MINUTES of The Business Meeting of the ICTM Study Group MUSIC AND MINORITIES May 29, 2008 Hotel Jeneralka, Prague, Czech Republic The meeting was called to order at 2:10 PM by the Study Group president, Ursula Hemetek. Svanibor Pettan, vice-president, assisted her. I.. By way of introduction, and particularly in consideration of new members, Prof. Hemetek noted the availability of the Minutes of the Study Group’s meetings in the ICTM Newsletter. In addition, there was a brief review of the definition of minorities; of who may vote in the Study Group elections (only members of the ICTM in good standing although others may speak at the meetings); how often non-members of the ICTM may offer presentations at Study Group meetings (maximum twice). II. An amendment to the Agenda was proposed and approved unanimously, moving the Report on Study Group Activities, and the Review of Study Group publications ahead of the approval of the Minutes from the 2007 Business Meeting in Vienna.. III. Report of Activities. The Music and Minorities Study Group is now the second largest ICTM study group. The Study Group was well-represented in the Vienna World Conference of the ICTM in 2007. A number of papers built upon those that had been presented in Varna, Bulgaria in the previous Music and Minorities meeting (2006). Plans for future panels (in Durban) were encouraged. Elsie Dunin proposed adding “dance” to the study group’s name. Sonia Seeman proposed adding “cultural practices”. Ursula Hemetek noted the technical difficulties inherent in altering the Study Group’s official name, but suggested that dance and other cultural practices can be mentioned in the Call for Papers. A brief discussion on the topic of inclusion and exclusion implicit in the name of the Study Group followed. Reviews of Publications. Shared Musics and Minority Identities (edited by Naila Ceribasic and Erika Haskell), the proceedings of the 2004 Music and Minorities Study Group meeting in Roc, Croatia was reviewed by Carol Silverman in Ethnomusicology, vol. 52, no. 1. Other reviews in World of Music and Urban Studies (Prague) are forthcoming. New Publications. Five papers from the Vienna ICTM World Conference that dealt with the Politics of Applied Ethnomusicology were published in Musicological Annual, vol. XLIV/1. Authenticity and Cultural Identity. Performing Arts in Southeast Asia, edited by Yoshitaka Terada was published in 2007 by the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan. Elsie Dunin’s Romani studies are part of an Internet publication edited by Jeff Titon, accessible through the web page of Brown University. Sonia Seeman’s article, “Presenting ‘Gypsy”, Re-presenting Roma: Towards an Archaeology of Aesthetic Production and Social Identity” is part of the volume, Music and Anthropology: Journal of Musical Anthropology of the Mediterranean, ed. Martin Stokes (Special Issue on Turkey, no. 11, 2006). Participation in the ICTM World Conference in Durban, South Africa was encouraged. Themes for the conference are: a. Post-colonialisms and the future for our discipline b. Re-approaching the popular and the traditional in the contemporary world c. Festivals, contests, and competitions d. Emotions, spirituality and experience e. Masculinities in music and dance f. New research The deadline for submitting abstracts is November 1, 2008. See the ICTM website for further details. IV. Location for the next Study Group meeting. Kjell Skyllstad presented the invitation from Vietnamese Institute for Musicology to hold the 2010 meeting in Vietnam. Based on the experience of the Norwegian Foreign Affairs-sponsored program on which Norway and Vietnam collaborated, Kjell Skyllstad cited the need for research on minorities in this area. Copies of materials from the Web describing some of the Institute’s activities were distributed. A discussion followed focusing on issues such as affordability (estimated cost of transportation from Europe: 700 euros); feasibility; schedule and timing taking weather conditions into consideration; the desirability of moving the meeting out of Europe on the Study Group’s tenth anniversary. It was suggested that a list of requirements for hosting a Music and Minorities meeting be drawn for the benefit of prospective hosts and organizers.. V. Themes for the next Study Group meeting were suggested: a. Methodology/Approaches b. “World Music”—Methodological and conceptual approaches c. Minority cultures: conflict and challenges d. Music/dance and village development e. Minority musics/dance in times of transition f. Diasporic musics and cosmopolitanism g. Non-ethnic minorities: gender, age, and class. VI. Publication of papers from the Prague meeting. Two forms of publication are being contemplated: on-line and print. All abstracts will be available on the website for the conference. Zuzana Jurkova requested submission of papers for publication on the website by the end of September 2008. Additional information, particularly on the print publication will be forthcoming. The format of the on-line publication which will include all papers was discussed. A more selective approach to the print publication is under consideration. Hence, the importance of editorial processes as well as permissions, copyright, and ethical concerns. VII. Thanks and appreciation were extended to the local organizers—Zuzana Jurkova and her team: Veronica Seidlova, Zita Skorepova Honzlova, and “the boys”(technical staff). The TV coverage of the event was mentioned, and a list of participants with their respective email addresses will be sent to all after the conference. VIII. The Minutes of the Study Group’s Business Meeting in Vienna in 2007 was approved. IX. Other matters. Svanibor Pettan announced an Applied Ethnomusicology conference on “Historical and Emerging Approaches to Applied Ethnomusicology” to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on July 9 to 13, 2008. Yoshitaka Terada announced the formation of a Study Group on minorities in Japan. It is to meet five or six times a year. Larry Francis Hilarian commented on the “superb” Vietnamese hospitality and the probability that the Vietnamese hosts will provide interpreters for the next Music and Minorities meeting should the Study Group decide to meet there. The meeting was adjourned at 6:00. Respectfully submitted Adelaida Reyes