Encounters in Ethnomusicology

Philip V. Bohlman's impact on the scope and meaning of
ethnomusicology is difficult to overstate. His influence is
manifest not only in his numerous publications, his service
to the discipline, and his presence at institutions and
gatherings across the globe, but also in the work of his
students. This volume, featuring essays written by his
students and peers, honors his enormous contributions to the
discipline by focusing on three analytic lenses through
which Bohlman's work has excavated the complexities of
encounter - ethics, memory, and performance. The essays
engaging ethics treat topics including scholarship as
activism, the power/politics of knowledge, and the ethics of
musical practice and performance. Memory is explored through
essays exploring issues related to modernity, commemoration,
the nation, and historiography. The essays concerned with
performance interrogate historical, symbolic, and
experiential aspects of musical performance and wrestle with
the enduring questions of belonging that often accompany
such performances. Throughout, it is clear that each
contribution draws inspiration and methodological strength
from the authors' formative encounters with Bohlman's body
of work.

Michael A. Figueroa is Associate Professor of
Music at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jaime Jones is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at
University College Dublin.

Timothy Rommen is Professor of Music and Africana Studies at
University of Pennsylvania.
Philip V. Bohlman's impact on the scope and
meaning of ethnomusicology is profound. This volume,
featuring essays written by his students and peers, honors
his enormous contributions to the discipline by focusing on
the complexities of encounter. Part I: Ethics addresses
scholarship as activism, the power/politics of knowledge,
and the ethics of musical practice and performance. Part II:
Memory examines commemoration, the nation, and
historiography. Part III: Performance interrogates
historical, symbolic, and experiential aspects of musical
performance, wrestling with enduring questions of belonging.

Michael A. Figueroa is Associate Professor of
Music at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jaime Jones is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at
University College Dublin.

Timothy Rommen is Professor of Music and Africana Studies at
University of Pennsylvania.