Ethnomusicology Forum

The BFE's journal Ethnomusicology Forum (formerly known as the British Journal of Ethnomusicology) is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year (in June and November), that seeks to provide a dynamic forum for the presentation of new thinking in the field of ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology is defined broadly as the study of "people making music", encompassing the study of all musics, including Western art music and popular musics. The articles published in Ethnomusicology Forum often emphasise first-hand, sustained engagement with people as music makers, taking the form of ethnographic writing following one or more periods of fieldwork. Typically, ethnographies aim for a broad assessment of the processes and contexts through and within which music is imagined, discussed and made. Ethnography may be synthesised with a variety of analytical, historical and other methodologies, often entering into dialogue with other disciplinary areas such as music psychology, music education, historical musicology, performance studies, critical theory, dance, folkore and linguistics. The field is therefore characterised by its breadth in theory and method, its interdisciplinary nature and its global perspective.

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Routledge has recently set up a Twitter page for the Routledge Music journals. We will be sending regular updates to our followers so that they can keep up with what is going on with Ethnomusicology Forum, as well as our other titles in the Routledge Music list. We will be sending information on news and developments with our journals, calls for papers, forthcoming special issues, special offers and events. We felt that, in particular, this would be an effective way to communicate with students and getting them to read and use our journals more regularly. Ethnomusicology Forum will be featured on here from time to time, with direct links to articles/calls for papers/information on special issues etc. This is designed to raise further awareness of the journal, and to tell as many people as possible about new articles and issues. We are currently working to promote our Twitter forum and increase the number of followers that we have – as this is a very new initiative. There is a link below, which takes you directly to Twitter. If you feel it is appropriate, do please send the link on to your colleagues and students so that they can register to follow us. 

Subscription

Subscription to the journal is available as follows:

  • Individual subscription, non-BFE members:

    • To subscribe to the journal, please navigate to the following website, which is administered by Routledge. For non-BFE members, the cost is £43 (US$75).

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    • As a BFE member, you can enjoy a free subscription to the journal and enjoy many additional benefits. You can join the BFE for £25 ($41), with a discounted rate of £18 ($29) for students/unwaged. Please visit the member page on this website, or go directly to Taylor & Francis to join the BFE.   

  • Institutional subscription:

    • Institutions may subscribe to the journal at the rate of £136 (US$226) for 'print and online' or £129 (US$215) for 'online' access only. A subscription to the institution print edition (ISSN 1741-1912) includes free access for any number of concurrent users across a local area network to the online edition (ISSN 1741-1920). Please visit the following website to subscribe to the journal (administered by Routledge).

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Previous journal issues

The final issue published under the name British Journal of Ethnomusicology was volume 12 number 2 (2003). Please select the following ink for a list of contents for volumes 1-12 published from 1992 - 2003.  
  • For previous issues of the British Journal of Ethnomusicology (Volumes 1-12) please contact Rosemary Dooley, 3 Kendal Green, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5PN, England. tel.: +44 (0)1539 740049. fax: +44 (0)1539 737744. Cost: £15 for individual purchasers; £25 for institutions, plus postage. Rosemary Dooley can handle orders by VISA, Mastercard and American Express.
  • To obtain previous issues of Ethnomusicology Forum (volume 13 onwards) please contact Taylor & Francis (Routledge).

Information for authors

Information for interested authors is available on the Informaworld website. Submissions of articles should be sent to the editors (email submissions preferred):

Dr Laudan Nooshin
Department of Music, City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, UK
Email: l.nooshin@city.ac.uk 

Dr Andrew Killick
Department of Music, University of Sheffield, The Jessop Building, 34 Leavygreave Road, Sheffield S3 7RD, UK
Email: a.killick@sheffield.ac.uk

Book reviews editor:
Dr Hwee-San Tan, Department of Music, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG
Email: ht5@soas.ac.uk