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Rethinking Safeguarding

Objections and Responses to Protecting and Promoting Endangered Musical Heritage

Bibliographic Data

ID8094728
AuthorsCatherine Grant (0000-0003-2952-8426, Griffith College Cork, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume21
Issue1
Pages31-51
Publication date2012-03-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Ethnomusicology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0968-1221 • E-ISSN: 1741-1920
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17411912.2012.641733
OpenAlexW1992305269
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited10

The widespread threat to certain kinds of music genres (particularly those of indigenous and minority peoples) resulting from major socio-economic and political shifts in recent decades has stimulated a call for applied ethnomusicological engagement with safeguarding. Discourse from the field of language maintenance, however, underscores a number of significant ethical, ideological and pragmatic concerns generated by efforts to safeguard intangible cultural heritage. For ethnomusicologists, these concerns warrant careful consideration. In this paper, I position four primary charges against safeguarding from the language maintenance literature in relation to safeguarding music cultures, thereby hoping to invite new reflections on the challenges we face and the stances we might adopt when helping communities that are trying to protect and promote their endangered musical heritage

Aesthetics · Art · Cultural heritage · Environmental ethics · Ideology · Indigenous · Musical · Political science · Politics · Safeguarding · Sociology · Diverse Musicological Studies · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Law

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Citations per year1,79
Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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