Shadows In The Field: New Perspectives For Fieldwork In Ethnomusicology by Gregory Barz and Timothy J. Cooley

Ethnomusicological fieldwork has significantly changed since the end of the the 20th century. Ethnomusicology is in a critical moment that requires new perspectives 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 shift 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.

Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Year:	2008
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780195324969
Condition:	Very Good

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SKU: 1603053
Location: Music