ETHNOMUSICOLOGY A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION Thimoty Rice Sumário Chapter 1 – Defining ethnomusicology...........................................................................................4 Ethnos..........................................................................................................................................5 Mousikē.......................................................................................................................................5 Logos...........................................................................................................................................7 Chapter 2 A bit of history.................................................................................................................9 Ancient and medieval precursors................................................................................................9 Exploration and enlightenment.................................................................................................10 Nationalism, musical folklore, and ethnology..........................................................................10 Early ethnomusicology.............................................................................................................13 “Mature” ethnomusicology.......................................................................................................15 Chapter 3........................................................................................................................................17 Conducting research..................................................................................................................17 Fieldwork sites..........................................................................................................................17 Choosing a fieldwork site and gathering data...........................................................................17 Interviewing..............................................................................................................................19 Participant-observation.............................................................................................................20 Learning to sing, play, and dance..............................................................................................21 Documenting musical traditions...............................................................................................22 Transcribing and analyzing music.............................................................................................23 Intellectual property rights........................................................................................................24 Chapter 4........................................................................................................................................26 The nature of music...................................................................................................................26 Music as a resource...................................................................................................................26 Music as a social resource.........................................................................................................27 Music as a psychological resource............................................................................................28 Music as a resource linking the psychological and the social...................................................29 Music as a cultural form, music as social behavior..................................................................29 Music as text.............................................................................................................................31 Music as a system of signs........................................................................................................32 Music as art...............................................................................................................................33 Chapter 5 .......................................................................................................................................36 Music as culture .......................................................................................................................36 Local concepts about music .....................................................................................................36 Music teaching and learning ....................................................................................................37 Identity and music ....................................................................................................................38 Gender and music .....................................................................................................................39 Music, trance, possession, ecstasy, and emotion ......................................................................40 Chapter 6 .......................................................................................................................................43 Individual musicians ................................................................................................................43 Types of individuals .................................................................................................................43 Individuals and theories of culture ...........................................................................................45 Chapter 7........................................................................................................................................47 Writing music history................................................................................................................47 Music histories .........................................................................................................................47 Modern music history ..............................................................................................................47 Chapter 8 .......................................................................................................................................52 Ethnomusicology in the modern world.....................................................................................52 Globalization and popular music .............................................................................................52 Music, media, and technology .................................................................................................54 Music, health, and healing .......................................................................................................55 War, violence, and conflict .......................................................................................................56 Climate change .........................................................................................................................57 Chapter 9 .......................................................................................................................................59 Ethnomusicologists at work .....................................................................................................59 University homes .....................................................................................................................59 The public and private sectors ..................................................................................................60 Public service ...........................................................................................................................61 References......................................................................................................................................64 Chapter 1...................................................................................................................................64 Chapter 2...................................................................................................................................64 Chapter 3...................................................................................................................................65 Chapter 4...................................................................................................................................67 Chapter 5...................................................................................................................................68 Chapter 6...................................................................................................................................69 Chapter 7...................................................................................................................................70 Chapter 8...................................................................................................................................70 Chapter 9...................................................................................................................................72 Further Reading.............................................................................................................................74 Chapter 2...................................................................................................................................74 Chapter 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