Ethnomusicology of the Creative Process

Emmanuelle Olivier (1)

1 Centre Georg Simmel

This chapter provides a critical history of ethnomusicology of the creative process, from the first works on oral-tradition societies and their “instinct of variation” to the most recent reflections on transcultural music and digital audio production. It shows that the question of creative process extends throughout the history of ethnomusicology and reflects the vitality of debate within the discipline. The chapter includes references from different ethnomusicological currents or schools of thought, both English- and French- speaking, from countries of the North as well as countries of the South. All these references are situated within the major social science research paradigms that have nourished ethnomusicology throughout its history.

Mots clés: collective creation; oral-tradition societies; improvisation; musical appropriation; continuity and change; intellectual property; globalization; digital revolution; world music

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie; Musique, musicologie et arts de la scène; Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Emmanuelle Olivier. Ethnomusicology of the Creative Process. Nicolas Donin. The Oxford Handbook of the Creative Process in Music, Oxford University Press, 2021, 9780190636197. ⟨10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190636197.013.2⟩. ⟨hal-03508575⟩