New directions in Chinese music research - multi-disciplinarity, in-betweenness, and engagement
Loading...
Files
Published Version
Date
2025
Authors
Stock, Jonathan P. J.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Peter Lang
Published Version
Abstract
This talk identifies prospects for Chinese music studies in the cont emporary era as we collectively develop a multi-disciplinary future that is acade mically valuable, incisive, and inclusive of researchers from contrasting linguistic, societal, and intellectual backgrounds. I present a view of Chinese music studies as a meeting point for scholars who represent positions and perspectives that are inherently “in-between” (between disciplines; between research consultants and readerships; mediating historical, cultural, or linguistic gulfs; etc.), sometimes multiply so. This suggests an explicitly “messy” reality, in which we actively build bridges through cooperation, cross-reading, translation, and consultation. In such a situation, we need to shift continuously from phases of more individual enquiry toward moments of shared focus and back again, sustaining common points-of-reference and the benefits of flexible and diverse responses to newly arising or newly rediscovered concerns. I outline selected concrete steps that we might take in strengthening our “in-betweenness,” which significantly includes greater translation from Chinese to English (and other languages), and I offer a rationale for providing enhanced attention to co-research and co-authoring as ways of producing engaged music research alongside members of musical communities for global readerships.
Description
Keywords
Chinese music studies , Chinese music , In-between , Translation , Cooperation , Multidisciplinary
Citation
Stock, J. P. J (2025) 'New directions in Chinese music research - multi-disciplinarity, in-betweenness, and engagement', Asian Musicology, 34(1), pp. 11-20. https://doi.org/10.3726/JAM341_11