Challenge Questions

1. How will technology influence the notion of “fieldwork” in the world of ethnomusicology? Will more ethnomusicologists choose to employ the techniques of “armchair ethnomusicology” or will travelling to do one’s fieldwork be as common as it was before the Internet age?

2. Dictionary.com defines ethnomusicology as “the study of folk and primitive music and of their relationship to the peoples and cultures to which they belong.” Should this definition be revised to include modern? What would be a better way to define “ethnomusicology?”