Cultural Evolution: a case study of Indian music

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Publication date 2012
Journal Journal of the Indian Musicological Society
Volume | Issue number 41
Pages (from-to) 53-71
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  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
Abstract This paper studies the relations between music, culture and the society which surrounds it, focussing on change as an evolutionary process. The classical music of North India serves as an example, but a similar approach may be applied to other branches of human culture, e.g. science.
Document type Article
Language English
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