Positioning Creativity in Ethnomusicology

Study and Practice
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-05278-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: CMS Emerging Fields in Music

In Positioning Creativity in Ethnomusicology: Study and Practice, ethnomusicologists succinctly demonstrate various ways of centering creativity in music higher education. Across six chapters, 12 authors with a variety of specializations and years of experience in (and outside of) academia come together to offer their answers to the question, “What might be possible if we were to (re)position creativity at the center of all we do?” Their contributions range from creative philosophical and theoretical approaches which deemphasize Western canonical views, to practical applications in ensembles, to creative ways of being respectful and reciprocal in complicated cross-cultural relationships in the field (the ethnomusicologist’s research locus), among music faculty, and with students in the classroom.

Bringing together a wide range of case studies, the chapters tie anti-colonial advocacy to the creation of spaces where creativity can flourish, show how creative applied ethnomusicology benefits communities, and address the creative pedagogies required to situate diverse musical cultures in the context of academia, while overcoming gaps in student and faculty understanding. Providing new insights for scholars, instructors, and students Positioning Creativity in Ethnomusicology is an essential resource that reframes how we practice and teach ethnomusicology.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Romero, Brenda M.

LaRue, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Instrumentenunterricht & Lernanleitungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikethnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Series Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction / Brenda M. Romero and Jennifer LaRue

1. Embodiment as a Step Toward a De/Anti-Colonial Study of Music / Jennifer LaRue

2. Rethinking Japanese Music Ensemble / Jay Keister and Mami Itasaka Keister

3. Gamelan in the Mountain West: Our Stories / I Madé Lasmawan, Victoria Lindsay Levine, Elizabeth McLean Macy, and Ni Ketut Marni

Glossary

4. “Where I’m From, Creativity Needs No Repositioning” / Putu Tangkas Adi Hiranmayena

Glossary

5. Ethnomusicology as Interdiscipline: Bridging Gaps through Collaboration and Co-Mentorship / Jocelyn Nelson and Brenda M. Romero

6. Folk Performance as Indigenous Social Commentary: Stories from Karnataka, India, and Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan / Deepak Paramashivan and Amelia Maciszewski

Epilogue / Jennifer LaRue and Brenda M. Romero

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer LaRue is a postdoctoral scholar in musicology at Florida State University. Her research interests include intercultural music, African art music, popular music, and decolonial approaches to music in academia, and she has presented her work nationally and abroad.

Brenda M. Romero is professor emerita at the University of Colorado Boulder; PhD in Ethnomusicology (University of California, Los Angeles) BMus and MMus in Music Theory/Composition (University of New Mexico). She is recipient of Fulbright García-Robles Scholar (2000-01) and Fulbright Colombia Scholar (Spring 2011). She coedited Dancing across Borders: Danzas y bailes mexicanos and originated, coedited/coauthored At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice.