Applied ethnomusicology: bridging research and action

Theme issue on music and arts in conflict transformation. A longer version of this article is published in Music and Conflict, eds. John Morgan O'Connell and Salwa el Shawan Castelo-Branco, University of Illinois Press.This article provides a brief sketch of how scholars may be actively involved in conflict transformation efforts using music or the arts beyond their purely artistic connotations. Here I will explore the ways in which music has been employed in some ethnomusicological projects based on my personal experiences, which can hopefully stimulate debate and provide some ideas for other scholars in different branches of humanities and social sciences

Development and current situation of organic agriculture in Brazil and the State of Sao Paulo.

A description of the organic production in Brazil as well as an in-depth analysis of the organic sector in the State of Sao Paulo

Sodobna ljudska plesna glasba v Egiptu in sorodni pojavi v ljudski glasbi Kosova

Sodobna ljudska plesna glasba v Egiptu in sorodni pojavi v ljudski glasbi Kosov

FEMALE TO MALE - MALE TO FEMALE: THIRD GENDER IN THE MUSICAL LIFE OF THE GYPSIES IN KOSOVO

Kao što mnogi radovi slavljenice Dunje Rihtman-Auguštin upućuju na nove tematske sklopove, tako i ovaj tekst upućuje na istraživanje umnogome zapostavljene uloge glazbenika koji na poseban način povezuju ženske i muške glazbene i kulturne sfere. Štoviše, romski glazbenici, o kojima je u članku riječ, uspjeli su upravo zahvaljujući tom povezivanju kreirati moderni glazbeni žanr talava, koji u ranim 1990-ima predstavlja najizrazitiju odrednicu specifičnoga glazbenog identiteta Roma na Kosovu. Kao navodni homoseksualci, ovi su glazbenici, za razliku od drugih muškaraca, pristupili ženskome glazbenom repertoaru i načinu izvođenja, te su, usvajajući i mijenjajući značajke ženskog izraza, ostvarili novu kakvoću, što su je potom prihvatili i muški glazbenici koje općinstvo ne povezuje s homoseksualnošću. Raznovrsnost ženskog izraza (pjevanje dviju pjevačica uz okvirne bubnjeve - defove) reducirana je prilikom prenošenja u novi medij (pjevanje muškog solista uz ozvučeni ansambl), ističući u prvi plan improvizirani tekst i plesni ritam. Nasuprot stanovitoj profesionalnoj rezerviranosti muškaraca, napose instrumentalista, prema ovom žanru, žene su ga zdušno prihvatile, te talava doživljavaju kao potvrdu prelaska "njihove" glazbe iz privatne u javnu sferu.Third gender in this article refers to the alleged homosexual Gypsy musicians, seen as mediators between female and male musical and cultural domains in Kosovo. Due to their alleged homosexuality, these musicians, unlike other men , had access to the female repertoire and manner of performance, out of which they created a new genre known as talava. They transfered the female music sung indoors by women to the frame drum accompaniment to the public scene, where it is performed in a modified form by a male singer to the accompaniment of an amplified ensemble. The talava, performed by men , is most appreciated by women, who see it as the success of "their" music within the public domain

In memoriam Bruno Nettl

With Bruno Nettl’s passing on 15 January this year, the world of ethnomusicology lost one of its major figures, a scholar who significantly contributed to its affirmation as an academic field worldwide, and who inspired and kept supporting generations of ethnomusicologists on their way to new heights. His lectures at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts in 2007 raised lots of interest among the professors and students; at that occasion, he presented the Department of Musicology his collection of abstracts. Musicological Annual lost a respected member of its International Advisory Board and the author of the article “What Are the Great Discoveries of Your Field? Informal Comments About the Contributions of Ethnomusicology,” published in 2015. Nettl’s crossdisciplinary scholarship provides a broad and multi-layered picture of both selected musics and of ethnomusicology as a discipline

Sounds of Minorities in National Contexts:

The article defines minorities in political and scholarly realms, with special emphasis to the context of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM). It contributes a methodological view, root­ed partly in the past research and partly in the envisioned needs of the study field, and features ten thematically profiled research models