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The idea that some ethnic groups are born with #MusicalBlood is everywhere.

Roma. Jews. African Americans. Cubans. And many more.

But why does this idea persist? And what does it do in the real world?

In my new article, I unpack the anatomy of “musical blood” – using the case of Slovak Roma to show how this belief shapes their lives.

CCying everyone interested in
#Ethnomusicology, #Anthropology, #Musicology, #WorldMusic – also #RomaniStudies & #RomaniMusic

Let’s dive in 👇

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The idea that some ethnic groups are born with #MusicalBlood is everywhere.

Roma. Jews. African Americans. Cubans. And many more.

But why does this idea persist? And what does it do in the real world?

In my new article, I unpack the anatomy of “musical blood” – using the case of Slovak Roma to show how this belief shapes their lives.

CCying everyone interested in
#Ethnomusicology, #Anthropology, #Musicology, #WorldMusic – also #RomaniStudies & #RomaniMusic

Let’s dive in 👇

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A schematic diagram showing how ideas of “musical blood” emerge through cross-cultural comparison.

Two triangular structures represent two music cultures: Music X and Music Y. Each triangle connects:

Music culture at the top

Musical aptitude for that music (bottom left)

Musical enculturation for that music (bottom right)

Arrows labelled “requires/affords” link these points, showing that each music culture both requires and fosters certain aptitudes and learning processes.

In the middle, between Music X and Music Y, dotted lines and speech bubbles illustrate how stereotypes arise:

Autostereotypes: “We are X, and we are born to improvise unlike Y who need sheet music.” / “We are X, and we don’t need music school like Y.”

Heterostereotypes: “X play so well and they don’t even read music!”

A chain of overlapping circles labelled “emerging stereotypes” runs between the two cultures, showing that repeated comparisons generate ideas of “musical blood.”

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#Introduction to a new series of threads about sustainable travelling *for academics*!

CCying everyone interested in #SustainableTravel #SustainableAcademia #Flyingless #SlowTravel #ClimateChange #CarbonFootprint #Environment and #ActOnClimate

Technical note: I’ll be using #GreenMSCA and #GreenAcadeMiles tags for all my posts related to this topic. If you are not much into my other stuff (#visual #anthropology #music), I suggest you follow these hashtags only.

Let’s jump into it!

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#Introduction to a new series of threads about sustainable travelling *for academics*!

CCying everyone interested in #SustainableTravel #SustainableAcademia #Flyingless #SlowTravel #ClimateChange #CarbonFootprint #Environment and #ActOnClimate

Technical note: I’ll be using #GreenMSCA and #GreenAcadeMiles tags for all my posts related to this topic. If you are not much into my other stuff (#visual #anthropology #music), I suggest you follow these hashtags only.

Let’s jump into it!

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A picture from a train. There’s a laptop, various printed papers on the table, and a little cup, possibly with tea. Behind the train’s window is a blurred image of the landscape – green hills, blue sky and something resembling an old factory with a tall chimney.

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On 13–14th of February 2025, I organised a #Hackathon on #RomaniChords that explored various methodological avenues for my #MSCA project’s data acquisition.

Here’s a short thread summarising what we dealt with and achieved during these days.

CCying everyone interested in #Ethnomusicology, #Musicology, #ComputationalMusicology, #MusicScience, #RomaniStudies, #RomaniMusic and alike.

Let’s jump right into it!

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On 13–14th of February 2025, I organised a #Hackathon on #RomaniChords that explored various methodological avenues for my #MSCA project’s data acquisition.

Here’s a short thread summarising what we dealt with and achieved during these days.

CCying everyone interested in #Ethnomusicology, #Musicology, #ComputationalMusicology, #MusicScience, #RomaniStudies, #RomaniMusic and alike.

Let’s jump right into it!

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Selection of 4 pictures and the sign “Hackathon on Romani chords – 13–14/02/2025). Pictures from the left:

1)	A gentleman with an accordion.
2)	A gentleman with a guitar. There’s a big screen behind him projecting the process of sonic data acquisition. 
3)	A gentleman playing an electric guitar, looking at a computer screen.
4)	Three gentlemen playing a concert – a singer, a sax player and a keyboard player.

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You can now support the research database #VisualEthnomusicology .net on Ko-fi.com!

https://ko-fi.com/visualethnomusicolog ynet/

More information about the upcoming development:

https://visual.ethnomusicology.net/roa dmap

Any tips count! Thank you for your consideration ❤️

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You can now support the research database #VisualEthnomusicology .net on Ko-fi.com!

https://ko-fi.com/visualethnomusicolog ynet/

More information about the upcoming development:

https://visual.ethnomusicology.net/roa dmap

Any tips count! Thank you for your consideration ❤️

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Preview of the website visual.ethnomusicology.net, a research database collecting documentary films on topics of ethnomusicology.