Somehow it's already time for our final blog posts of the quarter.
This time we’ve each chosen one Eurovision performance from each of our countries and have been exploring how to analyze those. Sometimes that’s about discussing elements of the song and staging – choreo, use of props, LEDs, language choices, symbolism and metaphor in the lyrics, and so on. At other points, we might be testing out different “lenses” for interpreting these performances to see whether they help us. Those include various forms of Othering or differentiation (such as Orientalism, homonationalism, cosmopolitanism), as well as ideas around representation. We can take these pieces in so many directions!
We’ve also been asked to draw a comparison between the performance and the national identity we discussed in our last blog post to see whether they’re aligned, misaligned, or utterly befuddling.
And like last time, we’re referencing things in APA as best we can, so you can just happily skip them if all those parentheses get in the way of the flow.
As ever, though, we’re wondering what are we missing? Do you have background info, ideas, or resources we can draw on for a revision (with a very short turnaround time)? Constructive feedback is always welcome. Revisions are due on 9 March, Seattle time, so any ideas before then would be super useful.
Here are the links to our blogs. (Some are running a little late, so will be linked once they’re ready.)
Albania 2021 Karma | Azerbaijan 2022 Fade to black | Bulgaria 2021 Growing up is getting old | Cyprus 2021 El diablo | Czechia 2022 Lights off | Estonia 2016 Play | Georgia 2019 Keep on going | Israel 2021 Set me free | Latvia 2010 What for? | Lithuania 2022 Sentimentai | Malta 2019 Chameleon | Montenegro 2013 Igranka | North Macedonia 2012 Crno i belo | Poland 2016 Color of your life | Romania 2018 Goodbye | Serbia 2016 Goodbye (Shelter) | Slovenia 2019 Sebi | Ukraine 2022 Stefania
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