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FREEMUSE SECRETARIAT
About the staff and the Freemuse office in Copenhagen
12 September 2011 |
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Executive Director of Freemuse
Organiser of the 1st World Conference on Music and Censorship, former reporter to the Swedish Broadcasting. Co-editor of 'Smashed Hits – The Book of Banned Music', Index on Censorship 6/98. Editor of "Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today" published 2004.
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Programme Manager
Co-editor of 'Smashed Hits – the Book of Banned Music'. Took the initiative to the 1st World Conference on Music and Censorship. Has lectured world-wide on music censorship, cultural policies and cultural diversity. Has worked as media and music consultant in Mali, India, Gabon, Botswana and Bhutan and as journalist in more than 40 countries for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Former chairman of the EBU World Music Workshop. Former advisor to Danish Center for Culture and Development.
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Programme Officer
Martin Buch Larsen has an educational background in international development, communication and human rights. He has lived, researched and worked on human rights and freedom of expression issues for several years in Southern and Central Africa. He is currently coordinating Freemuse's new artist alert action programme that aims to build regional support networks for persecuted musicians and composers.
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Web Editor
Journalist. For two decades deeply involved in the field of world music, namely as a music editor at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation radio station DR P3 and as co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Danish Djembe Magazine, but also as a musician, a DJ, and director of the record company Mild Records. Former member of the board of Danish Center for Culture and Development.
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Administrator
Rikke Nagell has a solid background in cultural co-operation. A former project coordinator at The Danish Center for Culture and Development, Rikke holds master degrees in African Studies, a cand.mag degree in modern culture and cultural communication and a BA in theatre and film.
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IT Officer, Webmaster
Usman Shafique has done master in Software Engineering from Blekinge Institute of technology,Sweden. He has broad knowledge in requirements engineeing, strategic release planning and software quality managment. |
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| Charter |
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| Freemuse Award 2011 |
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