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Voices of the Field: Pathways in Public Ethnomusicology provides a reflection on the challenges, opportunities, and often overlooked importance of public ethnomusicology, capturing the authors' years of experience simultaneously navigating the academic world and the world outside academia, and sharing lessons often missing in ethnomusicological training.
List of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction - Léon F. García Corona and Kathleen Wiens
- Ethnomusicology Is What You Make It - Daniel Sheehy
- Part I Different Work for Different Spaces
- Ch 1 The Meeting Room as Fieldwork Site: Towards an Ethnography of Power - Huib Schippers
- Ch 2 Running Things: Moving Parts and People - Cullen Buckminster Strawn
- Ch 3 Control, Contribute, Collaborate: Ethnomusicologists as Team Players - Kathleen Wiens
- Ch4 Freelancing and Consulting: Strategic Preparations for a Long-term Professional Commitment in Public Sector Ethnomusicology - Nancy Groce
- Part II Production and Methodology for Public-Facing Content
- Ch5 Knowing How to Tell a Story - Jeffrey A. Summit
- Ch 6 Communication and Marketing: Building and Reaching Your Community - Marysol Quevedo
- Ch 7 Sustainable Ethnomusicology: Technology, Marketing, and Revenue - León F. García Corona
- Ch 8 Teaching World Music: Intersections of Music, Education and Diversity - Patricia Shehan Campbell
- Ch 9 Curating the Virtual Museum: Ethnomusicology and the "Curationist" Moment - Jeff Janeczko
- Part III Forging New Paths for Ethnomusicologists
- Ch10 Activate Ethnomusicology Everywhere - Kathryn Metz
- Ch11 Rethinking the Engagement of Ethnomusicologists with Performance and Applied Music Curricula - Robin Moore
- Ch 12 Navigating a Path Towards a Public-Facing Career in Ethnomusicology - Meryl Krieger
- Envisioning Change: Concluding Thoughts - Anthony Seeger
About the author
León F. García Corona (PhD Ethnomusicology, UCLA) is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at Northern Arizona University and a former content producer and education specialist for the Smithsonian Institution.
Kathleen Wiens (PhD Ethnomusicology, UCLA) is a museum and heritage professional. She has worked on museum and heritage projects across North America and Europe, including at the Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix) and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (Winnipeg).
Summary
Voices of the Field: Pathways in Public Ethnomusicology provides a reflection on the challenges, opportunities, and often overlooked importance of public ethnomusicology, capturing the authors' years of experience simultaneously navigating the academic world and the world outside academia, and sharing lessons often missing in ethnomusicological training.
Additional text
Some of ethnomusicology's most engaged and engaging 'voices' guide us, with myriad practical suggestions, along pathways to 'public-facing' careers and, by doing so, fill a gaping hole in the training of ethnomusicologists.
