STREET MUSICIANS, ARTISTIC PRACTICES AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC EXAMPLE (DIONYSIOU AREOPAGITOU STREET, ATHENS)
Keywords:
street musicians, music, street art, survival strategies, street ethnography, musical performances, musical themesAbstract
This research is based on ϐieldwork I carried out as a researcher during years 2016 and 2017 at Dionysiou Aeropagitou pedestrian street, in the framework of a wider research program. The research is based on ethnographic data resulting from the ϐieldwork at the Dionysiou Aeropagitou pedestrian street. Initially, the issue of street performers is brieϐly addressed, and then there is a reference to the particular issue of street musicians and the categories that are traced right now in Athens, and in particular at the Dionysiou Aeropagitou pedestrian street. The main part of the article will refer to and analyze the daily practices followed by these people in order to attract a wider audience and earn money, as well as the way in which these tactics are integrated in the wider framework of survival strategies in the city. In addition, this article refers to the methodology of the research and the way in which these performers are approached.
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