The Sevdalinka in Exile, Revisited: Young Bosnian Refugees’ Music-Making in Ljubljana in the 1990s

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Scholars perceived the sevdalinka in exile as an evident expression of refugees’ Bosnian identity. Although this aspect might be important, we think that the identity dimension of the sevdalinka was overemphasised. That is why we point to the appearance of the sevdalinka in Slovenia as a complex process of experiencing uncertainty and trauma of forced migration on the one hand, and youth creativity or a search for expressive freedom on the other. Hence, we aim to move the focus from the refugees’ music life as collective experience to personal, highly individualised narratives. In addition, we argue that musical activities were organised in many aspects. An ethnomusicologist participated in these activities, therefore the work of applied ethnomusicology, together with its practice of strategic essentialisation of music, should be discussed as an integral part of the refugees’ music-making process.

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  • The Sevdalinka in Exile, Revisited: Young Bosnian Refugees Music-Making in Ljubljana in the 1990s (A Note on Applied Ethnomusicology)*

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    Original scienti c paper Received: 7 January 2015 Accepted: 12 March 2015DOI: 10.15176/vol52no106UDK 78:39(497.6)(497.12) 821.163.4-1(497.6) 314.745.3-054.73(497.6)"1992/1995"

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    The in Exile, Revisited

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    The in Exile, Revisited

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    INTERPRETING REFUGEE MUSICMAKING IN EXILE

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    The in Exile, Revisited

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    The in Exile, Revisited

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    The in Exile, Revisited

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    EXPERIENCING THE SEVDALINKA BEFORE AND DURING EXILE

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    The in Exile, Revisited

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    The in Exile, Revisited

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    The in Exile, Revisited

    sevdalinka

    THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY

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    The in Exile, Revisited

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    The in Exile, Revisited

    Middle-European sevdalinka sevdalinka sevdalinka

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    The in Exile, Revisited

    sevdalinka

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    ASPECTS OF THE ORGANISED AND SPONTANEOUS EVOLUTION OF THE SEVDALINKA IN SLOVENIA

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    The in Exile, Revisited

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    The in Exile, Revisited

    Muzika sevdalinka sevdalinka

    sevdalinkas Pismo roditeljima sevdalinka

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    The in Exile, Revisited

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    CONCLUSION

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