“有如发自内心的呼叫”:一个局内人对艾伦·洛马克斯思想缘起及学术遗产的回顾和展望(二)

Like a Cry from the Heart:An Insider’s View of the Genesis of Alan Lomax’s Ideas and the Legacy of His Research(Ⅱ)

本文带领我们开始一场旅行,走进艾伦·洛马克斯(1915-2002)与[美国人类学家]康拉德·阿伦斯伯格(Conrad Arensberg,1910-1997)、[作曲家、音乐学家]维克多·格劳尔(Victor Grauer)、[舞蹈学家]福雷斯蒂娜·宝莱(Forrestine Paulay)、[语言神经学家]伊迪丝·特拉格(Edith Trager)、[心理学家]诺曼·马克尔(Norman Markel)等人的合作中,[探讨他们]所进行的关于表演风格(expressive style)的歌唱测量体系(Cantometrics)和其他跨学科研究的缘起。本文使用档案资料来追踪作为一种知识的积累、观察和思想的汇聚,这些工作的理论发展、影响、方法论和结果。记录了洛马克斯与广泛权威机构和合作者的谈话轨迹,同时坦率地描述了洛马克斯(我父亲)及其工作、合作和修辞风格的关系。

This article takes us on a journey into the origins of Cantometrics and other interdisciplinary studies of expressive style undertaken by Alan Lomax(1915-2002)in collaboration with Conrad Arensberg(American anthropologist,1910-1997),Victor Grauer(Composer,Musicologist),Forrestine Paulay(Dancologist),Edith Trager(Neurolinguist),Norman Markel(Physiologist),and others.Using archival sources,it traces their theoretical development,influences,methodologies,and outcomes as accretions of knowledge,observation,and converging streams of thought.It documents the trail of Lomax’s discourse with a wide range of authorities and collaborators.I render a candidly critical portrait of Lomax(my father)in relation to his work,collaborations,and rhetorical style.