Cross-Cultural Work in Music Cognition. Challenges, Insights, and Recommendations

Jacoby, Nori; Margulis, Elizabeth Hellmuth; Clayton, Martin; Hannon, Erin; Honing, Henkjan; Iversen, John; Klein, Tobias Robert; Mehr, Samuel A.; Pearson, Lara; Peretz, Isabelle; Perlman, Marc; Polak, Rainer; Ravignani, Andrea; Savage, Patrick E.; Steingo, Gavin; Stevens, Catherine J.; Trainor, Laurel; Trehub, Sandra; Veal, Michael; Wald-Fuhrmann, Melanie

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.”

Citation

Jacoby, N., Margulis, E. H., Clayton, M., Hannon, E., Honing, H., Iversen, J., Klein, T. R., Mehr, S. A., Pearson, L., Peretz, I., Perlman, 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: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 37(3), 185-195. https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2020.37.3.185

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 15, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Feb 1, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Deposit Date: Mar 16, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 1, 2020
• Journal: Music Perception
• Print ISSN: 0730-7829
• Electronic ISSN: 1533-8312
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 185-195
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2020.37.3.185
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1274708