ICTM STUDY GROUP ON MUSIC AND MINORITIES

Minutes of the Business Meeting

Thursday, August 9, 2012
Zefat Academic College
Zefat, Israel


The meeting was called to order by Ursula Hemetek, chair, at 14:30.

1. Introductory remarks included a warm welcome to members present. Apologies for absence, in particular from Naila Ceribasic, a member of the program committee, were noted.

2. The printed copy of the minutes of the 14th business meeting in St John’s was distributed. Hemetek announced that the new Study Group Board consisting of Ursula Hemetek, Adelaida Reyes, and Yoshitaka Terada had been elected at the meeting. Svanibor Pettan who had been the vice-chair of the study group assumed the position of the General Secretary of the ICTM, and was replaced by Reyes. Hemetek extended her special thanks to Pettan for the important role he played in the creation of the Study Group and in the valuable service he has given to it. Reyes who had been the secretary of the study group was replaced by Terada. The minutes were approved unanimously.

3.  
a) Ursula Hemetek reported on the 2010 meeting in Hanoi, and specifically on the proceedings containing papers read at the meeting. The volume, edited by Hemetek, includes 11 articles (15 edited manuscripts were submitted while 4 were withdrawn during the process of editing) and was published online, for the first time in the history of the Study Group. Hemetek described the advantages of internet publication such as the inclusion of color photos and easy access to audio examples. Hemetek also explained the reason that the proceedings was not published by the hosting organization and that none of the papers by Vietnamese participants are included in the proceedings. A printed copy of the publication was presented to Essica Marks (local organizer) and Svanibor Pettan (Secretary General of the ICTM). 

b) Tom Solomon announced the publication of the two collections of essays edited by him: Music and Identity in Norway and Beyond: Essays commemorating Edvard Grieg the Humanist (Fagbokforlaget, 2011) and Ethnomusicology in East Africa: Perspectives from Uganda and Beyond (Fountain Publishers, 2012, co-edited with Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza). 

c) Maria Escribano announced that her doctoral dissertation, “Rhythms of struggle: Recovery, revival and re-creation of txalaparta in the Basque Country” (2012, University of Limerick) had been completed and would soon be available in the university’s online thesis register (http://ulir.ul.ie/handle/10344/42).

d) Svanibor Pettan urged the Study Group members to send information about their publications, in any languages, that will be of interest to the general membership, to the General Secretariat of the ICTM. 

4. Ursula Hemetek reiterated the principle of the Study Group that the local organizer of the meeting is responsible for the proceedings, which will be published under the name of the institution to which s/he belongs. The content to be included in the proceedings of the Zefat meeting was then discussed. The pros and cons were given to the following two methods: 1) all papers presented at the meeting to be included after minor revisions, and 2) selected articles based on the paper presented at the meeting. Essica Marks will investigate the college’s publication policy to help determine the method. She will announce the deadline for submitting the edited manuscripts at a later date.

5. 
a) Yoshitaka Terada proposed to hold the next Music and Minorities Study Group meeting in Osaka, Japan. His power point presentation provided information on the conference venue, accommodation and excursion possibilities. The dates of the meeting were discussed and two possibilities were suggested: mid-July and early September, 2014. Terada will announce the dates after securing the facility. Vote was taken and the proposal was unanimously supported. 
	
b) As for a future meeting, Larry Francis Hilarian suggested the possibility of hosting it in Singapore. Judith Cohen expressed her concern that the two consecutive meetings in Asia might prevent the participation of European colleagues. 

6.  Attention was drawn to the themes of the upcoming ICTM Conference in Shanghai, China and participation from Study Group members in the form of individual papers and panel presentations was encouraged. In particular, as the selected themes for the 2013 world conference are congruent with the themes of the Study Group symposium meeting, members were particularly encouraged to organize panels. Svanibor Pettan encouraged at least three panels to be formed by Study Group members.  

Members were reminded of the September 7 deadline for submission of abstracts/proposals.
	
7.  Themes for the next meeting of the Music and Minorities Study Group were proposed. These included:
        The concept of minority
        Digital media and minority
        Cultural policy and minority
        Postcolonial theory
        Sexual minority
        Minority and exile
	
8.  The gratitude of the Study Group was extended to the local organizers—to Essica Marks and her whole team—for their extraordinary efforts to make the Zefat symposium a success. Marks acknowledged and responded to the thanks. 
        
The Assembly adjourned at 16:00 P.M.

      Respectfully submitted,
Yoshitaka Terada
August 20, 2012



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		  Music and Minorities Minutes 2012