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This article has been commissioned as part of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Music Revival edited by Caroline Bithell and Juniper Hill. This chapter addresses the revival of musical life in places recovering from natural or humanmade disasters such as earthquakes or wars. It argues that every such revival has distinctive attributes based on the local culture and on local artists’ responses to the situation that has necessitated the revival. Scholars need to take these factors into account when developing a research methodology. Through three case studies—posttsunami, postconflict Aceh; posttsunami, postconflict Sri Lanka; and post-Taliban Afghanistan—this chapter explores the ways artists have engaged in reconciliation or recovery efforts, using the arts to help overcome trauma, restore morale, and maintain peace. It also examines the nature of the arts education systems that have been established to cater for the needs of victims of all ages. The chapter concludes by outlining a preliminary methodology for research into musical revivals following major catastrophes, bans, or neglect.

Keywords: disaster, trauma, revival, reconciliation, peace maintenance, arts education, research methodology, Aceh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka

Margaret Kartomi

Margaret Kartomi studied music and arts at the University of Adelaide and undertook her doctorate at Humboldt University in Berlin. She has served twice as national president of the Musicological Society of Australia, was director-at-large of the International Musicological Society from 1993–2003, and is professor of music at Monash University. Her publications include over one hundred journal articles and six authored books covering ethnomusicology, Indonesian musics of Sumatra and Java, musical instruments, and youth orchestras. She is on the editorial board of Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology, Ethnomusicology Forum, Journalof Musicological Research, and Wacana Seni. In 1982 she was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a Corresponding Member of the American Musicological Society in 2001. She was honored for services to Southeast Asian music by the awards of AM (Member of the Order of Australia) in 1991 and the Australian Centenary Medal in 2003.

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