Caught on the Back Foot: epistemic inertia and visible music <br>http://dx.doi.org/10.5429/2079-3871(2011)v2i1-2.2en
Philip Tagg
Abstract:This paper explores the position of popular music studies thirty years since the formation of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. Founder member of the association, Phillip Tagg, discusses what issues need to be addressed in the field, and how could they be better understood. Areas investigated include interdisciplinarity, interprofessionalism, epistemic intertia and invisible music. The paper concludes that musicologists working in popular music have failed to make such inroads into … Show more
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