Daniel Asia

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January 10, 2023

Culture and Cultural Appropriation

Daniel Asia

The diffusion of art and culture across continents and oceans typically accompanies great human progress. The only “appropriation” in all of this is carried out by those who politiciz......

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October 24, 2022

In Honor of Roger Scruton: Reflections on Beauty and Photography

Daniel Asia

Composer and professor of composition Daniel Asia admires the late philosopher Roger Scruton but thinks he had photography all wrong.

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July 22, 2022

The Maestro Speaks

Daniel Asia

A review of "Classical Crossroads: The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century," by  Leonard Slatkin, Amadeus, 2021, 238 pp., $23.49 hardcover.

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January 21, 2016

Dear Future Arts Professor

Daniel Asia

Daniel Asia gives advice to future arts and humanities scholars.

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February 6, 2013

The Transformational Decade

Daniel Asia

The University of Arizona debuts its new hip-hop major.

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