Can Music Become Traumatized? Polish- Lithuanian Oppositional Networking and Search for Freedom During the Political Transformations of the 1980s
Can Music Become Traumatized? Polish- Lithuanian Oppositional Networking and Search for Freedom During the Political Transformations of the 1980s

Summary/Abstract: Poland and Lithuania at the end of the Cold War and during the post-communisttransformation may serve as a case study for theoretical reflections on both musicaland political territories understood on the basis of the terminology of Gilles Deleuzeand Félix Guattari. The aim of this paper is to investigate the contribution made byPolish and Lithuanian music to political and cultural freedom before and after 1989and to determine ‘if’ and ‘how’ music can become traumatized. Did the socio-politicaltransformations (e.g., the emergence of ‘Solidarność’ and ‘Samizdat’) and oppositionalnetworking influence music itself and its transnational understanding in termsof plasticity? To address the chosen topic, the author aims to provide a space fora deeper engagement in music and its various contexts, and thus overcome a simplifiedunderstanding of musical practice as a reflection of social structures and politicalprocesses. This approach may offer a broader definition and contextualization of thetransformative power of politically and socially engaged music, thereby contributingmore profound insights into the social and cultural meaning of music as well as intoterritorial migrations of ideas and their impact on social and political change.

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