Shadows in the field
new perspectives for fieldwork in ethnomusicology
KORTE INHOUD
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...
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1997 Uitgever: Oxford University Press 243 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0195109112 ISBN-13: 9780195109115Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Interessant en schaars boek in goede staat, op een enkele pagina is wel wat licht onderstreept met potlood. [Titel: Shadows in the Field: New Perspectives for Fieldwo]
