- "Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it."
The relationship between Ethnomusicology and other forms of artistic expression, including dance, theater, and visual arts.
Introduction to Ethnomusicology: This topic covers the basic definition of ethnomusicology and its scope, objectives and methods of studying music in different cultural contexts.
Music and Culture: This topic covers the relationship between music and culture, the various ways in which music reflects and shapes social, political, economic and religious values and beliefs of different communities.
Music and Identity: This topic explores how music is used as a tool for expressing individual and collective identities, constructing and maintaining cultural traditions and practices, and negotiating ethnic, racial and gender identities.
Music and Power: This topic examines the political and social dimensions of music, including the role of music in promoting social change, resolving conflicts, and reinforcing or challenging dominant power structures.
Music and Globalization: This topic explores the impact of globalization on music and its transmission, circulation and consumption across different cultures and regions.
Music and Ritual: This topic covers the role of music in religious, spiritual, and secular rituals, including the use of music in initiations, weddings, funerals, and other life-cycle events.
Music and Performance: This topic examines the aesthetics and techniques of music performance, including improvisation, notation, oral transmission, and interaction between musicians and audiences.
Music and Media: This topic covers the role of various media platforms in the production, dissemination, and consumption of music, including radio, television, internet, and mobile devices.
Music and Ethnography: This topic explores the methods and techniques of ethnographic research on music, including participant observation, interviews, field recordings, and musical transcription.
Music and Education: This topic examines the role of music education in promoting cultural diversity and social inclusion, and the challenges and opportunities of teaching music in multicultural and multilingual settings.
Historical Ethnomusicology: This type of Ethnomusicology focuses on studying the history of music within various cultures and societies.
Applied Ethnomusicology: This type of Ethnomusicology centers around the practical application of music within different social contexts such as music therapy, community outreach, and education.
Cognitive Ethnomusicology: This type of Ethnomusicology focuses on understanding how music is perceived and processed cognitively by different cultures and societies.
Feminist Ethnomusicology: This type of Ethnomusicology explores the role of women in music both as performers and composers.
Performance Ethnomusicology: This type of Ethnomusicology is primarily concerned with the study of live musical performances and how they are shaped by cultural and social factors.
Comparative Ethnomusicology: This type of Ethnomusicology strives to identify similarities and differences among different types of music across various cultures.
Political Ethnomusicology: This type of Ethnomusicology is concerned with how music can be used as a tool for political expression and activism within different cultural and social contexts.
Diaspora Ethnomusicology: This type of Ethnomusicology explores how music has been adapted and transformed by different diaspora communities around the world.
Anthropological Ethnomusicology: This type of Ethnomusicology interweaves music with various cultural phenomena such as social systems, rituals, and beliefs.
Linguistic Ethnomusicology: This type of Ethnomusicology involves analyzing the relationship between music and language, including the use of musical elements to communicate various meanings.
- "It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dimensions or contexts of musical behavior, in addition to the sound component."
- "Folklorists, who began preserving and studying folklore music in Europe and the US in the 19th century, are considered the precursors of the field prior to the Second World War."
- "The term ethnomusicology is said to have been coined by Jaap Kunst from the Greek words ἔθνος (ethnos, 'nation') and μουσική (mousike, 'music')."
- "During its early development from comparative musicology in the 1950s, ethnomusicology was primarily oriented toward non-Western music."
- "For several decades it has included the study of all and any musics of the world (including Western art music and popular music) from anthropological, sociological, and intercultural perspectives."
- "Bruno Nettl once characterized ethnomusicology as a product of Western thinking, proclaiming that 'ethnomusicology as Western culture knows it is actually a western phenomenon.'"
- "In 1992, Jeff Todd Titon described it as the study of 'people making music.'"
- "Within musical ethnography, it is the first-hand personal study of musicking, also known as the act of taking part in a musical performance."
- "Folklorists, who began preserving and studying folklore music in Europe and the US in the 19th century, are considered the precursors of the field prior to the Second World War."
- "The term ethnomusicology is said to have been coined by Jaap Kunst from the Greek words ἔθνος (ethnos, 'nation') and μουσική (mousike, 'music')."
- "During its early development from comparative musicology in the 1950s, ethnomusicology was primarily oriented toward non-Western music."
- "For several decades it has included the study of all and any musics of the world (including Western art music and popular music) from anthropological, sociological, and intercultural perspectives."
- "Bruno Nettl once characterized ethnomusicology as a product of Western thinking, proclaiming that 'ethnomusicology as Western culture knows it is actually a western phenomenon.'"
- "In 1992, Jeff Todd Titon described it as the study of 'people making music.'"
- "Within musical ethnography, it is the first-hand personal study of musicking, also known as the act of taking part in a musical performance."
- "Folklorists, who began preserving and studying folklore music in Europe and the US in the 19th century, are considered the precursors of the field prior to the Second World War."
- "The term ethnomusicology is said to have been coined by Jaap Kunst from the Greek words ἔθνος (ethnos, 'nation') and μουσική (mousike, 'music')."
- "It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dimensions or contexts of musical behavior."
- "For several decades it has included the study of all and any musics of the world (including Western art music and popular music) from anthropological, sociological, and intercultural perspectives."