repurposing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of repurpose

noun

1. The act by which something is repurposed.

   “One theme of the mix is the international play of loans, snatches, repurposings, retroengineerings and recirculations of beats, motifs, techniques, and melodies between musicians in the diaspora and beyond.”