Journal — reading the cultural index
Field note in preparation
The editorial field note for Mumbai is being written. For now, explore the region through the field map →
Composition · by field
- Film56%
- Television6%
- Literature8%
- Music30%
Currents · cultural flows
In conversation with.
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the new global pop
Bollywood scoring conventions enter the Lagos studio in the 2010s; conversely, Afrobeats production techniques run the other way. The current is bi-directional and runs across the index — not through Paris or New York, but directly between two southern pop centres.