Cross-Cultural Work in Music Cognition

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 differ...

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Published in:Music perception 2020-02, Vol.37 (3), p.185-195
Main Authors: 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
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Language:English
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Summary: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.”
ISSN:0730-7829
1533-8312
DOI:10.1525/mp.2020.37.3.185