Description: Papers from the first symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology held July 9-13, 2008 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Brief description: Klisala Harrison is Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow in Ethnomusicology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Her recent and upcoming publications include articles in MUSICultures, and McGill-Queen's University Press' anthology on Aboriginal Canadian music. She serves as Vice-Chairperson of the ICTM's Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology. Elizabeth MacKinlay is Senior Lecturer in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. She earned doctorates in Ethnomusicology and Education, and has contributed to numerous articles, book chapters and edited works, including Disturbances and Dislocations: Understanding Teaching and Learning Experiences in Indigenous Australian Women's Music and Dance (2007). Svanibor Pettan is Professor and Chair of the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His publications include studies on music in relation to conflict and minorities, and in 2008 he edited a volume of Musicological Annual dedicated entirely to applied ethnomusicology. He serves as Vice-President of the ICTM and Chairperson of its Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology.