Arti musices, Vol. 46 No. 2, 2015.
Original scientific paper
Beyond Textual Representation in Ethnomusicology: From Epistemology to Engagement and Pragmatism
Naila Ceribašić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3578-8515
; Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The work beyond textual representation is of special importance in ethnomusicology. Due to an epistemological turn, along with demands from the broader social sphere, ethnomusicology is oriented more distinctly than other disciplines of music scholarship towards finding adequate ways of representation and application of its research. The art of the discipline’s current state is characterized by pondering on the dialogue, collaboration, engagement, empowerment and related notions. All of them imply a move out of the traditional academic sphere; however the emphases are different, depending on the position of the researcher in relation to the researched, the social position of the researched, and the primary addressees of representation and application. The avalanche has started with the crises of objective representation, followed by a strong endeavour towards application of knowledge which, however, does not stem solely from ethnomusicological humanism but also from a need to sustain the profession under market conditions. Thus, epistemological issues, social engagement and market pragmatism make up key aspects of a turn from written music ethnographies as the main concluding results of ethnomusicological work towards other ways of being ethnomusicologists.
Keywords
ethnomusicology; textual representation; epistemology; dialogic research; applied ethnomusicology; market pragmatism
Hrčak ID:
152030
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Publication date:
26.11.2015.
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