Musicological Observations (7): Articles and Links from Ethnomusicology Debate
Posted: August 14, 2016 Filed under: Academia, Music - General, Musical Education, Musicology | Tags: alexander lingas, ben smith, city university london, ethnomusicology, ian pace, laudan nooshin, michael spitzer, nicholas cook, paul harper-scott, rachel cunniffe, tore lind 2 CommentsOn June 1st, 2016, there took place at City University a debate on the subject ‘Are we all Ethnomusicologists now?’, with a panel consisting of Amanda Bayley, Tore Lind, Laudan Nooshin, Michael Spitzer, and myself, chaired by Alexander Lingas. The starting point for the debate was Nicholas Cook’s article ‘We Are All (Ethno)musicologists Now’, in The New (Ethno)musicologies, ed. Henry Stobart (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008), pp. 48-70.
Here is a video of the full debate.
Various statements from the debate and responses have been posted on my blog and that of Music at City. Here are all of these.
Position Statement of Ian Pace
Position Statement of Laudan Nooshin
Position Statement of Michael Spitzer
(My statement and that of Spitzer can also be viewed on the City blog here)
There are also reports and responses to the event from Ben Smith and Rachel Cunniffe here.
Video of debate ‘Are we all Ethnomusicologists Now?’ and responses
Posted: July 22, 2016 Filed under: Academia, Culture, Music - General, Musical Education, Musicology, New Music, Politics | Tags: alexander lingas, amanda bayley, ben smith, city university london, ethnomusicology, ian pace, laudan nooshin, michael spitzer, nicholas cook, paul harper-scott, rachel cunniffe, tore lind 3 CommentsThe video of the full debate which took place at City University on June 1st, 2016 ‘Are we all Ethnomusicologists Now?’, is now online for all to view.
Participants were Amanda Bayley (Bath Spa University), Tore Tvarnø Lind (Copenhagen University), Laudan Nooshin (City University), Ian Pace (City University) and Michael Spitzer (Liverpool University). The debate was chaired by Alexander Lingas (City University).
The following are some other important links: first, reports and responses to the debate by Rachel Cunniffe and Ben Smith
I have published my own position statement online here.
Nooshin’s position statement and slides can be found here.
A fuller response from me to Nooshin’s position statement is here.
This debate has generated much discussion more widely, and hopefully will continue to do so. Many thanks to everyone for taking part.