A musician in the field: the productivity of performance as an intercultural research tool

Balosso-bardin, Cassandre (2016) A musician in the field: the productivity of performance as an intercultural research tool. In: The Routledge international handbook for international arts research. Routledge International Handbooks of Education . Routledge. ISBN UNSPECIFIED

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This chapter offers new perspectives on the relationship between performance and fieldwork. Anchored in ethnomusicological theory, the chapter focuses on the ethnomusicologist’s experience as both a researcher and a performer in the field. Research was perceived as a performance (after Barz 1997) and this contributed towards legitimising the researcher’s role and identity. As the ethnomusicologist became an accepted outsider, the field developed into a two-way experience between the people on the field and the researcher. However, the “lived experience” (Titon 1997) of music performance was still essential to gain cultural insights, learning what could only be experienced.

Keywords:Fieldwork, performer as researcher, researcher as performer
Subjects:L Social studies > L990 Social studies not elsewhere classified
W Creative Arts and Design > W310 Musicianship/Performance studies
L Social studies > L600 Anthropology
W Creative Arts and Design > W300 Music
Divisions:College of Arts > School of Fine & Performing Arts > School of Fine & Performing Arts (Performing Arts)
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Deposited On:13 Mar 2018 10:06

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