What does it mean to decategorize the musical genre?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5216/mh.v21.66600Keywords:
Decategorization; Music Genre; Decoloniality; Eurocentrism.Abstract
This paper aims at discussing the decategorization of music genres as a sensitive alternative do Eurocentric thought still present in Brazilian research on media and music. To do so, we move away from a homogenizing and historically constructed cultural position that privileges certain forms of knowledge to detriment of others. Through the lens of decolonial theory, I seek to highlight how the music genre functions as a form of Eurocentric thought. Inspired by American Jazz Legends in their defense of “decategorization of music”, I question: What does it mean to decategorize the musical genre?
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