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Iscandula

Su Sotziu Culturali Iscandula nascit in su 1985 gratzias a una cedda de studiaus e de artistas, po podi sighiri su traballu fatu de Danti Olianas asuba de is materiallis arregortus, in Sardinnia, intra is annus '50-'60 de s'etnomusicologu e antropologu danesu Andria Fridolin Weis Bentzon.

In su 2010 a su Sotziu Iscandula ant arrecconnotu sa personalidadi Giuridica e, in su matessi annu, s'Assessorau de sa Cultura de sa Regioni Sardadd'at fata intrai in mesu de is "Entis e Istitutzionis Culturallis de una certa importantzia in Sardinnia".

In su mes'e ladaminis de su 2011 su Sotziu at costituiu su Centro Studi Bentzon e in su Comitau ddui funt:

- Dante Olianas, President;
- Nina Bentzon Ehlers, Bentzon's niece;
- Jørgen Sonne, poet and friend of Bentzon's;
- Birgitte Sonne, professor of Eskimo studies at the University of Copenaghen and friend of Bentzon's;
- Peter Jan Crawford, professor of Visual Anthropology at the University of Tromsø (Norway) and “externally attached staff” at the Freie Universität in Berlin;
- Lene Halskov Hansen, composer and member of the Folkemindesamling;
- Lone Elisabeth Olesen, linguist, researcher and expert of Language and Culture of Sardinia;
- Angelo Pisanu, musician and ethnomusicologist, Corsican music specialist;
- Umberto Cao, anthropologist and researcher;
- Giuseppe Orrù, music teacher, musician and expert of Sardinian organology;
- Sebastiano Perra, musician and expert of organology of Sardinian musical instruments.

Iscandula is the holder of exclusive rights on the works and materials left by Danish anthropologist A. F. W. Bentzon and, as such, it plans to publish and disseminate all his works, where its financial resources allow to do so.

Iscandula has been formally authorised by Bentzon's heirs to use the name A. Bentzon and to name the future ‘Bentzon Foundation' after him.