海外音乐民族志研究的重要力作——读蔡宗德著《离散、认同与融合:印度尼西亚华人表演艺术的文化语境与演出形态》

An important work in the study of overseas music ethnography: reveiw on separation, identity and integration:The Cultural Context and Performance Form of Indonesian Chinese Performing Arts by Cai Zongde

蔡宗德所著的《离散、认同与融合:印度尼西亚华人表演艺术的文化语境与演出形态》一书,是其在印度尼西亚多年的田野考察期间结合相关的历史文献资料所撰写的关于“离散”社群音乐文化的跨境音乐民族志,作为华人“离散”音乐文化研究的典型,为中国民族音乐学海外音乐民族志研究和书写提供了思维范式和理论借鉴,为中国与东南亚跨界族群、离散社群的音乐文化研究做出了重要贡献。

The Cultural Context and Performance Form of Indonesian Chinese Performing Arts written by CAI Zongde, is a cross-border musical ethnography about the music culture of "discrete" community, which was written by author in combination with relevant historical documents during his years of field study in Indonesia. As a typical study of Chinese "discrete" music culture,it provides a thinking paradigm and theoretical reference for the study and writing of overseas music ethnography of Chinese ethnomusicology. He has made important contributions to the study of Chinese and Southeast Asian trans-boundary melodies and the music culture of discrete communities.