ABSTRACT
Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader, Volume II provides an overview of developments in the study of ethnomusicology in the twenty-first century, offering an introduction to contemporary issues relevant to the field. Nineteen essays, written by an international array of scholars, highlight the relationship between current issues in the discipline and ethnomusicologists’ engagement with issues such as advocacy, poverty and social participation, maintaining intangible cultural heritages, and ecological concerns. It provides a forum for rethinking the discipline’s identity in terms of major themes and issues to which ethnomusicologists have turned their attention since Volume I published in 2005.
The collection of essays is organized into six sections:
- Property and Rights
- Applied Practice
- Knowledge and Agency
- Community and Social Space
- Embodiment and Cognition
- Curating Sound
Volume II serves as a basic introduction to the best writing in the field for students, professors, and music professionals, perfect for both introductory and upper level courses in world music. Together with the first volume, Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader, Volume II provides a comprehensive survey of current research directions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|50 pages
Intellectual Property and Cultural Rights
chapter 2|18 pages
“Justice with My Own Hands”
part II|59 pages
Applied Practice
chapter 4|13 pages
From Neutrality to Praxis
chapter 5|16 pages
The Ethnomusicologist at the Rock Face
part III|70 pages
Knowledge and Agency
chapter 8|13 pages
Birdsong and a Song about a Bird
part IV|51 pages
Community and Social Space
chapter 14|15 pages
Soundscapes of Pilgrimage
part V|59 pages
Embodiment and Cognition
chapter 16|22 pages
Speaking with the Body in Nigerian and Cuban Orisha Music
part VI|24 pages
Curating Sound