The Oxford Handbook of Applied Ethnomusicology (Oxford Handbooks)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.68 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199351708 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 864 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He is also the Secretary General of the International Council for Traditional Music and President of the Cultural and Ethnomusicological Society Folk Slovenia.Jeff Todd Titon is Emeritus Professor of Music, Brown University, where for 27 years he directed the PhD program in ethnomusicology. He is known as a pioneer in applied ethnomusicology, and is the author or editor of seven books and numerous essays.. Svanibor Pettan is Full
All are united in their interest in overarching themes such as conflict, education, archives, and the status of indigenous peoples and immigrants. Themes and locations of the research discussed encompass all world continents. A volume that at once defines its field, advances it, and even acts as a large-scale applied ethnomusicology project in the way it connects ideas and methodology, The Oxford Handbook of Applied Ethnomusicology is a seminal contribution to the study of ethnomusicology, theoretical and applied.. Applied studies scholarship has triggered a not-so-quiet revolution in the discipline of ethnomusicology. The current generation of applied ethnomusicologists has moved toward participatory action research, involving themselves in musical communities and working directly on their behalf. The essays in The Oxford Handbook of Applied Ethnomusicology, edited by Svanibor Pettan and Jeff Todd Titon, theorize applied ethnomusicology, offer histories, and detail practical examples with the goal of stimulating further development in the field.The essays in the book, all newly commissioned for the volum
"This hefty tomestrives to be a comprehensive history of a field and to represent the breadth of work in which applied ethnomusicologists engageRecommended."--Choice