2 April 2025, Cambridge
British Forum for Ethnomusicology Pre-Conference Workshop
University of Cambridge,
One of the most prominent developments across music studies in recent years has been the emergence of historical approaches to music and sound that go beyond the usual focus on Europe and the United States in most historical musicology. Increasingly described as 'global music history', this work intersects with 'historical ethnomusicology' and other kinds of historically oriented work carried out by ethnomusicologists, including research that deals with more recent pasts accessible through ethnography and oral history.
Ethnomusicologists have occasionally published on these topics for several decades, dating back to volumes such as Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History (Blum, Bohlman and Neuman 1991) and continuing through groundbreaking studies such as Ana María Ochoa Gautier's Aurality (2014). But there remains considerable opportunity for dialogue between ethnomusicologists and music historians.
As a preliminary to our conference on 'musical futures', we will be holding a day-long workshop on Wednesday, 2 April, focusing on the question of musical and auditory pasts and the disciplinary intersections between history and ethnography in music studies. Some questions we hope to explore include:
How have scholars in the past conducted research on musical and sonic histories outside Euro-American and other hegemonic institutional contexts? What are the legacies of such research today?
How have histories of empire, coloniality, and other forms of political hegemony in diverse global contexts shaped scholarly approaches to music and sound?
How have international events, institutions, organizations, and networks (e.g., world fairs, the 1932 Cairo Congress, musicological societies) facilitated and/or delimited global histories of music and sound?
What kinds of confluences exist between 'historical ethnomusicology' and 'global music history'? What key methodological and conceptual differences set them apart? How useful is the nomenclature of these approaches?
How might we understand the relationship between the Euro-American discipline of 'musicology' and other global traditions of musical thought and scholarship? And how might the study of these traditions reshape narratives about the formation of 'musicology' (understood broadly) within Euro-American contexts?
To what degree has the aim of 'remapping sound studies', as proposed by Gavin Steingo and Jim Sykes (2019), taken hold in auditory historiography? Is there a need to 'remap' auditory history as well?
What kinds of curricular and pedagogical approaches (whether already existing or hypothetical) might facilitate teaching these musical/sonic histories as well as researching them?
We welcome proposals for either of the following types of participation:
1. Short position statements (7-8 mins long) about a key piece of research or conceptual issue; multiple presenters will be brought together in roundtable discussions. These may also be submitted as roundtable proposals, with up to 5 speakers for a roundtable of 60 mins (including discussion)
2. 15-min individual paper presentations (with 5 min q/a)
In keeping contributions relatively short, our aim is to facilitate a lively conversation throughout the day that brings together scholars trained in ethnomusicology, music history, sound studies, and related disciplinary areas.
Like the main BFE conference that follows, we anticipate that this workshop will primarily be conducted in person. However, in order to promote accessibility, we will also consider the possibility of hybrid participation.
Individuals interested in participating, whether for option 1 (position papers for roundtables) or 2 (individual presentations) should include a short abstract (max. 200 words) outlining their proposed contribution. For proposals for complete roundtables, please submit a single abstract for the session that gives some indication of each presenter's contribution (max. 500 words). Please also indicate whether you would be able to attend in person or online.
Deadline for submissions: 22 January 2025, 5 pm (UK time/GMT) via online submission form.
Note: proposals for this event will be considered independently of the main conference. Submitting proposals to both is permitted.
If you have questions, please email Peter McMurray
For further details of the main BFE conference and the pre-conference workshop.
Organising Committee, Pre-Conference Workshop ;
Hyun Kyong Hannah Chang (University of Sheffield) ;
Vanessa Paloma Elbaz (University of Cambridge) ;
Amanda Hsieh (University of Durham) ;
Peter McMurray (University of Cambridge) ;
Jacob Olley (University of Cambridge); ;
Vera Wolkowicz (University of Glasgow)
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