Wednesday 7 May 2014

Witness - Dr Sarmast's Music School





This is a very interesting documentary about the establishment of the Afghani National Institute of Music after the Taliban effectively destroyed music culture in Afghanistan. Media outlets such as Al Jazeera have reported positively about the school and the documentary, but I'm curious as to why John Baily from Goldsmiths College was not mentioned, since I believed that he was rather crucial in the resurrection of Afghani musical culture after the fall of the Taliban, as expressed in this article.  I am also disappointed, but not surprised, that there was little debate about the pros and cons of official musical institutions, their role in state-sanctioned identity-building and there relationship and responsibility to the average citizen.

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