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The Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology
A Progress Report
Richard ParncuttTallinn, 14 August 2007
The Problem: Fragmentation
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ethnological
historical
Narrow definition of “musicology”
• music history of Western cultural elites
• sources: historical documents
• associated methods and techniques
• tradition since 19th Century
Methods and epistemologies
“Musicology” Ethnomusicology
“music” score part of culture
readership “musicologists” interdisciplinary
repertory lost disappearing
focus composer, score performance
concepts individual, idiosyncratic, history, development, musical autonomy, formal unity
culture, typical, tradition, change, social function, cultural uniqueness
authority scholar informants
Source: Jonathan Stock , Current Musicology, 1998.
Institutionalisation of subdisciplines
Usually within “musicology”:• music theory/analysis• music history• ethnomusicology
Often elsewhere:• music acoustics• music psychology• music physiology • music computing
Musicology under one roof?
Power structures in musicology
• Visible and invisible– definition of “musicology” in Grove, MGG etc.– use of “musicology” in conferences journals, societies
• Humanities in 21st-Century academe– generally:
• too little power (culture is important!)
– in musicology:• too much power (sciences and practice are important!)
The solution: Integration
Unity in diversity through interdisciplinary collaboration
• expertise and quality control• teamwork and collegiality
• balance of power
Integration at CIM
Promote• minority disciplines
– generally: humanities– in musicology: sciences, musical practice
• minority researchers– women– non-Westerners
Aims• productivity: quality and quantity• relevance
“Conference”
• interest, relevance
• diversity, novelty
• quality, criticism
• enthusiasm, motivation
“Discipline”
Category boundaries• fuzzy, fluid• top-down, bottom-up
Interrelationships• hierarchies• networks
Size• expertise takes 10 years or
10 000 hours (Ericsson)
Criteria• unified theme• methods• qualifications• experts• conferences,
societies, journals• quality
“Interdisciplinarity”
• continuous parameter• matter of expert opinion• distance ~ difficulty
– epistemology– methodology
quality? collaborate!
“Musicology”
• all music
• all relevant disciplines– humanities, (natural) sciences, practice
• unity in diversity
• quality efficiency
• social relevance
“Musicologist”
• specialisation in one subdiscipline
• acquaintance with all subdisciplines
• interdisciplinary collaboration
An ethnomusicologist is both ethnologist and musicologist
A music acoustician is both musicologist and acoustician
Aims of CIM
Promote musicology• unity in diversity• quality and relevance
Promote music and culture• general values• emotion and rationality• interculturality: peace & productivity• quality of life
Methods of CIM
Content• background• aims• synergy• implications
Peer review• expert• interdisciplinary• objective• anonymous• constructive• transparent
CIMs
When What Where Who
04 - Graz Richard Parncutt
05 timbre Montreal Caroline Traube
07 singing Tallinn Jaan Ross
08 structure Thessaloniki Emilios Cambouropoulos
09 texture? France Michèle Castellengo
10 culture? Sheffield Nicola Dibben
Themes bottom-up unification of musicology
Next abstract deadline: 30 November 2007
Problems of CIM
• definition and use of „musicology“
• acceptance by different disciplines
• relationship aims ↔ procedures
• balance humanities, sciences, practice
Collegiality in interdisciplinary research teams
– common goals• research question• excellence
– democracy• equal value and rights of team members• mutual respect
– transparency• clear statement of aims• openness to evaluation
– quality control• evaluation within disciplines• realistic appraisal of individual strengths, weaknesses• mutual constructive criticism
Promotion of collegiality
• Examples and guidelines– not regulations
• Research– concepts of collegiality in different subdisciplines– strategies to overcome differences