ABSTRACT

This paper considers debates that have taken place in ethnomusicology as a result of engagement with the classification of data. Landmark projects over the past century introduced various classification systems and initiated important debates within the field. From the author’s perspective, classification of data is understood as a necessary precursor to computation in these projects. Classificatory thinking is used here as a theme to explore debates that have arisen when abstractions of musical practice have been suggested for use with ethnomusicology. The paper proposes that a recent approach to research practice for embedding computation adds to ongoing interdisciplinary work, demonstrating novel ways of contextualizing archival materials with ethnography alongside computation. The approach attempted to strike a balance for engaging large amounts of data in ethnomusicology. The paper argues that some resulting tensions arising from classification lead to insights, which cannot be drawn by ethnomusicological methods alone.

摘要

本文考虑了由于参与数据分类而在民族音乐学中发生的争论。上个世纪的里程碑式项目引入了各种分类系统，并在该领域引发了重要辩论。从作者的角度来看，数据的分类被理解为这些项目中计算的必要前提。分类思维在这里被用作一个主题来探讨当音乐实践的抽象被建议用于民族音乐学时出现的辩论。该论文提出，最近一种嵌入计算的研究实践方法增加了正在进行的跨学科工作，展示了将档案材料与人种学和计算结合起来的新方法。该方法试图在民族音乐学中使用大量数据取得平衡。该论文认为，分类产生的一些紧张关系会导致洞察力，而这不能仅通过民族音乐学方法得出。