What is applied ethnomusicology and why did they say such bad things about it for so long? And why have they stopped? This essay is a description and history of applied ethnomusicology, with particular attention to its development in the United States, from the late 19th century to the present, by Jeff Todd Titon. The essay is Section 1 of the Introduction to the Oxford Handbook of Applied Ethnomusicology, a volume edited by Jeff Todd Titon and Svanibor Pettan (Oxford University Press, 2015). Reprinted from Toward a Sound Ecology: New and Selected Essays (Indiana University Press, 2020).
See Full PDF See Full PDFSince 1992 public and applied ethnomusicology has grown enormously, generating theory and many examples of practice. Yet graduate education in this ethnomusicological subfield remains inadequate. Ethnomusicologists would be wise to integrate applied and public ethnomusicology more fully into the graduate school ethnomusicology curriculum.
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Social Psychology Quarterly
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John Fenn interviewed me about the field of Applied Ethnomusicology, my understanding of it, my involvement in it over the years, and the future I predicted for it.
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Social Science History
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During a time of increased valuing and rapid growth of ethnomusicology in use, this article considers the naming of current ethnomusicological trends and the discursive location of applied ethnomusicology within those. Applied ethnomusicology has acquired specific and internationally shared meanings and uses within a growing tendency, accross the social sciences, arts and humanities, towards the societal usefulness of academic work. It is both distinct from and related to ethnomusicology in the public interest, public ethnomusicology, public sector ethnomusicology and engaged ethnomusicology.
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