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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.
SAMI KARKAR - Ethical considerations of transcultural composition - 2025
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Figure 1 - Search trend on the term "cultural appropriation". 11

Figure 2 - Score extract of the opening. 28

Figure 3 - Score extract of the second part - percussions. 30

Figure 4 - Score extract of the second part - voices. 30

Figure 5 - Score extract from the third part - percussions. 31

Figure 6 - Score extract from the third part - voices. 31

Figure 7 - Score extract of the fourth part32

Figure 8 - Score extract of the fifth part33

Figure 9 - Score extract of the sixth part - voices on the first half34

Figure 10 - Score extract of the sixth part - percussions. 35

Figure 11 - Score extract of the sixth part - voices on the second half35

Figure 12 - Score extract of the seventh part - beginning. 37

Figure 13 - Score extract of the seventh part - middle. 38

Figure 14 - Score extract of the seventh part - ending. 39

Figure 15 - Score extract of the eighth part40

Figure 16 - Score extract of the ninth part41

Figure 17 - Score extract from the tenth part - beginning. 42

Figure 18 - Score extract from the tenth part - end. 43