До Атланта и... напред. Българско участие в Юбилейната конференция, посветена на 50-годишнината на Обществото за етномузикология – САЩ, Атланта...
To Atlanta and... Forward. Bulgarian Participation in the 50th Annual Conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA...

Summary/Abstract: To Atlanta and... Forward. Bulgarian Participation in the 50th Annual Conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, November 16–20, 2005 The text discusses the collective Bulgarian participation (represented by Clair Levy, Vencislav Dimov from the Institute of Art Studies at BAS and Lozanka Peycheva from the Institute of Folklore) in the 50th Annual Conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology, which took place in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on Nov. 16-20, 2005. The visit of the Bulgarian scholars was made possible by the kind invitation of the organization’s president, Timothy Rice, and also included a series of lectures by the Bulgarian participants at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Bulgarian researchers, united in a conference panel “New Bulgarian Research on Bulgarian Music,” with Timothy Rice as chair and Donna Buchanan as discussant, presented transformations in folk music (and related styles such as ethno-pop and pop) during the 20th c. in Bulgaria. In addition to offering impressions and contacts, the authors make an attempt to interweave speculations about Bulgarian musical folklore and ethnomusicology into their reflections on the event, starting from the beginning of these sciences, continuing through their present state, and moving on to future horizons. The latter musings include the idea of emancipating ethnomusicology within Bulgaria as an academic subject and an educational major. According to the authors, we need new effective policies connected to the funding, recruitment of faculty, and implementation of the results of ethnomusicological research in the broader context of society.

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