Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2020
Publication Title
Music Perception
Volume
37
Issue
3
First page number:
185
Last page number:
195
Abstract
Many foundational questions in the psychology of music require cross-cultural approaches, yet the vast majority of work in the field to date has been conducted with Western participants and Western music. For cross-cultural research to thrive, it will require collaboration between people from different disciplinary backgrounds, as well as strategies for overcoming differences in assumptions, methods, and terminology. This position paper surveys the current state of the field and offers a number of concrete recommendations focused on issues involving ethics, empirical methods, and definitions of “music” and “culture.”
Keywords
Cross-cultural; Music; Psychology; Ethnomusicology; Methods
Disciplines
Cognitive Psychology | Music
File Format
File Size
264 KB
Language
English
Repository Citation
Jacoby, N.,
Margulis, E. H.,
Clayton, M.,
Hannon, E.,
Honing, H.,
Iversen, J.,
Klein, T. R.,
Mehr, S. A.,
Pearson, L.,
Peretz, I.,
Pearlman, M.,
Polak, R.,
Ravignani, A.,
Savage, P. E.,
Steingo, G.,
Stevens, C. J.,
Trainor, L.,
Trehub, S.,
Veal, M.,
Wald-Fuhrmann, M.
(2020).
Cross-Cultural Work in Music Cognition: Challenges, Insights, and Recommendations.
Music Perception, 37(3),
185-195.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/mp.2020.37.3.185