Culture, Conservation and Community Reconstruction: Explorations in Advocacy Ethnomusicology and Participatory Action Research in Northern Kwazulu Natal

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Music and conflict transformation in the post-Yugoslav era: empowering youth to develop harmonic inter-ethnic relationships in Kumanovo, Macedonia

“…It is transmission and dissemination of knowledge through practical actions (planning, advocacy, consulting and other engaged roles) in order to reach a wider audience to the service of community empowerment (see Davis 1992;Impey 2006;Seeger 2006;Sheehy 1992). Applied ethnomusicology entails work in domains related to festivals and concert organizations, museums and the media in both the public and private sector.…”

Epistemologies of Applied Ethnomusicology

“…When theorizing methods of applied ethnomusicology, it is essential to keep in mind that ethnomusicologists, their collaborators, and practitioners "applying" music will make particular evaluations of the terms on which any interventions will be based, and that these evaluations are epistemologically informed by the points of the view of the social actors, which may in turn be infl uenced by the possible positions and priorities of funders and employers. Diff erent types of situations that present opportunity for evaluation-for example, decolonization (Newsome 2008), racial marginalization (Lomax Hawes 1992), musical sustainability (Impey 2002;Titon 2009), holistic education in "world musics" (Ramnarine 2008), and confl ict (O'Connell and Castelo-Branco 2010)-will bring together distinctive collections of social, political, and cultural values that apply in specifi c ways in each instance (possibly diversely in diff erent locations and deeply divergent sociopolitical realities) but can go far beyond the scope of this article to address any of the complex elements that make up contemporary life. 3 In applied ethnomusicology, scholars may choose to use critical awarenesses of epistemology and epistemological diff erence as analytical tools.…”

Music in War, Music for Peace: A Review Article

“…With the growing recognition of musical advocacy in the discipline, the number of relevant studies in applied ethnomusicology is increasing. Perhaps it is worth noting the classic accounts of music and freedom by Blacking (1980), music and dispossession by Reyes (1999), and music and conservation by Impey (2002). Perhaps it is also worth noting the important contributions in this area made by music educators including Ellis (1985) and Skyllstad (1993).…”