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Editorial

Welcome to the second issue of Ethnomusicology Forum for 2008 which includes four
main articles on quite diverse topics. Manolete Moras article follows on nicely from
this years themed issue on gender, instruments and power, exploring the ways in
which gender relations among the Tboli people of the southern Philippines are based
on notions of complementarity and difference that go beyond simple binary
oppositions. Such relationships have interesting implications for music, as Mora
discusses. Turning to another relatively under-researched region*the island of
Marie-Galante in the French Antilles*Ron Emoff examines a number of issues
relating to questions of non-nationhood for a people whose complex relationship to
France continues to evoke memories of the slavery era. Emoff considers the ways in
which different narratives of the past produce contesting versions of historical truth.
The ever-present spectre of the colonial inheritance also makes an appearance in the
opening article by Frederick Moehn, which looks at how issues of class inflect the
experience of modernity in the relatively privileged neighbourhoods of Rio de
Janeiros South Zone. Like Emoff, Moehn is interested in the range of discourses and
narratives that one encounters, in this case around ideas of cultural mixing, most
obviously in relation to notions of Brazilianness. The final article, by Kawori Iguchi,
examines the significance of notation-reading practices among Japanese musicians,
the impact of such practices on the construction of musical knowledge and the
relationship between musical practice and discourses about the music. The issue also
includes an obituary by Richard Widdess on the prominent scholar and musicologist,
Laurence Picken, who died last year.
Looking forward to next year, the first issue of 2009 will be a themed issue on Music
and the Moving Image, guest edited by Miguel Mera and Anna Morcom. We would like
to take the opportunity to remind you that the 2009 annual conference of the British
Forum for Ethnomusicology will take place at Liverpool John Moores University from
16
th
to 19
th
April. The keynote speaker is John Tomlinson, Professor of Cultural
Sociology at Nottingham Trent University. Further details on the conference can be
obtained from the BFE website, www.thebfeorg.uk or from Dr Simone Kruger
([email protected]).
Please do continue to send in your contributions, whether in the form of articles,
suggestions for book, CD or film reviews, other kinds of submissions such as
interviews, or proposals for future themed issues. We are particularly interested
in receiving items for the Forum section of the journal, an occasional space intended
ISSN 1741-1912 (print)/ISSN 1741-1920 (online)/08/020163-02
# 2008 Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/17411910802405636
Ethnomusicology Forum
Vol. 17, No. 2, November 2008, pp. 163164
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for shorter pieces which provoke debate or introduce new ideas to the field. With the
start of the new academic year, we would urge those of you teaching in the higher
education sector to encourage any postgraduate students who are not already
members of BFE to join and receive a subscription to the journal, and*for those who
are ready*to consider submitting material of their own. We look forward to seeing
you at one of our conferences and/or hearing from you via email. Our contact details
are on the inside back cover of the journal.
Andrew Killick and Laudan Nooshin
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