Cristin-resultat-ID: 1859031
Sist endret: 21. september 2022, 10:11
NVI-rapporteringsår: 2020
Resultat
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2020

The Earth is Sick: Environmentalism and the Politics of Age and Gender in Children's Musical Culture

Bidragsytere:
  • Kai Arne Hansen

Tidsskrift

IASPM Journal
ISSN 2079-3871
e-ISSN 2079-3871
NVI-nivå 1

Om resultatet

Vitenskapelig artikkel
Publiseringsår: 2020
Publisert online: 2020
Volum: 10
Hefte: 2
Sider: 3 - 19
Open Access

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Scopus-ID: 2-s2.0-85108666564

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Tittel

The Earth is Sick: Environmentalism and the Politics of Age and Gender in Children's Musical Culture

Sammendrag

Anthropogenic climate change is among the most widely debated topics of our time, and recent years have seen the growing impact of children’s involvement in environmental issues. While Greta Thunberg and the School Strike for Climate movement are key examples in this regard, there is another tendency deserving of attention that involves the increased visibility of environmentalism in children’s music and culture. This article investigates the song and music video Kloden er syk [The Earth is Sick] by Anna & Emma, which won the 2019 edition of the Norwegian music competition Melodi Grand Prix Junior. I explore how the audiovisual aesthetics of Kloden er syk encourage solidarity for environmentalist causes, and also discuss disparaging responses to the song and video in order to explicate how age and gender are politicized for the purpose of discrediting young activists and musicians. Ultimately, the article aims to shed light on the distinctly musical (and sociopolitical) ways in which children and young people are implicated in environmental debates.

Bidragsytere

Aktiv cristin-person

Kai Arne Hansen

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for kunstfag og kulturstudier ved Høgskolen i Innlandet
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