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Brown University's Department of Music hosted the first conference on Applied Ethnomusicology. Participants from Europe and the United States discussed various ways in which Ethnomusicologists work directly in and on behalf of communities outside of academia. This project provides streaming video files of conference presentations.

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"A building that cannot burn down": Cultural Heritage Documentation in Archival Institutions

Description:
A collection such as the Library of Congress’ Archive of Folk Culture is intended to keep materials both safe and, ultimately, accessible. But preservation and …
Year:
2003
Contributor:
Gray, Judith (Creator)
Subject:
ethnomusicology
Collection:
Brown University Library
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"El Campo en el Studio": The Auto-Ethnography of Immigrant Music Traditions From Creation to Re-Creation

Description:
Applied ethnomusicology inhabits a space at the intersection between the interpretation and promotion of cultural pluralism, and the needs of cultural communities to define and …
Year:
2003
Contributor:
van Buren, Tom (Creator)
Subject:
ethnomusicology
Collection:
Brown University Library
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A Conversation with Passamaquoddy Community Scholars

Description:
How may ethnomusicologists partner as consultants to musicians and community scholars in Native and other ethnic communities who seek their advice in helping conserve and …
Year:
2003
Contributor:
Newell, Wayne (Creator)
Sockabasin, Blanch (Creator)
Titon, Jeff Todd (Creator)
Subject:
ethnomusicology
Collection:
Brown University Library
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Applied Ethnomusicology and War at Home: New Perspectives

Description:
My presentation is focused on ethnomusicologists’ abilities as musical and cultural conflict mediators in war-torn Yugoslavia in the 1990s. From a distance in time and …
Year:
2003
Contributor:
Pettan, Svanibor (Creator)
Subject:
ethnomusicology
Collection:
Brown University Library
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Keynote Address – The Melding of Applied and Academic Work: Thinking and Acting Responsibly as Ethnomusicologists

Description:
While it would seem obvious that ethnomusicologists should test their theories through participation in the cultural processes about which they reflect, and for cultural workers …
Year:
2003
Contributor:
Seeger, Anthony (Creator)
Subject:
ethnomusicology
keynote
Collection:
Brown University Library
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Making a Recording More Than a Recording

Description:
My presentation will address how applied ethnomusicologists should consider the production and distribution of music recordings in a broader matrix of factors that affect the …
Year:
2003
Contributor:
Sheehy, Dan (Creator)
Subject:
ethnomusicology
Collection:
Brown University Library
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Music in the Multicultural Society: Some Research Perspectives

Description:
On the basis of the research project Resonant Society (1989-1992) the author invites a discussion of principles and standards applicable to applied (ethno) musicology. How …
Year:
2003
Contributor:
Skyllstad, Kjell (Creator)
Subject:
ethnomusicology
Collection:
Brown University Library
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Roots to Routes: American Vernacular Music on Public Radio

Description:
I don’t see theoretical differences, as much as practical distinctions, between academic and public work. As the producer and host for public radio’s American Routes, …
Year:
2003
Contributor:
Spitzer, Nick (Creator)
Subject:
ethnomusicology
Collection:
Brown University Library
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Smithsonian Global Sound: A New Archival Model for the 21st Century?

Description:
My presentation will describe the creation of the Smithsonian Global Sound project website, to assist archives around the world to digitize and preserve their collections, …
Year:
2003
Contributor:
Kertzer, Jonathan (Creator)
Subject:
ethnomusicology
Collection:
Brown University Library
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The Line between Participant-Observation and Applied Ethnomusicology

Description:
Participating as a performer of merengue and jazz is central to my methodology as an ethnomusicologist. Evidence suggests that this approach has furthered the interests …
Year:
2003
Contributor:
Austerlitz, Paul (Creator)
Subject:
ethnomusicology
Collection:
Brown University Library
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The Role of Applied Ethnomusicology in Sustaining and Creating Identity

Description:
The applied ethnomusicologist serves as a culture broker to facilitate the presentation of group identity through the traditional performing arts, for either cultural insiders or …
Year:
2003
Contributor:
Davis, Martha Ellen (Creator)
Subject:
ethnomusicology
Collection:
Brown University Library
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Welcome

Year:
2003
Contributor:
Titon, Jeff Todd (Creator)
Subject:
ethnomusicology
musical advocacy
Collection:
Brown University Library
Invested in Community
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