Title Details: | |
Ethnographic research in ethnomusicology |
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Authors: |
Balandina, Alexandra |
Reviewer: |
Aggelidou, Aliki Akogiounoglou, Mitsi Andrikos, Nikolaos Antoniadis, Pavlos Dionisiou, Zoe Kallimopoulou, Eleni Konkouris, Theodore Kostagiorgou, Vaso Liberis, Ioannis Manos, Ioannis Panopoulos, Panagiotis Papachristoforou, Marilena Patsiaoura, Evanthia Poulakis, Nikolaos Poulopoulos, Panagiotis Poulos, Panagiotis Rizopoulos, Alexandros Rozakou, Katerina Sarikoudi, Georgia |
Subject: | LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY > MUSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY > METHODOLOGY AND HISTORY IN ANTHROPOLOGY LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > ETHNOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > ETHNOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY > ETHNOMUSICOLOGY LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > SOCIOLOGY > METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY > METHODOLOGY (CONCEPTUAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL) LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > SOCIOLOGY > METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY > RESEARCH METHODS/TOOLS LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > ETHNOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY > ETHNOGRAPHIC THEORY LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY > CULTURE AND LIFESTYLE > EMIC/ETIC PERSPECTIVE |
Keywords: |
Ethnomusicology
Ethnography Cultural anthropology Ethnographic fieldwork Participant observation Music participant observation Ethnographic field research Fieldwork ethics Designing ethnographic research Research proposal Ethnographic gaze Ethnographic listening Sensory ethnography Embodied research Embodied knowledge Ethnographic field notes Music diary Informal conversations Ethnographic interview Biographic narrative interview Learning to perform music instruments Arts-based research Participatory musicking Applied ethnomusicology Music apprenticeship Audiovisual research Field audio recording Multimodal ethnography Music notation Ethnographic film Cultural organology Social life of music instruments Biography of music instruments Soviet Pianos Data analysis and interpretation Ethnographic writing Thick description Ethnographic sound writing Embodied ethnographic writing |
Description: | |
Abstract: |
Ethnographic Research in Ethnomusicology by Alexandra Balandina is a bold and immersive guide to the messy, embodied, and profoundly human process of conducting ethnographic fieldwork in ethnomusicology. Drawing from the author’s fieldwork in Iran, Greece, and former Yugoslavia, as well as two decades of academic experience, this unique textbook demystifies each step of the ethnographic research journey. It discusses how to craft a research plan and write a research proposal, what it means to engage in participant observation and arts-based research as an embodied scholar, how to write field notes and conduct interviews, the importance of music transcription and audiovisual research methods in ethnomusicology, the consideration of ethical issues at all stages, the cultural study of musical instruments, as well as data analysis and interpretation, and the writing of ethnographic texts.
Blending theory and practice, this interactive multimedia textbook, published by Kallipos Open Academic Editions, offers students visual, sonic, and narrative windows into the field. Through discussions of emerging concepts such as embodied and sensory research, methodological reflexivity, researchers’ positionality, ethnographic listening, and fieldwork in uncertain times, it engages with the embodied, affective, ethical, and intellectual dimensions of ethnographic fieldwork.
This step-by-step manual offers practical guidance and deep insight for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as for researchers across the social sciences and humanities. Rich in theory, images, sound, and stories from the field, this book is an indispensable field companion, preparing field researchers for the joys, challenges, and transformative encounters of ethnographic research.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Papakyritsis, Stavros |
Graphic Editors: |
Laios, Athanasios |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 28-03-2025 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-618-228-272-4 |
License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1018 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/13733 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Balandina, A. (2025). Ethnographic research in ethnomusicology [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1018 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. Ethnography and ethnomusicology 2. Designing ethnographic research 3. Participant observation and ethnographic listening 4. Ethnographic field notes 5. Informal conversations and interviews in ethnographic research 6. Music participant observation 7. Embodied and sensory ethnography in ethnomusicology 8. Audiovisual research in ethnomusicology 9. Cultural study of musical instruments 10. Data analysis and ethnographic writing |
Number of pages |
450 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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