Landscapes of Music in Istanbul: A Cultural Politics of Place and Exclusion

Everyday articulations of music, place, urban politics, and inclusion/exclusion are powerfully present in Istanbul. This volume analyzes landscapes of music, community, and exclusion across a century and a half. An interdisciplinary group of scholars and artists presents four case studies: the rembetika, the music of the Asiks, the Zakir/Alevi tradition, and hip-hop, in Beyoglu, Üsküdar, the gentrifying Sulukule neighborhood, and across the metropolis. Alex Papadopoulos is Associate Professor of Geography at DePaul University, Chicago. He studies the contestation of urban space in European cities. Asli Duru is Marie Curie Fellow at The Open University, London, and studies everyday geographies of health and wellbeing.

Everyday articulations of music, place, urban politics, and inclusion/exclusion are powerfully present in Istanbul. This volume analyzes landscapes of music, community, and exclusion across a century and a half. An interdisciplinary group of scholars and artists presents four case studies: the rembetika, the music of the Asiks, the Zakir/Alevi tradition, and hip-hop, in Beyoglu, Üsküdar, the gentrifying Sulukule neighborhood, and across the metropolis. Alex Papadopoulos is Associate Professor of Geography at DePaul University, Chicago. He studies the contestation of urban space in European cities. Asli Duru is Marie Curie Fellow at The Open University, London, and studies everyday geographies of health and wellbeing.

Cover -- Content -- Foreword -- Music, Urban Contestation, and the Politics of Place in Istanbul -- Rembetika as Embodiment of Istanbul's Margins Musical Landscapes in and of Transition -- "Poorness is Ghettoness" Urban Renewal and Hip-hop Acculturation in Sulukule, Istanbul -- The Âşıks Poet-minstrels of Empire, Enduring Voice of the Margins -- Rethinking the Institutionalization of Alevism Itinerant Zakirs in the Cemevis of Istanbul -- Afterword Gezi Park and Taksim Square as Musical Landscapes of Exclusion and Inclusion -- List of Contributors -- Index.

Frontmatter --Content --Foreword /Zarinebaf, Fariba --Music, Urban Contestation, and the Politics of Place in Istanbul /Papadopoulos, Alex G. --Rembetika as Embodiment of Istanbul's Margins /Papadopoulos, Alex G. --"Poorness is Ghettoness" /Yıldırım, Kevin --The Âşıks /Korovinis, Thomas / Papadopoulos, Alex G. --Rethinking the Institutionalization of Alevism /Özdemir, Ulaş --Afterword /Papadopoulos, Alex G. --List of Contributors --Index.

Everyday articulations of music, place, urban politics, and inclusion/exclusion are powerfully present in Istanbul. This volume analyzes landscapes of music, community, and exclusion across a century and a half. An interdisciplinary group of scholars and artists presents four case studies: the rembetika, the music of the Asiks, the Zakir/Alevi tradition, and hip-hop, in Beyoglu, Üsküdar, the gentrifying Sulukule neighborhood, and across the metropolis. Alex Papadopoulos is Associate Professor of Geography at DePaul University, Chicago. He studies the contestation of urban space in European cities. Asli Duru is Marie Curie Fellow at The Open University, London, and studies everyday geographies of health and wellbeing.

Everyday articulations of music, place, urban politics, and inclusion/exclusion are powerfully present in Istanbul. This volume analyzes landscapes of music, community, and exclusion across a century and a half.
An interdisciplinary group of scholars and artists presents four case studies: the rembetika, the music of the Asiks, the Zakir/Alevi tradition, and hip-hop, in Beyoglu, Üsküdar, the gentrifying Sulukule neighborhood, and across the metropolis.