David A. McDonald is Associate Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University. He is the author and co-editor of four books, including My Voice is My Weapon, Palestinian Music and Song, At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice, and Holy Land Five: Palestinian Charity in the "War on Terror." Andrew Snyder is a Research Fellow in the Ethnomusicology Institute-Center for Studies in Music and Dance at NOVA University Lisbon in Portugal. He is the author of Critical Brass: Street Carnival and Musical Activism in Olympic Rio de Janeiro and co-editor of the Journal of Festive Studies; HONK!: A Street Band Renaissance of Music and Activism; and At the Crossroads: Music and Social Justice. Jeremy Reed is an independent public humanities researcher. He received his PhD in ethnomusicology from Indiana University. His work focuses on festivals and the public sphere in the Middle East.
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Introduction: Festival Activism, by David A. McDonald, Andrew Snyder, and Jeremy Reed Disruption 1. Carnival Arts and "Freedom Dreams": An Ethnography of Culture, Power, and Black Political Struggle in London's Carnival Scene, by Deonte L. Harris 2. Rethinking Relational Geometries in Musical Events in Europe: Artistic Devices and Activist Implications, by Filippo Bonini Baraldi Refuge 3. An Accessible Carnival: Festivity, Inclusion, and Disability in Rio de Janeiro, by Andrew Snyder 4. The Festivalization of Feminism, DIY Music, and Intersecting Identities at Ladyfests, by Louise Barriere Renewal 5. Love Songs that Protest: Sentipensante Music Making as Postneoliberal Activism in the Neighborhood Tango Festivals of Buenos Aires, by Jennie Gubner 6. Al-Balad Theater: Festivals as Sites of Social Action and Community Development in Neoliberal Jordan, by Jeremy Reed and Serene Huleileh 7. Resignifying Traditional Festive Culture for Progressive Ends in Portugal, by Miguel Moniz Deliberation 8. Another Possible World: Transnational Activism at WOMAD, by James Nissen 9. Babalawo and Bataleras: Translocal Academic and Ritual Activism at the Festival of the Caribbean (Festival del Caribe) in Eastern Santiago de Cuba, by Ruthie Meadows 10. Festival Study as a Framework for Dialogic Social Justice: A Perspective from Johannesburg, by Oladele Ayorinde Futurity 11. Festival Futurity at the Palestine Music Expo, by David A. McDonald 12. "The Many Ways We Are Alike": The Perils of Multiculturalism in Boise's World Village Festival, by Kimberly Marshall and Steven Hatcher 13. Afterword: The Work That Music Festivals Do, by Eric Fillion and Ajay Heble List of Contributors Index