ABSTRACT

This article examines three uses made of Haiti in Canadian popular music in the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake: K’naan’s “Wavin’ Flag” remade into a charity single, a documentary on hip-hop workshops held in Haiti by Nomadic Massive (Montreal), and the release of Arcade Fire’s Reflektor. In each case, the earthquake is addressed, transnational affiliation is expressed, and value is assigned to Haiti. Through these examples, I unpack the discursive construction of Haiti in Canadian popular music. The three examples explored in this article variously generate discourses of solidarity with Haiti and of Haiti’s alterity, sometimes concurrently.

摘要

本文考察了 2010 年海地地震后海地在加拿大流行音乐中的三种用途：将 K'naan 的“Wavin' Flag”重新制作成一首慈善单曲，一部关于 Nomadic Massive（蒙特利尔）在海地举办的嘻哈工作坊的纪录片)，以及 Arcade Fire 的 Reflektor 的发布。在每种情况下，地震都得到了解决，跨国从属关系得到表达，海地被赋予了价值。通过这些例子，我解开了加拿大流行音乐中海地的话语建构。本文探讨的三个例子以不同的方式产生声援海地和海地的他异性的话语，有时同时发生。