SHADOWS IN THE FIELD. NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR FIELDWORK IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY [PAPERBACK]

BARZ, G. / T. J. COOLEY, EDS.

ISBN 10: 0195109112 / ISBN 13: 9780195109115

Published by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD, 1997

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BARZ, G. / T. J. COOLEY, EDS.: SHADOWS IN THE FIELD. NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR FIELDWORK IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY [PAPERBACK]. OXFORD, 1997, xii 243 p. figuras, 404 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (MT-) 404 gr.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SHADOWS IN THE FIELD. NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR FIELDWORK IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY [PAPERBACK]
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195109112
• ISBN 13: 9780195109115
• Binding: Tapa blanda
• Edition: 1ª edición.
• Condition: New
• Weight: 404 grams
• Book Type: Libro
• Seller catalogs:
  • Musica

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Synopsis

What are the new directions in ethnomusicological fieldwork? What do we see when we acknowledge the shadows we cast in the field? Will fieldwork continue as an integral part of ethnomusicological theory and method? Glancing forward and backward, the authors in this collection explore a range of issues that can help ethnomusicologists and those who study human experience and creativity to conceptualize the nature of fieldwork. This is the first book by ethnomusicologists to consider fieldwork as an issue-laden practice, rather than as a methodology requiring a prescriptive manual. The contributors challenge the very notion of fieldwork: its goals, the nature of knowledge gained, and the place of fieldwork in historical studies. Until now the focus in ethnomusicological writing and teaching centered around analyses and ethnographic representations of musical cultures. This book signals a new fieldwork, shifting the balance away from the data-collecting model toward an approach that is reflexive, humanistic, and experiential. It makes provocative reading for all fieldworkers, those in ethnomusicology as well as anthropology, sociology, folklore, area studies, linguistics, and other ethnographic disciplines.

About the Author

Gregory F. Barz and Timothy J. Cooley are both at Brown University.