Ethnomusicology, A Fashionable Tradition: Literature, Fieldwork, And Sound

Dr. Wu Rung-Shun

• Important researcher in the field of ethnomusicology, with an expertise in folk music and explores across the music of austronesian languages, hakka language, aboriginal languages and more. Has been awarded the Golden Melody Awards
• Best Folk Music Album and Best Music Producer Award
• Has been a co-researcher at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica; has taught at the Graduate Institute of Musicology at the National Taiwan University, and is currently the chairman at the National Center of Traditional Arts

Ethnomusicology, A Fashionable Tradition: Literature, Fieldwork, And Sound

Ethnomusicology as a field of study began in the 1950s; it is a music-centric research founded on the basis of field work, later combined with the values of ethnology and anthropology, becoming a fashionable tradition, a unique field that comprises of both external and internal forms of analysis.

The systematic archiving and study of Taiwanese traditional music also began in the late 60s, beginning from the exotic treatment of folk music in field work, to the contemporary methods of folk evaluation; a systematic study of Taiwanese music and culture is hence established.

In the face of globalisation and the new age of the internet, ethnomusicology is coming up against new issues, methods and ways of thinking. Dr. Wu will approach this serious topic with a light hand, responding to commonalities in the futures of Taiwan and Malaysia.

Chong Keat Aun (Founder of The Classic Accents and Director of the Petaling Street Heritage House)

17/08/18 (Friday)

8pm-10pm

Purple Cane Tea Square, Shaw Parade (1st Floor)