Community Music and Ethnomusicology

Main author: Cottrell, Stephen
Other authors: Impey, Angela
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description This chapter reflects on the similarities and differences between community music and applied ethnomusicology. We argue that to describe a particular study as belonging to one or the other of these sub-disciplines is often as much a reflection of scholarly networks and frameworks as it is evidence of differences in methodology or approach. The chapter introduces a number of case studies from South Africa, and focuses in particular on a community archiving project in the iSimangaliso Wetlands Park. These case studies are used to illustrate the different inflections that may pertain to the terms ‘community music’ or ‘applied ethnomusicology’, while also demonstrating the overlaps between them. Finally, attention is drawn to the risks that are always involved in cultural interventions, regardless of from where they may emanate.
author_additional Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh
author_additionalStr Bartleet, Brydie-Leigh
format Book Chapters
author Cottrell, Stephen
author_facet Cottrell, Stephen
Impey, Angela
authorStr Cottrell, Stephen
author_letter Cottrell, Stephen
author2 Impey, Angela
author2Str Impey, Angela
title Community Music and Ethnomusicology
publisher Oxford University Press
publishDate 2018
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/25467/