Applied studies scholarship has triggered a not-so-quiet revolution in the discipline of
ethnomusicology. The current generation of applied ethnomusicologists has moved toward …

The branch of ethnomusicology commonly referred to as “applied ethnomusicology” has
received comparatively little attention within the university setting. The relative lack of …

Abstract Issue Addressed While social determinants frameworks are still popular in research
about First Nations health in Australia, a growing body of research prefers cultural …

In the Chinese cultural context, music is deeply intertwined with the human heart and plays a
central role in both healing and governance. Guqin, an ancient Chinese zither, exemplifies …

Music has been shown to serve as a source of health and wellbeing in cultures around the
world (eg Gouk 2001; Koen 2009). Yet, to date, little cross-cultural research has been …

Not originally intending to study a medical-related issue, I was driven to examining HIV and
AIDS by the simple and undeniable fact that this disease impacts every aspect of life and …

Studies of social and interactive processes in music improvisation constitute an im portant
dimension of contemporary ethnomusicological research. 1 The range of topics, issues, and …

Abstract Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI) is a digital instrument that facilitates
independent music making for people with diverse ranges of mobility. Employing the camera …

Musico-healing practices play a key role in indigenous and mestizo traditional medicine in
the Amazon. The curative songs or icaros used by the curanderos (traditional healers) of the …

Through regenerative environmentalism, the international ecoproject scene aims to re-
create human-environment relations. To do so, eco-activists reject the dominant narrative of …