ideas of “musical blood.”

For those speaking #Czech =>

Malý medajlonek o romských akordech (aka #RomaniChords) v reportáži Českého rozhlasu =>

https://radiozurnal.rozhlas.cz/etnomuzikolog-petr-nuska-se-uz-dvanact-let-venuje-vyzkumu-hudebnosti-romu-na-9466027

#MSCA #RomChords #RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies #Ethnomusicology

Thanks to #PragueMusicComputingGroup, whose activities greatly inspired this event to happen (I highly recommend checking their exciting and ever-growing portfolio => https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/pmcg)

Thanks to the civic association #Gilora, which helped to organise such a memorable concert and which continues to do essential work for popularising #RomaniMusic (=>https://gilora.eu/)

Also, thank #AVCR for allowing us to use its premises and #ZaSkolou bar to host the concert!

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On 13–14th of February 2025, I organised a #Hackathon on #RomaniChords that explored various methodological avenues for my #MSCA project’s data acquisition.

Here’s a short thread summarising what we dealt with and achieved during these days.

CCying everyone interested in #Ethnomusicology, #Musicology, #ComputationalMusicology, #MusicScience, #RomaniStudies, #RomaniMusic and alike.

Let’s jump right into it!

[Note: See alt text for more info about the pictures attached to this thread]

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Selection of 4 pictures and the sign “Hackathon on Romani chords – 13–14/02/2025). Pictures from the left:

1) A gentleman with an accordion.
2) A gentleman with a guitar. There’s a big screen behind him projecting the process of sonic data acquisition.
3) A gentleman playing an electric guitar, looking at a computer screen.
4) Three gentlemen playing a concert – a singer, a sax player and a keyboard player.

#SummerSchool

on #RomaniMusic!

📍 Charles University, Prague
📅 26–31 May 2025

Explore Romani musical traditions with Zuzana Jurková, Kinga Povedák & Carol Silverman. Open to students of all backgrounds.

Deadline: 15/03/2025

https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-674.html

#Ethnomusicology #RomaniMusic #SummerSchool #MusicStudies #RomaniStudies #Prague

The Music and Minorities Research Center (MMRC) invites you to the online launch event for Ružake Gila: A Digital Exhibition, highlighting the musical heritage of Romani singer Ruža Nikolić-Lakatos (*online event*)...

I'll surely be there, highly recommended!

You can check their website already and learn more about this fascinating Romani woman => https://ruzakegila.mdw.ac.at/s/ruzakegila-en/page/willkommen

📅 Date: 22 January 2025
🔗 Zoom link: https://mdw-ac-at.zoom.us/j/61934310737?pwd=hbI7uhwtSaZleOeHsT6S6eYfIGAfYd.1

#Ethnomusicology #DigitalExhibitions #RomaniMusic #MMRC #Roma

... and this time, we were lucky to have Vladimir Sendrei – one of the protagonists of #HopaLide – for a Q&A.

He managed to fill the entire cinema with laughter and a positive atmosphere (just before getting on a night train to catch up with another music gig... how significant for him!)

The discussion was moderated by Dominik Hronec who has helped immensely with organising this event. Many thanks to him (and the Edison Filmhub team!)

[photo by Jiří Šeda]

#Roma #RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic

A gentleman in a red jacket is talking to a microphone in a cinema.

Two men in a cinema, one in a black shirt talking to a microphone, another in a red jacket smiling at the camera.

A man in a black shirt talking to a microphone in a cinema,

Three men taking a photo in a cinema before the screen, which says: "Hopa lide + Q&A Petr Nuska & Vladimir Sendrei"

#NewIssue

Special Collection "Contemporary Views on Romani Music and Romani Music Studies"; edited by Ursula Hemetek

https://mm.journals.qucosa.de/mm/issue/view/3

I'm very happy to see this in print – plenty of contributions from both well-established scholars and emerging ones; a truly fascinating collection covering this exciting field of #RomaniMusic across many countries... And best of all, it's #OpenAccess !

#RomaniStudies #Roma #Ethnomusicology #Minorities #MusicAndMinorities

November with #HopaLide

There are so many exciting opportunities to watch my latest film a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ with Romani musicians from Slovakia that I need to make a whole thread about them! Check these out, as there may be one close to you!

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#RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies #Roma #Slovakia #VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnography #VisualEthnomusicology #Ethnomusicology #Documentary

Illustration for the film. There is a drawing of a cimbalom (dulcimer) player. The poster says: "Hopa lide: a collaborative documentary devised by Petr Nuska.... Romani musicians in the role of film directors."

I can't tell you how much I love open-air cinema. Let alone how great an experience it is to see your own film on an open-air screen, in the place where it was made, and with the people who participated in its creation!

See the pictures from screening #HopaLide in Kokava's Stará škola!

Thanks to Film Europe and Koliesko Folklore Festival for putting such a fascinating event together!

(Photo by Ivan Hronec)

#VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniMusic #EthnographicFilm #Folklore

Two gentlemen standing in front of an open-air cinema screen bearing a sign "Stará škola, Kokava", taken during the night.

About 20 people watching an open-air cinema screeing.

My last ethnographic film, #HopaLide, made it back to Slovakia!

It's been a tremendous pleasure to be part of this year's n:ear festival in Banská Štiavnica.

Highly recommended to anyone interested in #ExperimentalMusic & #ImprovisedMusic. Definitely keep an eye on the upcoming edition(s).

The next Slovak projection will take place in two weeks in Kokava nad Rimavicou. Stay tuned!

#VisualEthnomusicology #VisualAnthropology #EthnographicFilm #RomaniMusic

Poster of the festival n:ear (taking place between 18.–21/07/2024 in Banská Štiavnica)

Film synopsis of the film Hopa lide in Slovak; from the festival catalogue.

Approximately 15 people sitting and debating after the film screening. The venue is an art gallery, there is a male speaker and a female moderator in the front.

*Edit: Festival is now LIVE*

The 3rd Annual Spotlight on Academics Film Festival will kick off on February 9th (*tomorrow*) on ResearchTV.ca and in-person at Lakehead University Faculty of Education in Thunder Bay, Ontario!

Selection of great films, among others, my recent #documentary #HopaLide a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ with Romani musicians from Slovakia.

https://spotlightonacademics.ca/2024-festival-lineup/

#cinemastodon #VisualAnthropology #MusicDocumentary #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic #SpotlightsOnAcademics

#Lecture

Recording of an amazing lecture titled:

"Amenca ketane. Histories of Trauma, Music and Romani Empowerment"

has been just made available online =>

https://mdw.vhx.tv/videos/mmrc-lecture-2023

Introduction:
Ursula Hemetek

Keynote:
Ioanida Costache

Response:
Mirjam Karoly

Musical performance:
Mindj Panther

Highly recommended to everyone!

#RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic #Roma #Minorities #Ethnomusicology #Trauma #Univie

According to Wikipedia (though there's a "citation needed" on this part), this is the first postwar recording to use the term "klezmer" to refer to the music.

🔊 #NowPlaying "Thalassa" (1977) by The Klezmorim.

https://youtu.be/xZM_x3EfRFU

To me, it sounds very, very similar to something I shared during #RomaniMusic week: https://youtu.be/-YO68M79B5o. Does anyone know how the two are related?

#GenreOfTheWeek is #Klezmer

*edit* see: https://mstdn.ca/@dancarkner/110328519132004477

Here's a fantastic album by Katja Šulc. Romani influences, modern sound.

She is from Slovenia and recorded this in Mexico. Part of my #BandcampFriday purchases! 💸

Thanks to @luka for recommending it!

"both are sitting, saying nothing
the door is separating them, hunger uniting them
and the anger with the heaven, too
both are cursing their lives
and from the belly can be heard
the blues of the miserable"

🔊 #NowPlaying Ćorrolikano bluz.

https://katjasmusic.bandcamp.com/track/orrolikano-bluz

#GenreOfTheWeek is #RomaniMusic

#Flamenco is a style closely associated with Romani music. It evolved in Andalucía (the southern region of Spain), so I've always listened to it with Spanish words.

Oliver Rajamani (from Texas, of all places!) takes it all the way back to India, where Roma people actually originated from, which sounded surprising to my ears at first but after a while made a ton of sense. Then, he gives a fascinating explanation of its history.

https://youtu.be/fY-xQ_Dl5tw

शाबाश!

#GenreOfTheWeek is #RomaniMusic

🔊 #NowPlaying "Jokoriste Czarno" by Dikanda, a Polish band with influences from Yiddish, Roma, and Kurdish music.

https://youtu.be/8vd9nvK63hE

#GenreOfTheWeek is #RomaniMusic

#RomaniMusic

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