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The categorical umbrella of world music exists to lift up sonic traditions that are often overlooked by the Western-dominated global music industry, framing diverse regional practices as part of a shared ecosystem of creative expression that prioritizes cultural specificity over the commercial homogenization that defines much of mainstream pop’s global reach. What began as a way to untangle the longstanding marginalization of non-Western sounds, which for much of the 20th century were confined to niche ethnographic archives and small independent distribution circles, has grown into a global movement that centers the autonomy of the creators whose work it amplifies, moving past outdated, othering framings that once treated all non-mainstream, non-Western music as a monolithic curiosity.
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