Many foundational questions in the psychology of music require cross-cultural approaches, yet the vast majority of work in the field to date has been conducted with Western participants and Western music. For cross-cultural research to thrive, it will require collaboration between people from different disciplinary backgrounds, as well as strategies for overcoming differences in assumptions, methods, and terminology. This position paper surveys the current state of the field and offers a number of concrete recommendations focused on issues involving ethics, empirical methods, and definitions of “music” and “culture.”

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音乐认知中的跨文化工作


音乐心理学中的许多基本问题需要跨文化的方法，但迄今为止该领域的绝大多数工作都是由西方参与者和西方音乐进行的。为了使跨文化研究蓬勃发展，需要来自不同学科背景的人们之间的合作，以及克服假设、方法和术语差异的策略。这份立场文件调查了该领域的现状，并提出了一些具体建议，重点关注涉及伦理、实证方法以及“音乐”和“文化”定义的问题。