We are delighted to announce the inauguration of the IMS Study Group “Music Migrations and Networking,” chaired by Vjera Katalinić (HR). Below is an excerpt from the mission statement:

Living in a world of global mobility, issues of religious, national and political identity are clearly understood as unstable. However, questions of mobility and identity are not unique to the past century. On the contrary, migrations, networking and cultural transfers can be understood as the basis for the development of humanity, so that “the reality, for most of the past as once again for the present, is more about nomads than natives” (Greenblatt 2009).

Over the last fifteen years or so, the issue of migration (and networking, often associated with it) is intensely present in the social and political environments of all countries on all continents. We are witnessing the issue of the reception and integration of Others on various levels, and countries solve their issues of welcome or unwelcome migrants in different ways.

What can musicology do and how can musicologists act in such situations, and how can they contribute to smooth and successful migratory processes? Which musical questions arise from the basic issue of the migration of people?

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