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Ethical considerations of transcultural composition (last edited: 2025)

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Through an artistic research process, I examine the ethical issues that arise in transcultural music composition, a context familiar to the students of the Global Music department at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. Through reflexive autoethnography and musical analysis of the composition used for my Bachelor concert, I look at the questions of cultural appropriation vs. appreciation, and imitation vs. plagiarism. In the discussion I use a reflexive and investigative process for navigating these questions, and in the conclusion I expose my reflections and ideas on how to tackle this elusive yet important subject.

type	research exposition
keywords	Composition, Transcultural, cultural appropriation, colonialism, ethics, Global Music, reflexive autoethnography
date	26/09/2024
last modified	30/08/2025
status	in progress
share status	public
affiliation	Global Music programme, University of the Arts Helsinki
copyright	2024-2025 Sami Karkar
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3031668/3031669

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name	Picture for the poster of Sami Karkar's pre-Bachelor show (15.5.2024)
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name	Sami Karkar - Global Music Bachelor thesis 2025 - FINAL
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name	Figure 1. Google search trend on cultural appropritaion - 2004-01 - 2025-07
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name	Festival of Resistance(s) - Trailer
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name	Figure 3. Score extract - Playdoyer pour la Paix - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 5 - Score extract - La déclaration de Guerre - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 6. Score extract - La déclaration de Guerre - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 7. Score extract - Aux armes - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 8. Score extract - Adiu la bèra Margoton - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 9. Score extract - Le refus - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 10. Score extract - Le refus - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 11. Score extract - Le refus - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 12. Score extract - La fuite - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 13. Score extract - La fuite - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 14. Score extract - La fuite - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 15. Score extract - Le retour - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 16. Score extract - Il faut faire quelque-chose - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 17. Score extract - Résistance ! - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 18. Score extract - Résistance ! - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 2. Score extract - La guerre menace - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	Figure 4. Score extract - Playdoyer pour la Paix - Pierrot et la Guerre
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name	01 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - Opening - extract
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name	02 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 2nd part - extract
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name	03 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 3rd part - extract - beginning
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name	04 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 3rd part - extract - ending
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name	05 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 4th part - extract
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name	06 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 5th part - extract - verses 4 and 5
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name	07 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 5th part - extract - final duo
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name	08 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 6th part - extract - first half
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name	09 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 6th part - extract - second half
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name	10 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 6th part - extract - ending
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name	11 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 7th part - extract - Maracatu
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name	12 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 7th part - extract - Martello
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name	13 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 7th part - extract - Afrogroove
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name	14 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 7th part - extract - ending
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name	15 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 8th part - extract - beginning
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name	16 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 9th part - extract - solo and chorus
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name	17 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 10th part - extract - beginning
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name	18 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 10th part - extract - middle
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name	19 Pierrot et la Guerre - Concert 27-5-2025 - 10th part - extract - ending
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