民族音乐学的危机与后民族音乐学

Ethnomusicology Crisis and Ethnomusicology

民族音乐学历来学科称谓不一,界定也不尽相同,从比较音乐学到民族音乐学,再到音乐人类学等。其研究范围与方法也不断演化,从最初的乐音本体分析到乐器史、音乐起源探究,再到把音乐作为文化直至人类行为的研究。民族音乐学论域的无限扩张在拓展学科领域的同时模糊了学科边界,并被自身解构,最终导致学科的式微。这正是当下民族音乐学的危机,因此民族音乐学需要学科转向,即后民族音乐学的研究取向。

Since its establishment, ethnomusicology as a discipline has various names and definitions, from comparative musicology to music anthropology. Its research scope and methods have also ceaselessly evolved, from initial music analysis to the history of musical instruments, music origin, and the music as culture and human behavior study. Unlimited expansion of research field of ethnomusicology has broadened the field and blurred its boundary. The discipline is deconstructed by its expansion, and this leads to its eventual decline.