Music and Incitement to Violence: Anti-Muslim Hate Music in Burma/Myanmar

IF 0.6 1区艺术学 0 MUSIC

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI:10.5406/21567417.66.3.05

Heather Maclachlan

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Abstract

This article examines a corpus of Burmese-language anti-Muslim hate songs archived on YouTube. Burma/Myanmar is the site of recent genocidal violence perpetrated against Muslims, and these songs are part of the hate speech campaign that undergirds this violence. Using the definition of incitement articulated by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the article shows that the lyrics of these songs constitute incitement to violence. Further, the comments written by YouTube listeners provide evidence that the songs provoke additional dehumanizing speech. The songs and their creators are therefore complicit in the recent violent persecution of Muslims in Myanmar.

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音乐与暴力煽动：缅甸的反穆斯林仇恨音乐

这篇文章检视了YouTube上的缅甸语反穆斯林仇恨歌曲资料库。缅甸是最近针对穆斯林的种族灭绝暴力的发生地，这些歌曲是支持这种暴力的仇恨言论运动的一部分。文章引用卢旺达问题国际刑事法庭对煽动的定义，指出这些歌曲的歌词构成煽动暴力。此外，YouTube听众写的评论提供了证据，证明这些歌曲引发了更多的非人性化言论。因此，这些歌曲及其创作者是最近缅甸对穆斯林的暴力迫害的同谋。

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ETHNOMUSICOLOGY MUSIC-

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1.30

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： As the official journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Ethnomusicology is the premier publication in the field. Its scholarly articles represent current theoretical perspectives and research in ethnomusicology and related fields, while playing a central role in expanding the discipline in the United States and abroad. Aimed at a diverse audience of musicologists, anthropologists, folklorists, cultural studies scholars, musicians, and others, this inclusive journal also features book, recording, film, video, and multimedia reviews. Peer-reviewed by the Society’s international membership, Ethnomusicology has been published three times a year since the 1950s.