Project leader, ethnomusicologist Elina Seye talks about the background and themes of the World Wide Women project.
Crossing Borders in Music and Research
Seminar in Helsinki, Friday, January 21st 2022
Please note that the seminar is postponed due to the current covid situation in Helsinki, we will inform everyone about the new date as soon as possible!
This seminar brings together researchers and musicians whose work involves crossing national, cultural, social and/or musical borders. Musicians cross borders in artistic encounters, but also researchers in the field of ethnomusicology commonly participate in the musical practices of their research collaborators. The World Wide Women project team has noticed that border-crossing raises similar questions for musicians and researchers, especially as they seek to enter respectful research and work relationships with their collaborators. We have found that ethically and politically accountable research and/or artistic practices involve thinking hard about the various ways in which global and local power structures such as racism, gender ideologies, cultural appropriation, and access to resources affect one’s work. However, rather than focusing on problems caused by structural inequalities, our desire is to learn from the insights that the participants have gained during their research and/or artistic projects.