Activist Ethnomusicology and Marginalized Music of South Asia

Sherinian, Zoe

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“…Studies that have examined music and dance from the perspectives of nationalism and post-independence caste politics have to a certain extent shifted the lens towards caste (e.g. Junghare 1983, Qureshi 1986, Thompson 1991, Babiracki 1991, Bakhle 2005, Weidman 2006, Soneji 2012, Schultz 2013, Sherinian 2014, Fiol 2015, Stirr 2017 et.al). However, much ethnomusicological research has yet to historicise and theorise caste from the perspective of music, sound and embodiment (particularly of race, gender and sexuality).…”

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“…This would require not just a critique of knowledge, but also of the ways of knowing. Sherinian (2015) rightly points out how the analysis of classical music reinforced the long-standing local hierarchies of musical and social identity until the late 20 th century. Indian musicologists like Ashok Ranade (1986) and I E N Chauhan (1973), while questioning the applicability of western models to Indian music, have reproduced the nationalist, brahmanical ideal and located (complex) classical music at the apex while promoting (simple) binaries of classical-folk, classical-tribal among other forms of music.…”

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Ethnomusicology Matters

Kölbl¹,

Sağlam²,

Hemetek³

2019

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and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw) signified an increase in the prestige of ethnomusicology within the university.The ICTM Secretariat is located at the mdw's Department of Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology, which has for decades been an important networking platform for the world's many different "musics" as well as for the various music-and dancerelated expressive forms that are situated outside the mainstream. Having brought the Secretariat to the department, Ursula Hemetek's research agenda-music and minorities-received more attention: this field of research has a great deal to do with sociopolitical relevance, and this agenda is actually a point of departure for the contents of this book.International ethnomusicological personalities were invited to the aforementioned symposium to discuss the field's socio-political relevance in light of current lines of ethnomusicological discourse, which are of considerable political significance. Most of the contributions which make up this book were submitted as articles specifically for this publication, and after a double-blind peer reviewing process they have now been published. It is amazing to see how manifold the ethnomusicological approaches can be that contribute towards influencing political and social realities: analysing philosophical paradigms or the potential power of music itself, the positioning of the discipline as university politics, the application of gender discourses, discussing the role of heritage and archives as well as indigenous ontologies, and of course applied ethnomusicology itself as a political intervention in the interests of social justice.Within the discipline of ethnomusicology, the links between scholarly research and socio-political realities are largely pre-specified by interpersonal relations in fieldwork. Fieldwork often implies the forming of personal bonds with individuals and/or groups-accordingly, ethnomusicologists are commonly involved with communities and the socio-political conditions surrounding them. It is the very nature of human relationships that creates the aspiration to socio-political change in a large amount of ethnomusicological research, as the articles of this volume clearly show.Hence, ethnomusicology matters precisely because of its involvement with individuals and communities. For ethnomusicological research to gain socio-political relevance, however, a certain political intention-a vision for the way in which political realities can be influenced-is crucial. This intention manifests itself in a wide range of forms-from political statements to applied and engaged approaches to cultural and political activism; however, always involving music and/or dance. All of these forms can be read as interventions of varying extents. Research that attracts attention and critically reflects upon hegemonic structures from a theoretical perspective may have different effects than research that is explicitly 'applied', or 'engaged' practically and whose very purpose is to "benefit the community" in a "people-centered" way...

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2019

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Transforming Ethnomusicology Volume I

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Castelo-Branco²

2021

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Transforming Ethnomusicology aims to deepen and broaden the dialogue about social engagement within the discipline of ethnomusicology. It draws upon a very wide array of perspectives that stem from different ethnocultural contexts, philosophical histories, and cultural situations. Volume I begins with overviews of ethical praxis and collaboration in different countries and institutions. Some of the following studies reflect on the challenges that ethnomusicologists have faced and the strategies they have adopted when working in situations as diverse and challenging as the courtrooms of America, the refugee camps of Kenya, the post-earthquake urban context of Haiti, and war-torn South Sudan. Other studies reflect on community activism and the complexities of sustaining and reviving cultural traditions. The final chapter offers a new perspective on disciplinary practice and methodology by examining the power relations implicit in ethnography and the potential of shifting our position to “witnessing.” Volume II focuses on social and ecological issues and includes Indigenous perspectives from America, Australia, and South Africa. The volume as a whole recognizes the interlinking of colonial and environmental damage as institutions that failed to respect the land and its peoples. As in Chapter 1, the authors deal with the challenging circumstances of the present day where historical practices and modern neoliberal institutions threaten the creation and sustaining of musical knowledge, the memory of the land (both urban and rural), and the dignity of human life. As in Volume I, the second volume ends with a model for change, a radical rethinking of the structure of knowledge already underway in Brazil.

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