Living Ethnomusicology: Paths and Practices

By Ted Solis and Margaret Sarkissian

Ethnomusicologists have journeyed from Bali to Morocco to the depths of Amazonia to chronicle humanity's relationship with music. Margaret Sarkissian and Ted Sol s guide us into the field's last great undiscovered country: ethnomusicology itself. Drawing on fieldwork based on person-to-person interaction, the editors provide a first-ever ethnography of the discipline. The unique collaborations produce an ambitious exploration of ethnomusicology's formation, evolution, practice, and unique identity. In particular, the subjects discuss their early lives and influences and trace their varied career trajectories. They also draw on their own experiences to offer reflections on all aspects of the field. Pursuing practitioners not only from diverse backgrounds and specialties but from different eras, Sarkissian and Sol s illuminate the many trails ethnomusicologists have blazed in the pursuit of knowledge. A bountiful resource on history and practice, Living Ethnomusicology is an enlightening intellectual exploration of an exotic academic culture.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252042344
• ISBN13: 9780252042348
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 10.2"