Music and dance as a pathway to development

Edited by Dr Roy Huijsmans and Dr Kasia Grabska, the collection approaches development studies topics through the lens of music and dance.

The contributing papers are about women musicians during the 2018 revolution in Sudan, the ambiguous role of social commentary in Lao contemporary dance, the relevance of hip hop in Myanmar refugee camps in Thailand, the reworking of gender by women hip hop artists in Vietnam and an interview with the artist Prumsodun Ok about labels and social boundaries in relation to Khmer classical dance.

This special edition of Music and Arts in Action was realised through the ISS Research Incentive Facility grant and is available for free download.

Download ‘Transgressing and Reworking Social Boundaries through Dance and Music’