Historical musicology as a humanities discipline has been drawing criticism during the last decades, both internally and externally. The traditional conflation of music history with the history of European art music has created imbalances and injustices that researchers are challenging now from many different perspectives. In four impulse talks, scholars from different musicological fields share their approaches and demonstrate how they address the problems of the discipline in their cutting-edge research. Starting out from the main question of who writes our music histories, they diversify the perspectives, create awareness for topics that have traditionally been marginalized in the discipline, and draw connections between university teaching and societal issues. Impulse talks will be followed by break-out group conversations and plenary discussions.
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Hanna Walsdorf (University of Basel): Musicology and Dance – Notes on a consistent omission in music historiography
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Johanna-Pauline Thöne (Dept. of Musicology, UiO): The Use(fulness) of Digital Approaches in Historical Musicology
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Bjørnar Utne-Reitan (The Norwegian Academy of Music): On Aesthetic Value Judgements in Norwegian Music Theory
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Judith I. Haug (Dept. of Musicology, UiO): Diversifying Early Music – Concepts, actions, and experiences
Open for all.
Following the event, at 2pm, there will be a book launch for Music and Mirrored Hybridities by Judith I. Haug and Hanna Walsdorf at the HumSam Stage, at the University Library.