Comments on: New ways to see the field http://savageminds.org/2008/08/22/new-ways-to-see-the-field/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jay sosa http://savageminds.org/2008/08/22/new-ways-to-see-the-field/comment-page-1/#comment-479442 jay sosa Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:12:04 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1314#comment-479442 M.I.A. has been my favorite music artist for a little over two years now, and I think her genius is the successful juxtaposition of cosmopolitan influences without ever getting labeled 'global music.' I've gotten to see her live twice, and the people who come out to see her (in the U.S. at least) are the most interesting mix of hipsters, homos, and preppy South Asian kids. I think you'll be seeing her influence on global pop culture for a long time ahead. M.I.A. has been my favorite music artist for a little over two years now, and I think her genius is the successful juxtaposition of cosmopolitan influences without ever getting labeled ‘global music.’ I’ve gotten to see her live twice, and the people who come out to see her (in the U.S. at least) are the most interesting mix of hipsters, homos, and preppy South Asian kids. I think you’ll be seeing her influence on global pop culture for a long time ahead.

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