Brigitta Davidjants
Biographic Data
| ID | 392019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brigitta Davidjants |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brigitta |
| FAMILY NAME | Davidjants |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIDJANTS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8667-3721 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Drumming for Change
Music has long been recognised as a powerful resource for uniting people around shared ideas, making it an effective tool for political activism. In this article, we examine an activist percussion group, Rhythms of Resistance (RoR) Tallinn, to identify key aspects of their activism by analysing video footage of their performance at Tallinn Pride 2023. Additional data include a focus group interview with three RoR Tallinn members and an ethnograph…
Changing generational dynamics among Estonian post-punk parents and children
Until recently, Estonian subcultures were characterized by strict generational, ethnic and genre-based divisions, as was common during the Soviet era. However, in recent decades, these boundaries have begun to blur to an exceptional extent. Through an examination of five families, we explore contemporary Estonian post-punk fandom as a cross-generational phenomenon to highlight the growing cohesion between age groups within the subculture. Our goa…
Identity and Mental Well-being
The act of making music together serves to connect people, creating a sense of belonging and unity while being a powerful tool to facilitate mental well-being. This case study concentrates on member motivation and how this is related to their participation in the Estonian LGBTQ+ mixed choir Vikerlased, with research questions being focused on the political and psychological identity aspects of group singing. Data collection was carried out by mea…
Between Women
In this article, I analyse the life narratives of three Estonian women who identify as either lesbian or bisexual. Based on three semi-structured in-depth interviews, I focus on the period when the local LGBTQ+ movement became active, during the 1980s and 1990s, after half a century of Soviet dominance that had crumbled and Estonia regained independence. The process of growing older, combined with the individual’s biography, along with added dept…
Women’s experience in Estonian punk scenes during the transition from Soviet to post-Soviet society
The article examines women’s experiences in the punk scenes of Tallinn (Estonia) during the late Soviet (1970s–80s) and the initial post-Soviet period (1990s–2000s). The author is interested in how women perceived their identity inside those scenes and in relation to mainstream culture, as well as in the role of Tallinn’s urban space in scene creation. The article places a particular emphasis on examining the consistency in women’s experience of …
Conflicts in music in the South Caucasus
This article explores how music is employed in the service of nationalist ideas by two Caucasian peoples: the Azeris and the Armenians. The small-scale case study reported here focuses on a folk song that is popular in both nations (known respectively as Sari Gelin/Sari Aghjik) and on its reception in social media. The paper shows that doctrinal, national myths cultivated in Armenia and Azerbaijan are remarkably similar and have a stronghold in t…
Identity Construction in Armenian Music on the Example of Early Folklore Movement
The aim of the article is to present various identity constructions in the early Armenian folklore movement.Armenian identity construction has been affected by various factors, including Armenia being the first country to adopt Christianity, and also the fact that it has a well-integrated diaspora in the West, both of which are used to present the 'Europeanness' of Armenians.Yet Armenia is surrounded by Muslim countries with which it shares many …
Identity and Mental Well-being
The act of making music together serves to connect people, creating a sense of belonging and unity while being a powerful tool to facilitate mental well-being. This case study concentrates on member motivation and how this is related to their participation in the Estonian LGBTQ+ mixed choir Vikerlased, with research questions being focused on the political and psychological identity aspects of group singing. Data collection was carried out by mea…
Identity Construction in Armenian Music on the Example of Early Folklore Movement
The aim of the article is to present various identity constructions in the early Armenian folklore movement.Armenian identity construction has been affected by various factors, including Armenia being the first country to adopt Christianity, and also the fact that it has a well-integrated diaspora in the West, both of which are used to present the 'Europeanness' of Armenians.Yet Armenia is surrounded by Muslim countries with which it shares many …
Conflicts in music in the South Caucasus
This article explores how music is employed in the service of nationalist ideas by two Caucasian peoples: the Azeris and the Armenians. The small-scale case study reported here focuses on a folk song that is popular in both nations (known respectively as Sari Gelin/Sari Aghjik) and on its reception in social media. The paper shows that doctrinal, national myths cultivated in Armenia and Azerbaijan are remarkably similar and have a stronghold in t…
Women’s experience in Estonian punk scenes during the transition from Soviet to post-Soviet society
The article examines women’s experiences in the punk scenes of Tallinn (Estonia) during the late Soviet (1970s–80s) and the initial post-Soviet period (1990s–2000s). The author is interested in how women perceived their identity inside those scenes and in relation to mainstream culture, as well as in the role of Tallinn’s urban space in scene creation. The article places a particular emphasis on examining the consistency in women’s experience of …
Between Women
In this article, I analyse the life narratives of three Estonian women who identify as either lesbian or bisexual. Based on three semi-structured in-depth interviews, I focus on the period when the local LGBTQ+ movement became active, during the 1980s and 1990s, after half a century of Soviet dominance that had crumbled and Estonia regained independence. The process of growing older, combined with the individual’s biography, along with added dept…
Changing generational dynamics among Estonian post-punk parents and children
Until recently, Estonian subcultures were characterized by strict generational, ethnic and genre-based divisions, as was common during the Soviet era. However, in recent decades, these boundaries have begun to blur to an exceptional extent. Through an examination of five families, we explore contemporary Estonian post-punk fandom as a cross-generational phenomenon to highlight the growing cohesion between age groups within the subculture. Our goa…
Identity and Mental Well-being
The act of making music together serves to connect people, creating a sense of belonging and unity while being a powerful tool to facilitate mental well-being. This case study concentrates on member motivation and how this is related to their participation in the Estonian LGBTQ+ mixed choir Vikerlased, with research questions being focused on the political and psychological identity aspects of group singing. Data collection was carried out by mea…
Drumming for Change
Music has long been recognised as a powerful resource for uniting people around shared ideas, making it an effective tool for political activism. In this article, we examine an activist percussion group, Rhythms of Resistance (RoR) Tallinn, to identify key aspects of their activism by analysing video footage of their performance at Tallinn Pride 2023. Additional data include a focus group interview with three RoR Tallinn members and an ethnograph…
Art (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Music History and Culture (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Estonian (4 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Law (2 works)