China-Ireland Ethnomusicology Joint Workshop Concludes in Kunming

China News Service, Kunming, September 13 (Reporter Han Shuainan) The China-Ireland Ethnomusicology Joint Workshop held its closing ceremony in Kunming on the 12th. In the past few days, ethnomusicology scholars from China, Ireland, the United States and other countries have gathered at Yunnan University of the Arts to conduct in-depth academic dialogues around the theme of "New Theory and Practice of Local Music Inheritance".

From September 9th to 12th, participating scholars held discussions on cutting-edge topics such as ethnomusicology theory, regional and national music, and overseas music communication, and conducted special lectures, artist workshops and other activities.

On September 12, Benjamin J. Harbert, professor of music at Georgetown University in the United States, shared when discussing talent cultivation that Georgetown University, located in Washington, has long promoted intersectional discussions between music and public policy, bringing together researchers from different fields. Its core purpose is to build an interdisciplinary resource network for students, to guide students beyond the limitations of a single music major and to propose more valuable research questions from multiple perspectives.

Lin Lin, dean of the School of Music at Yunnan University of the Arts, introduced in his speech that on September 13, Chinese and foreign scholars participating in the meeting will go to Shilin Yi Autonomous County to conduct field trips to appreciate the unique charm of the Sani folk culture of the Yi ethnic group and open up communication channels between the academic world and the people. Lin Lin said that the school will take this event as an opportunity to promote mutual learning between civilizations between China and other countries in the world, using music as a medium and culture as a channel from the perspective of a three-dimensional community with a shared future of "China, surrounding areas, and mankind."

This event is co-sponsored by the School of Music of Yunnan University of the Arts, National University College Cork, Ireland, and the European Research Council, and hosted by the National Music Research Center for Southern China and Surrounding Regions. (over)