大学共同利用機関法人 人間文化研究機構　国立民族学博物館

Objectives

Nations and regions can be divided by ethnicity, religion, language, hierarchy, caste, gender, sexuality, and other factors or a combination of these factors, and in many cases there are imbalanced power relationships within these divided groups. This research group, provisionally defining the various groups in inferior positions as minorities, has as its objective a comprehensive and scholarly examination of the relationships between these groups and their music and performing arts. In many cases minorities seek to use music and arts as forums of expression when from their point of view they are or feel they are excluded or oppressed in terms of culture or history because of their minority status. However, critical studies in terms of theory or specific examples concerning these root reasons have not been pursued. This research group will include researchers from several related disciplines (ethnomusicology, musicology, anthropology, theory of the body, and performance studies). The group hopes to examine in a scholarly manner the roles and possibilities of music and performing arts in forming/manipulating the identity of minority groups.