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Sep 9, 2008 · In this new edition of Shadows in the Field, renowned ethnomusicologists explore the roles they themselves act out while performing fieldwork and pose significant questions for the field: What are the new directions in ethnomusicological fieldwork?
My approach has been to evaluate the definition, place, role, and impact of music in academies in Africa, serviced or served by the continent's scholars, as well as the dispersion of African music knowledge and ways of experiencing music into the global canon.
Dec 11, 2023 · Through extensive fieldwork in sub-Saharan Africa, much of his creative practice takes ethnographic sound and music recordings out of archives for re-purposing back among communities.
Jul 1, 2021 · Abstract. Ethnomusicologists walk a lot. Walking brings us closer to our teachers, who give us knowledge about ndwom, and reveals important insights into how a locale is laid out, helping us to develop local literacy and an embodied understanding of the scales and rhythms of the society.
6 days ago · Fieldwork. American Folklife Center: Cultural Documentation Guidelines. These teaching and training guidelines provide practical advice and insights into the process of conducting a local-level field documentation project. These guides cover essential topics such as: project planning; research ethics from the perspectives of the fields of ...
- Maureen Russell
- 2016
Interdisciplinary work, field study, and performance are the shining signature features of ethnomusicology, an academic area of study that explores and examines cultural and social dimensions of music in far-flung places and in local communities.
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Jul 1, 2021 · Abstract. This article places ethnographic fieldwork in Zimbabwe into dialogue with over a century of literature on the ground-bow throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
