Revisiting Interdisciplinary Research in Ethnomusicology
Interdisciplinary research in ethnomusicology involves the use of theories from the humanities and social sciences to deeply describe and interpret the underlying cultural logic of music,allowing for a multidimensional and comprehensive examination of the diachronic and synchronic processes of the formation of musical forms and their cultural symbolic meanings.The diversity of musical phenomena and cultural functions demands that ethnomusicologists have a rich accumulation and reserve of interdisciplinary knowledge.Ethnomusicological research also requires the integration of complex interactive and cross-theoretical approaches to actively expand the new horizons and paths of disciplinary research.Of course,an over-reliance on interdisciplinary theories may lead researchers to"suspend"the analysis of musical forms,resulting in a loss of self-identity within the discipline.Therefore,focusing on the connection between the generation of musical form structures and their cultural context,as well as standing on the basis of the discipline,blurring disciplinary boundaries,and forming an academic research paradigm oriented by problem consciousness,is the true interdisciplinary research in ethnomusicology.