- Paperback: 325 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; 2nd edition (September 9, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 019532496X
- ISBN-13: 978-0195324969
Ethnomusicological fieldwork has significantly changed since the end of
the the 20th century. Ethnomusicology is in a critical moment that
requires new perspecitves on fieldwork - perspectives that are not
addressed in the standard guides to ethnomusicological or
anthropological method. The focus in ethnomusicological writing and
teaching has traditionally centered around analyses and ethnographic
representations of musical cultures, rather than on the personal world
of understanding, experience, knowing, and doing fieldwork. Shadows in the Field
deliberately shifts the focus of ethnomusicology and of ethnography in
general from representation (text) to experience (fieldwork). The "new
fieldwork" moves beyond mere data collection and has become a defining
characteristic of ethnomusicology that engages the scholar in meaningful
human contexts.
In this new edition of Shadows in the Field, renowned ethnomusicologists explore the roles they themselves act out while performing fieldwork and pose significant questions for the field: What are the new directions in ethnomusicological fieldwork? Where does fieldwork of "the past" fit into these theories? And above all, what do we see when we acknowledge the shadows we cast in the field?
The second edition of Shadows in the Field includes updates of all existing chapters, a new preface by Bruno Nettl, and seven new chapters addressing critical issues and concerns that have become increasingly relevant since the first edition.
In this new edition of Shadows in the Field, renowned ethnomusicologists explore the roles they themselves act out while performing fieldwork and pose significant questions for the field: What are the new directions in ethnomusicological fieldwork? Where does fieldwork of "the past" fit into these theories? And above all, what do we see when we acknowledge the shadows we cast in the field?
The second edition of Shadows in the Field includes updates of all existing chapters, a new preface by Bruno Nettl, and seven new chapters addressing critical issues and concerns that have become increasingly relevant since the first edition.
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