Abstract
Cultural Geography per se is one of the marginal sub-disciplines of Geography in India and contributed mainly by practitioners from other disciplines like Anthropology, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Architecture, etc. Due to this reason, the sub-fields of Cultural Geography did not grow in this land of rich cultural heritage and traditions. One such field is the Geography of Music. The objective of this brief editorial note is to demonstrate the potential of folk music as a source of knowing the changing trends and patterns in society, culture, and economy and their spatiality. The examples cited are mainly from the Middle Ganga Valley, a region in which Bhojpuri is the language of the common populace, in which the author is currently based.
Highlights
Though culturally rich, Cultural Geography is relatively neglected and marginal subdisciplines, if seen from the Indian perspective (Singh, 2009)
The purpose of the present editorial note is to expose the potential of music with special reference to folk and popular music, as the source of people’s narrative of change and continuity which could be socio-cultural and economic as well— something which has suffered neglect by social scientists, especially human geographers in India
The thoughts shared here are organised into two broad sections: first, it sketches the general trajectory of cultural geography’s evolution with special reference to performing arts, to be precise, music; and, the second, it is dedicated to discussing the Indian scenario with special reference to folk songs
Summary
Cultural Geography is relatively neglected and marginal subdisciplines, if seen from the Indian perspective (Singh, 2009). Research problems related to society and culture have been not addressed by the (dweller) Indian geographers sufficiently from the indigenous perspective, a problem which was indicated around half a century ago by Sopher (1973). The purpose of the present editorial note is to expose the potential of music (and songs) with special reference to folk and popular music, as the source of people’s narrative of change and continuity which could be socio-cultural and economic as well— something which has suffered neglect by social scientists, especially human geographers in India. The thoughts shared here are organised into two broad sections: first, it sketches the general trajectory of cultural geography’s evolution with special reference to performing arts, to be precise, music; and, the second, it is dedicated to discussing the Indian scenario with special reference to folk songs
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