Âşıklık Geleneğinin Yaşatılmasında Kültürel İcra Mekânı Olarak Eğitim Kurumlarının Rolü: İzmir Halk Âşıkları Derneği Örneklemi
Role of Educational Institutions as Cultural Performance Centers in Keeping Tradition of Poetry Singing Alive: A Case Study of Izmir Poetry Singing Association

Summary/Abstract: Folk culture, which is transferred from one generation to another by various methods and ways within traditions, continues to be transformed by becoming rapidly modified and putting itself in harmony with the changesthat the globalized world has gone through, in the areas of industrialization, communication, transportation, economics and also urbanization, and establishing for itself a new place in society. By doing this, the Turkish folk poetry tradition is able to survive today by blending aspects of Turkish culture from the past as well as the present. This Turkish folk poetry tradition, which is a continuation of the original folkloric-style singing poet tradition that constitutesa significant part of Turkish folk culture, originated from Central Asia. Within the case study of the Izmir Poetry Singing Association, this paper analyzes the role of educational institutions as cultural performance centers that help keep the folk poetry singing tradition alive by producing products of folklore and enabling their sustainability through performances instead of just maintaining their preservation as artifacts from the past.

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