News
These are the latest news from ethnomusicologists and music scholars in the UK and elsewhere. To submit a news story or item, please email Christine Dettmann, BFE Website Administrator. For other news such as posts, call for papers, etc. please subscribe to our BFE email list.
Review of BFE Conference 2012
Please see here for the review of this year’s Annual Conference of BFE, written by Elise Gayraud (photos included)! Reviews of previous conferences can be found on the BFE website, conference archive.
Where can I study ethnomusicology?
Ethnomusicology can be studied at a number of universities in the UK and Ireland, which offer courses at undergraduate or postgraduate level, or both. On the BFE website, you find a list of institutions (in alphabetical order) with links to detailed information about current course offerings and contact details. See for instance the most recent update of Cardiff University!
New book by Frederick Moehn
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new book Contemporary Carioca: Technologies of Mixing in a Brazilian Music Scene (Duke University Press) by Frederick Moehn. The book introduces a generation of Rio-based musicians who collaboratively have reinvigorated Brazilian genres, such as samba and maracatu, through juxtaposition with international influences, including rock, techno, and funk. Christopher Dunn, the coeditor of Brazilian Popular Music and Citizenship says: "Contemporary Carioca is an engaging study of musical production in Brazil that focuses on a group of Rio-based, middle-class musicians who emerged in the 1980s and 1990s and continue to produce innovative work. Among the book's many strengths is its organization around individual artists and the ways that they have approached questions of globalization, national identity, social class, race, and gender. Frederick Moehn succeeds admirably in describing and analyzing the specificity of Brazilian strategies for negotiating global and local musical practices." For more information, and to order the book directly from Duke University Press, please visit this website!
Booking form for the BFE National Graduate Conference
The booking form and draft programme for 'Music and Movement', the 2012 BFE Graduate Conference, can be found here, see “booking now” section at the bottom of the page. In addition to the many interesting papers, the conference will feature a keynote address from the author of 'iPod Culture', Professor Michael Bull, and a presentation by Vicki Cooper of Cambridge University Press. There will also be an ethics panel/workshop with City University's Laudan Nooshin and Royal Holloway University's Henry Stobart and an abstract writing workshop, both organised by Dr. Muriel Swijghuisen-Reigersberg. Please consider dropping by for one if not all of the days of the conference (September 12-14, 2012 at the IMR in London)!
New book by Gordon Ramsey
Gordon Ramsey of Queen's University, Belfast has recently published his book Music, Emotion and Identity in Ulster Marching Bands: Flutes, Drums and Loyal Sons with Peter Lang Publishers. The author explores the emotional rewards of communal music-making within this vibrant but controversial working-class tradition, and examines the way that identities are formed through the acquisition of tastes, competences and skills within the contexts of practices, parades and 'battle of the band' contests. Gordon is currently seeking to develop a new project on the embodied politics of Ulster loyalism, and the central role played by musicking in its reproduction and transformation. Read more here.
New BFE committee
BFE members who couldn’t attend another successful BFE gathering (special thanks to Simon Mills, Martin Clayton, Laura Leante and Simone Tarsitani in Durham!) can see their new committee here. Welcome to six new members, Byron Dueck, Henry Stobart, Anna Morcom, Noel Lobley, Tina K. Ramnarine and Suzel Reily!
New book by Frederick Moehn
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new book Contemporary Carioca: Technologies of Mixing in a Brazilian Music Scene (Duke University Press) by Frederick Moehn. The book introduces a generation of Rio-based musicians who collaboratively have reinvigorated Brazilian genres, such as samba and maracatu, through juxtaposition with international influences, including rock, techno, and funk. Christopher Dunn, the coeditor of Brazilian Popular Music and Citizenship says: "Contemporary Carioca is an engaging study of musical production in Brazil that focuses on a group of Rio-based, middle-class musicians who emerged in the 1980s and 1990s and continue to produce innovative work. Among the book's many strengths is its organization around individual artists and the ways that they have approached questions of globalization, national identity, social class, race, and gender. Frederick Moehn succeeds admirably in describing and analyzing the specificity of Brazilian strategies for negotiating global and local musical practices." For more information, and to order the book directly from Duke University Press, please visit this website!
Booking form for the BFE National Graduate Conference
The booking form and draft programme for 'Music and Movement', the 2012 BFE Graduate Conference, can be found here, see “booking now” section at the bottom of the page. In addition to the many interesting papers, the conference will feature a keynote address from the author of 'iPod Culture', Professor Michael Bull, and a presentation by Vicki Cooper of Cambridge University Press. There will also be an ethics panel/workshop with City University's Laudan Nooshin and Royal Holloway University's Henry Stobart and an abstract writing workshop, both organised by Dr. Muriel Swijghuisen-Reigersberg. Please consider dropping by for one if not all of the days of the conference (September 12-14, 2012 at the IMR in London)!
New book by Gordon Ramsey
Gordon Ramsey of Queen's University, Belfast has recently published his book Music, Emotion and Identity in Ulster Marching Bands: Flutes, Drums and Loyal Sons with Peter Lang Publishers. The author explores the emotional rewards of communal music-making within this vibrant but controversial working-class tradition, and examines the way that identities are formed through the acquisition of tastes, competences and skills within the contexts of practices, parades and 'battle of the band' contests. Gordon is currently seeking to develop a new project on the embodied politics of Ulster loyalism, and the central role played by musicking in its reproduction and transformation. Read more here.
New BFE committee
BFE members who couldn’t attend another successful BFE gathering (special thanks to Simon Mills, Martin Clayton, Laura Leante and Simone Tarsitani in Durham!) can see their new committee here. Welcome to six new members, Byron Dueck, Henry Stobart, Anna Morcom, Noel Lobley, Tina K. Ramnarine and Suzel Reily!
New book by Frederick Moehn
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new book Contemporary Carioca: Technologies of Mixing in a Brazilian Music Scene (Duke University Press) by Frederick Moehn. The book introduces a generation of Rio-based musicians who collaboratively have reinvigorated Brazilian genres, such as samba and maracatu, through juxtaposition with international influences, including rock, techno, and funk. Christopher Dunn, the coeditor of Brazilian Popular Music and Citizenship says: "Contemporary Carioca is an engaging study of musical production in Brazil that focuses on a group of Rio-based, middle-class musicians who emerged in the 1980s and 1990s and continue to produce innovative work. Among the book's many strengths is its organization around individual artists and the ways that they have approached questions of globalization, national identity, social class, race, and gender. Frederick Moehn succeeds admirably in describing and analyzing the specificity of Brazilian strategies for negotiating global and local musical practices." For more information, and to order the book directly from Duke University Press, please visit this website!
Booking form for the BFE National Graduate Conference
The booking form and draft programme for 'Music and Movement', the 2012 BFE Graduate Conference, can be found here, see “booking now” section at the bottom of the page. In addition to the many interesting papers, the conference will feature a keynote address from the author of 'iPod Culture', Professor Michael Bull, and a presentation by Vicki Cooper of Cambridge University Press. There will also be an ethics panel/workshop with City University's Laudan Nooshin and Royal Holloway University's Henry Stobart and an abstract writing workshop, both organised by Dr. Muriel Swijghuisen-Reigersberg. Please consider dropping by for one if not all of the days of the conference (September 12-14, 2012 at the IMR in London)!
New book by Gordon Ramsey
Gordon Ramsey of Queen's University, Belfast has recently published his book Music, Emotion and Identity in Ulster Marching Bands: Flutes, Drums and Loyal Sons with Peter Lang Publishers. The author explores the emotional rewards of communal music-making within this vibrant but controversial working-class tradition, and examines the way that identities are formed through the acquisition of tastes, competences and skills within the contexts of practices, parades and 'battle of the band' contests. Gordon is currently seeking to develop a new project on the embodied politics of Ulster loyalism, and the central role played by musicking in its reproduction and transformation. Read more here.
New book by Frederick Moehn
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new book Contemporary Carioca: Technologies of Mixing in a Brazilian Music Scene (Duke University Press) by Frederick Moehn. The book introduces a generation of Rio-based musicians who collaboratively have reinvigorated Brazilian genres, such as samba and maracatu, through juxtaposition with international influences, including rock, techno, and funk. Christopher Dunn, the coeditor of Brazilian Popular Music and Citizenship says: "Contemporary Carioca is an engaging study of musical production in Brazil that focuses on a group of Rio-based, middle-class musicians who emerged in the 1980s and 1990s and continue to produce innovative work. Among the book's many strengths is its organization around individual artists and the ways that they have approached questions of globalization, national identity, social class, race, and gender. Frederick Moehn succeeds admirably in describing and analyzing the specificity of Brazilian strategies for negotiating global and local musical practices." For more information, and to order the book directly from Duke University Press, please visit this website!
Booking form for the BFE National Graduate Conference
The booking form and draft programme for 'Music and Movement', the 2012 BFE Graduate Conference, can be found here, see “booking now” section at the bottom of the page. In addition to the many interesting papers, the conference will feature a keynote address from the author of 'iPod Culture', Professor Michael Bull, and a presentation by Vicki Cooper of Cambridge University Press. There will also be an ethics panel/workshop with City University's Laudan Nooshin and Royal Holloway University's Henry Stobart and an abstract writing workshop, both organised by Dr. Muriel Swijghuisen-Reigersberg. Please consider dropping by for one if not all of the days of the conference (September 12-14, 2012 at the IMR in London)!
New book by Frederick Moehn
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new book Contemporary Carioca: Technologies of Mixing in a Brazilian Music Scene (Duke University Press) by Frederick Moehn. The book introduces a generation of Rio-based musicians who collaboratively have reinvigorated Brazilian genres, such as samba and maracatu, through juxtaposition with international influences, including rock, techno, and funk. Christopher Dunn, the coeditor of Brazilian Popular Music and Citizenship says: "Contemporary Carioca is an engaging study of musical production in Brazil that focuses on a group of Rio-based, middle-class musicians who emerged in the 1980s and 1990s and continue to produce innovative work. Among the book's many strengths is its organization around individual artists and the ways that they have approached questions of globalization, national identity, social class, race, and gender. Frederick Moehn succeeds admirably in describing and analyzing the specificity of Brazilian strategies for negotiating global and local musical practices." For more information, and to order the book directly from Duke University Press, please visit this website!
Ethnomusicology Forum: latest issue out now
The Volume 21.1 of Ethnomusicology Forum – the Journal of the BFE – is now available. Read more here. The subscription to the journal is the way to become a member. For more information on membership and subscription browse the BFE website.
"Musical Geographies of Central Asia", 16-18 May 2012, London
For centuries, Central Asia has been a crossroads of civilizations, peoples and societies, a land ‘in between East and West and a territory contested by political powers. This international conference will explore the musical geographies of Central Asia, focusing on regionalism and borders. See here the programme of speakers, meeting at the Institute of Musical Research in London, 16-18 May 2012. The keynote speaker will be Prof. Theodore Levin (Dartmouth College).
Ashgate offer for BFE members
Ashgate have offered 20% discount on their ethnomusicology titles to BFE members. By using this link, you'll be taken to a hidden area of the Ashgate site with the available titles. When you get to the checkout you'll need this promotional code "H11FJW20" to get the full 20% discount, rather than the standard 10% discount for ordering online. For more information on how to become a member, browse the BFE website
Ashgate offer for BFE members
Ashgate have offered 20% discount on their ethnomusicology titles to BFE members. By using this link, you'll be taken to a hidden area of the Ashgate site with the available titles. When you get to the checkout you'll need this promotional code "H11FJW20" to get the full 20% discount, rather than the standard 10% discount for ordering online. For more information on how to become a member, browse the BFE website
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