International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance

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ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology

In 2007, a study group devoted to applied ethnomusicology was established within the International Council for Traditional Music. The intention to establish such a study group had been present among some ICTM members for several years. The symposium Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology in Education: Issues in Applied Scholarship that took place in September 2006 in Ljubljana, Slovenia (see report by Mojca Kovačič and Urša Šivic in the ICTM’s October 2006 Bulletin) served as a major boost in this direction. ICTM’s 39th world conference in Vienna (July 4-11, 2007) featured both a global double panel The Politics of Applied Ethnomusicology: New Perspectives with six participants, each from a different continent - Samuel Araujo (Brazil), Maureen Loughran (USA), Jennifer Newsome (Australia), Patricia Opondo (South Africa), Svanibor Pettan (Slovenia), and Tan Sooi Beng (Malaysia) - and a “preliminary meeting” aimed at the establishment of the study group. At this meeting on 10 July 2007, which was attended by 44 members, agreement about working definitions of applied ethnomusicology and the mission statement of the proposed study group were reached: 

APPLIED ETHNOMUSICOLOGY is the approach guided by principles of social responsibility, which extends the usual academic goal of broadening and deepening knowledge and understanding toward solving concrete problems and toward working both inside and beyond typical academic contexts.

The ICTM STUDY GROUP ON APPLIED ETHNOMUSICOLOGY advocates the use of ethnomusicological knowledge in influencing social interaction and course of cultural change. It serves as a forum for continuous cooperation through scholarly meetings, projects, publications and correspondence.

According to the ICTM’s rules, elections for three officers took place. Svanibor Pettan (Slovenia) agreed to serve as a Chairperson, Klisala Harrison (Finland/Canada) accepted the position of a Vice Chairperson, and Eric Martin Usner (USA) that of a Secretary/Treasurer. The proposed study group on applied ethnomusicology was approved at the Executive Board’s meeting in Vienna on 12 July 2007. 

The study group’s first meeting, titled Historical and Emerging Approaches to Applied Ethnomusicology, took place July 9-13, 2008 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This study group meeting included an innovative format of talking circles, reports on which also are found on this webpage. Talking circles, in contexts of the study group, have been conceptualized as discursive meetings of minds around points of intellectual difference and current relevance in applied ethnomusicology studies. These helped to motivate the fast development of the field of applied ethnomusicology at the international level.  

The second meeting of the ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology happened in Hanoi, Vietnam from 19-30 July 2010, in conjunction with a meeting of the ICTM study group Music and Minorities. This was the first time in the history of the ICTM that two study groups met at the same time. The overarching themes were ethnomusicological practices of community engagement, dialogue, advocacy and sustainability.  

Also in 2010, ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology members published the first book specifically on the discipline of applied ethnomusicology. Applied Ethnomusicology: Historical and Contemporary Approaches is an anthology that was edited by Klisala Harrison, Elizabeth Mackinlay and Svanibor Pettan and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. The book features peer-reviewed articles on four themes: historical and contemporary understandings of applied ethnomusicology in international perspective, teaching pedagogies and research practices of applied ethnomusicology, building sustainable music cultures, and music’s roles in conflict situations. Authors of the articles, in addition to the editors, are: Ana Hofman, Bernhard Bleibinger, Muriel Swijghuisen Reigersberg, Eric Martin Usner, Katarina Juvančič, Vojko Veršnik, Huib Schippers, Jelena Jovanović, Ursula Hemetek and Margaret Kartomi. More details can be found at http://www.cambridgescholars.com/flyers/Applied-Ethnomusicology--Historical-and-Contemporary-Approaches1-4438-2425-9.htm. The book's Introduction, by Klisala Harrison and Svanibor Pettan, gives some theoretical perspective on applied ethnomusicology and locates at http://www.cambridgescholars.com/flyers/978-1-4438-2425-5-sample.pdf.  

In 2011, the study group elected a new executive. Klisala Harrison agreed to serve as Chairperson while Samuel Araújo (Brazil) accepted the position of Vice Chairperson and Britta Sweers (Switzerland) became Secretary/Treasurer.  

2012 brought the study group's exciting third symposium in Larnaca, Cyprus. Membership continued to explore the study group's focus on music and conflict, in the context of this meeting. The symposium program additionally addressed the themes of disability and music, and social activism. Talking circles discussed applied ethnomusicology in relation to institutions. These were highly successful discussions that informed the development of another edited volume (see below).

In 2014, the study group held its fourth symposium on the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The meeting's themes were applied ethnomusicology and institutions, music and media, and new work in applied ethnomusicology.

In 2015, Klisala Harrison was re-elected as Chair, whereas Adriana Helbig (USA) agreed to serve as Vice Chair and Pamela Onishi (Singapore), as Secretary.

The fifth symposium took place in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada in autumn 2016. Due to local arrangements demands and a high number of participants, there were consecutive sessions. The symposium themes were music, labour and exchange; research methdologies for the 21st century; and intangible cultural heritage.

2016 saw the publication of a journal issue titled Applied Ethnomusicology in Institutional Policy and Practice. The volume features quality, peer-reviewed articles developed from papers presented at the 2010, 2012 and 2014 symposia of the ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology via an open call distributed to all participants. It is freely accessable at http://www.helsinki.fi/collegium/journal/volumes/volume_21/index_21.htm. A Chinese-language book version of this collection will be published by Central Conservatory of Music Press, Beijing before July 2017. The volume explores the relationship between applied ethnomusicology and various aspects of institutional policy and practice via case studies from Germany, China, the UK, the USA, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the Seychelles and Australia. Questions addressed include: What are the types of institutional policies engaged by applied ethnomusicological work today? What is the relevance of music’s roles in addressing concrete problems, in the academy and ever-more frequently beyond, to different sorts of institutional policies? What are the benefits and problematics of applied ethnomusicological approaches, projects, theories and results in light of certain policies? The article authors are Sally Treloyn, Emily Joy Rothschild, Marie-Christine Parent, Muriel E. Swijghuisen Reigersberg, Zhang Boyu, Jennifer K. Newsmen, Bernhard Bleibinger, Dave Dargie, Jocelyn Moon and Klisala Harrison; the editor is Klisala Harrison.

The study group holds general assemblies (business meetings) as well, usually on an annual basis. These, together with the symposia, are detailed in annual reports published on this webpage and in the ICTM Bulletin.

 

Symposium 2024- ICTMD Joint Study Group Meeting

 

Applied Ethnomusicology (AE) and the Sacred and Spiritual Sounds and Practices 

Istanbul University, Turkey, 23-27 October, 2024

 

Dear members of the ICTMD Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology, 

We want to remind you about the CfP for the upcoming joint meeting of the ICTMD Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology and the ICTMD Sacred and Spiritual Sounds and Practices Study Group at the Istanbul University, 23-27 October 2024. The deadline is extended to 15th March 2024.

Please find the call for presentations in the attachment.

We are looking forward to your submissions!

 

Symposium 2022-ICTM Joint Study Group Meeting

Applied Ethnomusicology (AE) and Music and Dance in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAT CAR)

AE - From Sep. 19 to Sep. 24 in Brasil (Pedro II School - Rio de Janeiro)

LAT CAR - From Sep. 26 to Oct.  1st in Chile (Alberto Hurtado University -Santiago)

Full Program Applied Ethnomusicology Rio September 2022!

We are proud to present the full program of the Joint ICTM Symposium 2022 - Applied Ethnomusicology & Music and Dance in Latin America and the Caribbean in Rio de Janeiro - a meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from September 19th to 24th, 2022 (with emphasis on AE), and from September 25th to to Oct 1st in Santiago de Chile (with emphasis on LatCar). 

These twelve days will enable delegates to discuss contemporary perspectives and practices in ethnomusicology from Latin America and the Caribbean, with an emphasis on Black and Indigenous cultures and new knowledges. 

Both conferences will be offered in a hybrid in format. To enable equitable access to both events, no registration fees will be charged, but delegates from institutions and stronger economies are invited to make a voluntary contribution. All the sessions will have simultaneous translations between English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Full information about the program, activities and accommodation are here: https://www.even3.com.br/simposioictm2022/

Please join us live or online for this exciting gathering.

Please do not forget to register on the event platform below and select the dates and times of the sessions you want to attend.

https://www.even3.com.br/simposioictm2022/?fbclid=IwAR3NAfJQRYDAg1c8fpcp...

If you have any questions, please  contact us at simposioictm22@gmail.com

 
ICTM StG Meeting “Performing, Engaging, Knowing,” 26-29 August 2020 Evaluation
 
The conference “Performing, Engaging, Knowing” was the 7th meeting of the ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology and was organized in cooperation with Lucerne School of Music, the Department of Composition, Electroacoustics, and Tonmeister Education of mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and the Swiss Society for Ethnomusicology. The meeting was planned to take place from 26 to 29 August 2020 in Sursee (Switzerland) but moved entirely online due to governmental restrictions on movement and assembly during the Covid-19 crisis. This was the first time an ICTM Study Group meeting was conducted exclusively online. During the four days of the conference, the 56 contributors presented 3 keynotes, 4 panels, and 27 individual papers (organized into 10 sessions).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Warmest regards,

 

Chairperson
Huib Schippers (Netherlands)

Email: huibsfr@gmail.com

Vice Chairperson
 Zhang Boyu (China)                                                                                                                                                                                         Email: zboyu@ccom.edu.cn

Secretary/Treasurer
 Wei-Ya Lin (Austria)
 Email: weiyalin@gmail.com

Executive Member 

Olcay Muslu (Turkey)                                                                                                                                                                                      Email: olcaymuslu76@gmail.com

Applied Ethnomusicology comes to Rio in September 2022!

After 7 gatherings in Europe, Asia and Africa, the ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology (AE) is excited to announce its first meeting in the Americas.
Ethnomusicologists with interest in applied work are invited to join our meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from September 1

Call for Papers: 6th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology

The ICTM study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology will be holding its sixth symposium at the Central Conservatoire of Music in Beijing, China, from 7-10 July 2018. We invite presentations that have a clearly defined applied dimension. This can be in terms of intent, methodology and/or impact (e.g. on the creation, performance and dissemination of music; community cohesion and wellbeing; infrastructure and legislation; equity and other socio-political issues; formal and informal learning; and/or sustainable practice and the environment).

Call for Papers: 2016 Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS 

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: DECEMBER 10, 2015

 

The 5th Symposium of

the Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology,

International Council for Traditional Music

 Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia, Canada

October 5-9, 2016  

Report on the 4th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology

The ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology met for a highly stimulating symposium in South Africa from 30 June – 4 July 2014. Due to generous arrangements of the Local Arrangements Committee chaired by Bernhard Bleibinger, about 50 symposium participants from Africa, Europe, North and South America, Australia and Asia moved between venues at the University of Fort Hare in East London on the Eastern Cape, the university’s main campus in Alice, a Hogsback conference facility in the Amathole Mountains, and Grahamstown.

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