University of Lincoln is proud to host the 2020 British Forum for Ethnomusicology One Day conference. This year’s conference will focus on music and music enterprise in times of crisis. Directly linked to this year's abrupt changes throughout the world, affecting all areas and highlighting deeper economic, social and cultural issues, this conference will examine how musicians and the various roles in the music industry shift and adapt in catastrophic times. It seeks to highlight the resourcefulness of the music industries through a range of ethnomusicological, historical, geographical and methodological lenses.
Building upon the concept of ‘economic ethnomusicology’, this conference is an opportunity to examine and discuss the mechanisms in place to support the arts, innovative ways that performing artists have been responding to the complete annihilation of their livelihoods, and alternative creative outlets which can be used to maintain artist profiles and/or attempt to generate some income. Last but not least, this pandemic provides us with an opportunity to reflect upon our practice as ethnomusicologists in difficult times.
The One-Day conference will be held entirely online. The format will vary slightly from usual in-person conferences, with shorter papers. Ample time will be made for questions and interactive participation between all delegates. A small fee will be required for registration. This will cover the keynote fee (see below) as well as the cost for the digital platform. Any further proceeds will go towards the BFE and its various funding schemes.
Building upon the concept of ‘economic ethnomusicology’, this conference is an opportunity to examine and discuss the mechanisms in place to support the arts, innovative ways that performing artists have been responding to the complete annihilation of their livelihoods, and alternative creative outlets which can be used to maintain artist profiles and/or attempt to generate some income. Last but not least, this pandemic provides us with an opportunity to reflect upon our practice as ethnomusicologists in difficult times.
The One-Day conference will be held entirely online. The format will vary slightly from usual in-person conferences, with shorter papers. Ample time will be made for questions and interactive participation between all delegates. A small fee will be required for registration. This will cover the keynote fee (see below) as well as the cost for the digital platform. Any further proceeds will go towards the BFE and its various funding schemes.
COMMITTEE
Dr Cassandre Balosso-Bardin (University of Lincoln)
Dr Rob Dean (University of Lincoln)
Dr Lonán Ó Briain (Nottingham University)
Dr Stephen Wilford (Cambridge University)
Dr Cassandre Balosso-Bardin (University of Lincoln)
Dr Rob Dean (University of Lincoln)
Dr Lonán Ó Briain (Nottingham University)
Dr Stephen Wilford (Cambridge University)
A bit of history...University of Lincoln's main city campus was opened in 1996 by Queen Elizabeth II and has since grown to accommodate over 300 courses. Emerging from a local citizen's initiative, the university has built string links with the community, with a modern campus at the heart of the cathedral city. The Music BA Programme was founded in 2016 and was ranked number 1 in the NSS in 2019. A new MA Music Programme opened in September 2019 and is led by an ethnomusicologist. This is the first external music conference to be hosted by the University of Lincoln. Its timely theme fits well into the BA and MA's focus on music and enterprise and builds upon the College of Art's 'Student as Producer' initiative, as well as the University's links with industry.
Pictured: Lincoln Cathedral |