[FA Worldmusic] Fw: CMS Announces Institute on the Pedagogies of World Music Theories

[Sasa Music]

Hi

Thanks for drawing my attention to this. I'll be signing up, and first in
line for the seminar on "the concept of periodicity as a theoretical
construct".  

I recently met an American ethnomusicologist at a Tinariwen show in
Scotland, who was on her way to 6 months fieldwork in Bangladesh. She was
rather sheepish about her field of work, though loved the show, and told me
that her crowd all hate what we know as world music as basically you're not
supposed to dance and have fun because this shows you are entirely missing
the point of the 'tradition' in front of you. What a po-faced bunch they
seem, with the most pretentious jargon I've come across in a long-time.
Academics breed academics breed academics breed academics breed academics

I've tried to read some of that stuff but it's impossible. In the end it's
hidebound by its own methodology and style (obligatory 15 footnotes a page).
The nearest I got is Robert Farris Thompson who I doubt would have much
truck with them even if he does teach at Harvard. And Ned Sublette on Cuba,
now there's a great book. But they make it pretty entertaining if you can
take on board all the info. Can anyone recommend any other serious books on
music like theirs?

David Flower


 > Hmmm...
> 
>> 
>>> From: The College Music Society <cms at music.org>
>>> To: <horn_in_b at yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: CMS Announces Institute on the Pedagogies
>>> of World Music Theories
>>> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:27:37 -0600
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The College Music Society
>>> Institute on the Pedagogies of World Music Theories
>>> May 29 - June 2 2007
>>> University of Colorado - Boulder
>>> Boulder, Colorado
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ****************************************
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The University of Colorado at Boulder will host for
>>> the second time the
>>> "Institute on the Pedagogies of World Music
>>> Theories" May 29-June 2,
>>> 2007. This cutting-edge institute introduces
>>> theoretical musical
>>> constructs that operate in different world cultures,
>>> responding to a
>>> growing interest among instructors of
>>> university-level music theory
>>> courses in drawing upon concepts and pedagogies from
>>> a variety of world
>>> traditions. The value of teaching music theory from
>>> a global perspective
>>> becomes increasingly self-evident in an era during
>>> which composers and
>>> performers from West and South Africa, South and
>>> East Asia, and the Near
>>> East are creating works that engage new listeners
>>> and suggest new
>>> compositional possibilities. For further information
>>> regarding this
>>> institute, including faculty, course content,
>>> lodging, and registration,
>>> please visit www.music.org/PWMT.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ******************************************
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The College Music Society
>>> 312 East Pine Street
>>> Missoula, Montana 59802
>>> cms at music.org
>>> www.music.org
>>> 
>>> .
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