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BULLETIN of the INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL for TRADITIONAL MUSIC ICNo. T135, October 2017M ISSN (Online): 2304-4039 CONTENTS Secretariat and Executive Board Representatives; Study Group on Applied Reports from ICTM Study Groups: Ethnomusicology: Symposium; Study Multipart Music; Music and Dance of Message from the Secretary General. Mes‐ Group on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology: Oceania; Music and Minorities; Music sage from the President; ICTM Students Symposium; Study Group on Ethnochoreo‐ Archaeology; Musical Instruments; and Early Career Researchers Group logy: Symposium; Study Group on Historic‐ Performing Arts of Southeast Asia. Pages 2–6 al Sources of Traditional Music: Sympo‐ Pages 47–52 sium; Study Group on Iconography of the In Memoriam Performing Arts: Symposium; Study Group Other Reports: 2nd ICTM Forum; Music, Dimitris Themelis (1931-2017) on Mediterranean Music Studies: Sympo‐ Education, and Social Inclusion (Study‐ sium; Study Group on Music and Dance in Group‐in‐the‐making). Page 7 Southeastern Europe: Symposium; Study Pages 53–54 Group on Music and Minorities and Study 45th ICTM World Conference (2019) Group on Music and Gender: Joint Sympo‐ Calendar of Events First Notice sium; Study Group on Musics of East Asia: Symposium; Study Group on Musics of the Page 55 Pages 8–9 Slavic World: Symposium; Study Group on Featured Publications by ICTM 44th ICTM World Conference (2017) Performing Arts of Southeast Asia: Symposium Members Local Arrangements Committee Report. Pages 15–17 A Distinctive Voice in the Antipodes; Programme Committee Report. Report European Voices III; Historical Sources of from a Conference Volunteer. Minutes of Reports Ethnomusicology in Contemporary Debate; the 43rd General Assembly. Minutes of Performing Sexual Identities: Nationalities Reports from ICTM National and Regional 14th Assembly of ICTM National and on the Eurovision Stage Regional Representatives. Minutes of 2nd Representatives: Bhutan; Finland; France; Assembly of Study Group Chairs. Georgia; Ghana; Iran; Malaysia; Mexico; Page 56 Nigeria; Norway; Palau; Peru; Philippines; Pages 10–14 Puerto Rico; Serbia; Singapore; Slovakia; General Information Announcements South Africa; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; ICTM World Network; Study Groups; Uruguay; Venezuela. Executive Board, Secretariat, Membership 25th ICTM Colloquium; 3rd ICTM Forum; Information; Publications by ICTM. Minority Sounds in National Contexts as Pages 18–46 Seen by ICTM National and Regional Pages 57–64 Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 1 SECRETARIAT AND EXECUTIVE BOARD Message from the lated its protest in a quite impressive membership that had been perhaps way: part of the Executive Board under‐represented so far: students and Secretary General stepped down for the duration of the early stage researchers. Opening Ceremony, leaving the room by Ursula Hemetek My second point is democracy and as soon as Waldheim started his transparency. The Council has not In my first contribution speech. Part of the audience also left always been organized as democratical‐ to the Bulletin of the the room, myself included. Later during ly as it is now. The Council is an inter‐ ICTM as Secretary the conference, the Austrian members national non-governmental organization General I would like to dissolved the National Committee and governed by a body—the Executive introduce my ideas for installed a Liaison Officer, what seemed Board—that comprises members from the Council in this new capacity, and to be the only solution to achieve more all over the world who are in turn also to highlight some of the Bulletin’s transparency. The National Committee elected democratically by the member‐ contents. was revived in 2004 with Gerlinde Haid ship. This ICTM membership is indeed as its first Chair, but that is another In the past three months I have experi‐ an amazing body, not only due to its story. enced that being Secretary General of number but most of all because of its ICTM is both a great responsibility As incoming Secretary General I con‐ diversity. I do not only mean ethnic or and a heavy weight on my shoulders. vey this story as a kind of metaphor for regional diversity, but that which is However, I am still happy and greatly what I see as my personal focus for the most inspiring for me: the diversity of honoured to serve, by the way, as the next four years. On the one hand—and approaches in the study of music and first female Secretary General in 50 this has to do with my age of course— dance. In my long-standing engagement years. Besides handling all the day‐to‐ historical awareness seems to be so with ICTM I have learned so much day operations of ICTM, I envision important. I think the previous Secre‐ from many different voices heard at three main points that are important in tary General and Executive Board have meetings. The only way to make such my interpretation of the function of done a great job in providing us with diversity fruitful is with an attitude of Secretary General: historical aware‐ many available documents concerning mutual respect, something I have ness, democracy and transparency, the history of our organization. experienced in ICTM for many years; and political engagement. However, historical awareness means respect for new ideas (which very often During the Limerick World Conference more than that; it also includes the but not always come from early stage many different histories and narratives researchers), respect for different we learned a lot about the history of ICTM, and I have been a witness to it of our discipline in all regions and approaches to the study of music and nations, whether it is called dance (due to different research tradi‐ for almost 40 years. I remember very well the “scandalous” World Confer‐ ethnomusicology, folk music research, tions), and respect for different ence in Schladming, Austria, in 1989. comparative musicology, cultural personalities. I appreciate the great anthropology of music, or some other wealth of all these different voices in For me it was not only a kind of scholarly initiation but also a lecture in designation. And it means the critical the membership and I will do my best reflection of these histories. to make as many of them as possible international NGO politics: without heard, by means of political participa‐ involving the Austrian ICTM members The Limerick World Conference was an tion within ICTM, as far as this will be in any way, the local organizer decided impressive demonstration of the fact in my capacity. to invite the President of the Republic that looking critically at the history of of Austria, Kurt Waldheim, for the an organization is the basis for its fu‐ In fact, we have started this process Opening Ceremony. Waldheim was at ture development. So I consider myself already. On page 6 you will find a the time placed on many blacklists and lucky to step in just at this point in the notice from a new body within the internationally ostracized because of his history of the ICTM. There are exten‐ Council, the ICTM Students and activities during the Nazi regime. I had sive reports on that event in this issue Early Career Researchers. I see this privately taken part in national of the Bulletin, including for the first as an initial step towards increased vi‐ protests against Waldheim before, but time a report by a conference volun‐ sibility and representation of this most now I found myself within an interna‐ teer, which is important because it important group of ICTM members. tional body—the ICTM—that articu‐ gives a voice to a section of the Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 135 — October 2017 — Page 2 SECRETARIAT AND EXECUTIVE BOARD In connection with Study Groups I want to thank Barbara Barnard Smith for her generosity in supporting ICTM again, with a new grant that will fund the Music and Dance of Oceania Tra‐ vel Award (see page 48). Also in direct connection with this Study Group is one of the publications featured on page 56: A Distinctive Voice in the Antipodes: Essays in Honour of Stephen A. Wild (edited by Kirsty Gillespie, Sally Treloyn, and Don Niles). Stephen has served ICTM in various capacities over a very long time. The 1995 ICTM World Confer‐ ence that he organized is unforgettable Svanibor Pettan, Salwa El Shawan Castelo-Branco, Christian Meyer (Vice Rector for all who attended it. He served as of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), Ursula Hemetek, Ulrike both Vice President and Secretary Sych (Rector of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), Anthony General of ICTM, but most of all Seeger. Vienna, Austria. September 2017. Photo by Cornelius Holzer. Stephen is a greatly appreciated scholar, and a wonderful person. Furthermore, we have made available (starting on page 18) is one means to Congratulations, Stephen! online the minutes of the two most re‐ do so. In this issue you will find re‐ cent General Assemblies, Assemblies of ports from National and Regional Com‐ Likewise I want to thank outgoing National and Regional Representatives, mittees that had long been silent. I Executive Board members Samuel and Assembly of Study Group Chairs. appreciate their reappearance in the Araújo and Kati Szego. Samuel served multifaceted choir of diverse voices as the Executive Board’s liaison to The first section of the Bulletin has that is the ICTM World Network. I Latin America. Miguel A. García, also been renamed, from “From the would also want to warmly welcome whom I welcome, was co-opted into the Secretariat” to “Secretariat and Execu‐ the following new representatives: the Executive Board earlier this year, and tive Board”, to include messages from new Liaison Officers for Malaysia will succeed Samuel in that capacity. members of the Council’s governing (Clare Suet Ching Chan) and Tonga In addition to being an Executive body.