Musicology and the problem of knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12117688 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jamie C Kassler (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 130-135 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Musicology Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0814-5857 • E-ISSN: 1949-453X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08145857.1997.10415985 |
| OpenAlex | W2324828076 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In 1988–1989, in an optimistic assessment of interpretive strategies then current in musical scholarship, I celebrated the achievements of the Musicological Society of Australia as an organization that encouraged a broad definition of musical scholarship, that represented a multiplicity of critical methods, and that created a climate and a journal where dialogue, even polemics, could take place (Kassler 1988–1989). Subsequently, political and social change has brought about a more sober mood, as ‘paper work’ usurps the more fruitful activities of teaching and research and as funding cuts threaten the very existence of tertiary music departments. Outside the music profession, but driving its agenda, are those who insist that, to exist as a music department and as a profession, there must be a commercial basis either from increased student numbers or from such things as ‘discounted [airline] fares ... to promote touring rock bands’ (Peter Nixon quoted by Pybus 1997). Other departments within tertiary institutions, driven by the same commercial agenda, seek to increase student numbers by offering competing courses on music—mostly of the ‘pop’ variety—as part of studies in sociolinguistics, demography, or some other field
Aesthetics · Art · Field (mathematics · Media studies · Musical · Musicology · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Visual arts · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |