Article ID: CBB448654630

Insider or outsider? Exploring some digital challenges in ethnomusicology (2021)

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This paper considers debates that have taken place in ethnomusicology as a result of engagement with the classification of data. Landmark projects over the past century introduced various classification systems and initiated important debates within the field. From the author’s perspective, classification of data is understood as a necessary precursor to computation in these projects. Classificatory thinking is used here as a theme to explore debates that have arisen when abstractions of musical practice have been suggested for use with ethnomusicology. The paper proposes that a recent approach to research practice for embedding computation adds to ongoing interdisciplinary work, demonstrating novel ways of contextualizing archival materials with ethnography alongside computation. The approach attempted to strike a balance for engaging large amounts of data in ethnomusicology. The paper argues that some resulting tensions arising from classification lead to insights, which cannot be drawn by ethnomusicological methods alone.

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Authors & Contributors
Weldon, Stephen P.
Drage, Matthew
Siibak, Andra
Dinesh, T. B.
Kimura, Aya Hirata
Thatcher, Jim
Concepts
Digital humanities
Data collection; methods
Libraries and archives
Research methods
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
Big data
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Places
Bangalore, India
West Africa
Europe
Great Britain
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