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“Love for the Rich, Porn for the People”? Popular Music in The “Love for the rich, porn for the people”? Popular music in theAtt Balkans forska omas a ting locus for negotiation of 1 belongingKatarina and social Ek-Nilsson distinction Vladislava Vladimirova, Uppsala University FÖREMÅLEN I MUSEISAMLINGARNA För en utomstående kan detta tyckas märkligt, och abstract In contemporary scholarly discussions, similaribland styles väcks of music frågan, that vilketare popular har hänt in different från politikerhåll, parts of I museernas magasin trängs föremålen. Rader av om inte museernas samlingar kunde/borde avyttras, spinnrockar,the Balkans, vagnar, have beenmöbler, defined mangelbräden rhetorically as etc.“porn-nationalism”, är “deviant and violent activity”, “social ill”, and even sadism. This article discusses two such styles, the so närcalled nu turbofolk alla föremål in post-Yugoslavian ändå inte visas, spaces, för att and skapa chalga större prydligt sorterade på hyllor i jättelika utrymmen. resurser till verksamheten. Textilierin Bulgaria, ligger prydligt which haveinpackade similar i syrafriagenealogies silkespapper and social contexts and kinship links, but have not been studied och specialgjordacomparatively. syrafriaI will briefly kartonger. present Dyrbarheter the history ofsom the twoFrågan styles, kanrespectively tyckas inbåde the 1980sbefogad and ochthe earlyenkel 1990s, men är silver,in smycken, order to contextualize konstföremål, their men social också roots mer and triviala show the interplayi själva ofverket global komplicerad, and local music av models bland andandra tastes. följande I vardagsföremål,find this important skyddas inav allehandaorder to make säkerhetsåtgärder. an argument for1 theskäl: analytical Museet potentials har en of gång comparative tagit emot research. föremålen Further, som I briefly mention some of the dominant perspectives in donationerexisting research eller in somorder inköpto point från, to aspects, i de perspecflesta- fall, När etttives, föremål and factors – det må that vara have ett received ordinärt less vardagsföremål scholarly attention. privatpersoner. Finally, I suggest Man that får eventutgå frånanalysis, att ande evolvingsom skänkt som methodtidigare in haranthropology, hanterats can dagligen provide newi egenskap analytical av tools ellerand help sålt increaseföremålen, understanding liksom museets of the representanter, popularity and har bruksföremålsocial significance – blir ett of turbofolkmuseiföremål and chalga. så genomgår åsatt dem ett kulturhistoriskt värde. Museet har påtagit det samtidigt en metamorfos. Det blir inte längre sig ett ansvar att på bästa sätt bevara föremålen för möjligt att vidröra utan att man tar på sig särskilda framtiden, så långt det är möjligt, och det vore därför bomullsvantar och det får inte längre användas för INTRODUCTION oetiskt att avyttra dem. sitt ursprungliga ändamål. Vispen får inte mera vispa, Expectedly, this style of music has received many Emblematicmobiltelefonen among inte those längre phenomena sms:as med. that En gränsare char har- Omdefinitions, museerna but skulle here börja I will avyttra introduce sina föremål it, following så skulle the acteristicpasserats of i post-socialismföremålets livslopp, across enstate ny borders,status och is theen allmänhetensmusic historian förtroende Vesa Kurkela, för museerna as dance sannolikt music thatskadas. is a rapidsärskild spread magi of har a distinctiveladdat föremålet. genre ofFör popular en utomstående music in Museercomplex gör hybrid inga of ekonomiska various styles värderingar and traditions, av föremål, includ - allkan Balkan det förefalla countries både and egendomligt beyond. Even och though komiskt each att föring attpop, inte folk bidra and ethnictill marknadsmässiga music, from Serbian, bedömningar Macedo - och spekulationer, och kan därför inte gå in i en countrydet som has nyss a distinctive hörde till name exempelvis for it (and en familjsin some högst cases nian, Greek, and Turkish popular music, older Bulgarian vanliga köksutrustning plötsligt måste behandlas med försäljningsverksamhet. Museiföremåls värde är helt och more than one) in this article I will use predominantly pop songs, Balkan Romani music, Western pop, rock, största varsamhet för att den förvärvats av ett museum. hållet kulturhistoriska, inte ekonomiska. Ekonomiskt techno, and rap, and even the currents of Afro-Cuban theSkillnaden terms turbofolk mellan (from en porslinsurna post-Yugoslavian från regions) 1700-talet and är alltså ett museiföremål i princip inte värt något alls, chalgaoch en (from plastbunke Bulgaria), från as these 2000-talets have become IKEA generic är i detfor eftersommusic. At det its aldrigstylistic kommer core, some ut på chalga en marknad. features distin- 2 guishable rhythmic patterns also recognizably linked to themuseologiska main geographical sammanhanget foci of this upphävt. study. Museiföremål utgör källmaterial för forskning. Vilka “oriental” or belly dance. These characteristics can be as- Cirka 1% av museernas föremålssamlingar brukar vara föremål som skulle kunna avvaras kan inte avgöras, sociated with an imagined “East” reminding of dance 1 utställda. Procenten ändrar visserligen innehåll vartefter eftersom vi inte vet vilka frågor som kommer att This is a paraphrase of a famous commentary by the rapper Rambo music styles found throughout the eastern Mediterra- Amadeusbasutställningar published in byggs the electronic om, föremål news site ställs Express. ut iBelow tillfälliga is bli relevanta för framtida kulturhistorisk forskning. a utställningartranslation by the eller author lånas of uta quote till andra from themuseers interview: utställningar, “Again, Visserligennean (Kurkela, kan 2007:144). idag endast Because ett urvalof this, ur it dagensis often pumpingmen faktum nationalism, kvarstår insists atton partition vid varje ... People givet with ögonblick income up är föremålshavpresented in görasnational – alltofficial kan inte discourse sparas and– men academic de todet 300 eneuros mycket per month liten are del the targetav den of nationalism.totala föremålsskatten It is served tidigarepublications urval insom opposition föregångarna to high på museerna culture harand gjort good to them. When someone is payed over 500 euros per month, then en gång måste respekteras, eftersom de gjordes med onesom starts är talking tillgänglig about their i utställningsform. wardrobe and cafes. When Digitalt the income ökar taste (Šentevska 2014; Statelova 2005).The music and comestillgängligheten to more than a thousand,successivt then genom the top themeatt föremålsfoton is healthy food, utgångspunkt i den tidens vetenskapliga intressen. 2 dancing feature distinctive performative, plastic, and theirpubliceras plans for påthe mångasummer museersand winter hemsidor, vacation; when men income närheten reach- Befintligaexpressive museisamlingar aesthetic. In the måste time hållas immediately intakta för attfollowing kunna esoch more tillgången than three tillthousand, museernas then all samlingar the evasion är ceases. ändå begränsadPeople then bildathe democratization utgångspunkt för of museivetenskaplig socialist countries forskning, (early 1990s) det talkför about allmänheten, weather forecasts trots attand ”tillgängliggörande” love. However, most people har högstahere have an average salary of 300 to 500 euros (if they even receive a villit could säga forskningbe conceived om alsomuseer as “freedom” (inte bara frompå museer). false social - salary).”prioritet (Mitrović, i museernas 2015) verksamhet. 1 ist morality that took its basis in disparaging any signs 2 Jag avser här professionella museer som finansieras med offentliga The term “turbofolk” is popularly attributed to the Montenegrian medel och har utbildad personal, och bortser helt från allehanda FÖREMÅLof eroticism as partSOM of KULTURPRODUKTERthe de-individualization process rapper Rambo Amadeus, who coined it to capture the emotional dy- privata eller kommersiella samlingar som kallar sin verksamhet Föremålenof totalitarian har regimes i etnologisk (Kon mening& Riordan sin betydelse1993; Kourtova som namics”museum” of the men music. som “Chalga”, i själva according verket inteto the uppfyller Bulgarian de Musico krav -på logistprofessionell Rosemary museiverksamhet Statelova is a word som of ställts older upp origin, av den describing internationella urban produkter2013). av kultur. Detta innebär alltså att föremål eller entertainmentmuseiorganisationen music from ICOM the 19c.(International performed Councilby ethnically of Museums). mixed andraAs fysiska East företeelserEuropean inteimaginaries i sig själva of utgör freedom ”kultur”. were instrumental bands. The term was revived in the 1990s to denote a 2 Se till exempel www.digitaltmuseum.se, där flera svenska museer För att förstå vad som menas med detta påstående måste somewhat different music and social phenomenon (Statelova, 2005; strongly associated with the West, Western popular visar delar av sina föremåls- och fotosamlingar. Valchinova-Chendova, 2000). vimusic först with försöka its imagery förklara and kulturbegreppet. aesthetic served as a source NätverketNätverket 2016:2020: 22:20: 69–862–7 ISSN:ISSN: 1651-0593 1651-0593 692 https://www.antro.uu.se/natverket-etnologisk-tidskrift/http://natverket.etnologi.uu.se # “Love for the rich, porn for the people?” Popular music in the Balkans as a locus for negotiation of belonging and social distinction for chalga and turbofolk too. Soon after its inception, spheres did not attract as much research attention, however, chalga started being attacked and condemned.
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