ABSTRACT Decolonisation is a creative process, as well as a historical and political one. This article outlines key issues in researching the creative processes of decolonisation with reference to dance and music in the Indian Diaspora. It begins with Gandhi's ‘experiments with truth’, which first developed a political reach in the context of Indian indenture within the British Empire but left a fractured legacy in the decolonising era. Their conceptual import frames a discussion on participatory research, dialogic pedagogies and intellectual responsibility. The notion of dialogue contextualises examples of musical collaborations, as well as intellectual exchanges between Gandhi and two of his interlocutors: Ambedkar and Tolstoy. These shift discussion from an oppositional narrative of decolonisation towards more complex views of cultural and intellectual interactions in decolonising processes. The final section introduces the volume's case studies, which collectively encourage a pluralist reading of dance and music in the cultures of decolonisation.

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印度侨民的舞蹈、音乐和非殖民化文化：迈向多元化阅读

摘要 非殖民化是一个创造性的过程，也是一个历史和政治过程。本文概述了研究非殖民化创造性过程的关键问题，并参考了印度侨民的舞蹈和音乐。它始于甘地的“真理实验”，它首先在大英帝国内的印度契约背景下发展了政治影响力，但在非殖民化时代留下了破碎的遗产。他们的概念导入构成了关于参与式研究、对话式教学法和智力责任的讨论。对话的概念体现了甘地与他的两个对话者：安贝德卡和托尔斯泰之间的音乐合作以及知识交流的例子。这些将讨论从非殖民化的对立叙述转向对非殖民化过程中文化和智力互动的更复杂观点。最后一部分介绍了该卷的案例研究，这些案例研究共同鼓励了对非殖民化文化中舞蹈和音乐的多元化阅读。