Music, religion, multiple affiliations: an event approach
Disciplines
Abstract
With a critical feedback on the concept of the event, the author opts for an innovative epistemological approach: rather than starting from pre-defined institutional groups, she studied the ways in which religion is taking place in the cross-border region of Arc Lémique. Music has proven to play a central role in the expression of trans-local affiliations. The text, based on the results of a research project on ‘Islam (in) visible in the city’, shows how the diversity of cultural references depicted in this Swiss region is put into music by the actors.