scholarly journals The Balzan Musicology Project towards a global history of music, the study of global modernisation, and open questions for the future

Muzikologija ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 15-29
Author(s):  
Reinhard Strohm
Keyword(s):  
Music History ◽  
Global History ◽  
Transnational Media ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Distribution Of Resources ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fair Distribution

The contribution outlines the Balzan Musicology Project (2013-2017) and the published papers arising from its 14 international workshops on global music history. The approach of the project is described as post-eurocentric, uniting music history and ethnomusicology. 29 of the papers address processes of music and modernisation in many countries, pinpointing not only ?Westernisation? but also transculturalism and transnational media. Open questions for a future musicology concern the history concept itself, and the fair distribution of resources and sharing opportunities to all those concerned.

Book Reviews

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 1032-1034
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Global History ◽  
Financial Bubbles ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
The Future ◽  
Boom And Bust ◽  
History Of

Maria Stella Chiaruttini of Department of Economic and Social History University of Vienna of reviews “Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles” by William Branch and John D. Turner. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the history of financial bubbles, proposing a new metaphor and analytical framework that describes their causes, explains what determines their consequences, and may help predict them in the future.”

Historiographies of International Law from a Chinese Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Adele Carrai
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
World Order ◽  
Global History ◽  
Global Power ◽  
Chinese Perspective ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chinese Scholars ◽  
History Of International Law ◽  
Selection Of

One objective of the emerging global history of international law is to broaden its scope in an attempt to overcome Eurocentrism. In this context, China, not only as an emerging global power that can influence the creation of the normative principles grounding the future world order, but also with its history of international law, offers a counter-teleology to the classic progress narrative of international law understood as a science. This article presents a critical summary and analysis of the approaches of a selection of Chinese scholars to the history of international law. The current debates seem to be closely linked to a new conception of modernity that does not correspond with the Western conception. The Chinese perspective, in this sense, can help broaden the history of international law, especially when that history claims to be global.

Dreaming through the Ages: Towards a Global History of Utopian and Dystopian Thought

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Christos Efstathiou
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Social System ◽  
Aldous Huxley ◽  
Global History ◽  
Thomas More ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
Utopian Thought

For the five hundred years since Thomas More first depicted the island of Utopia, the portrayal of an ideal social system has intrigued generations of authors. The concept served a double purpose: it applied to an ideal place (eutopia) but also an imaginary, unrealizable one (utopia). Although the search for utopia started from the Classical Age, More invented the genre and hundreds of utopian thinkers followed in his footsteps trying to predict how life would unfold and provide a detailed description of an ideal (or nonideal) future society. From H. G. Wells and Aldous Huxley to Arthur C. Clarke and Ursula Le Guin, successful and popular authors showed a deep concern for future living and working conditions. If the past is another country, the growing literature of utopian thought suggests that the future can be a whole continent. Several undiscovered countries lay in waiting and intellectual historians have often been fascinated by the dense explorations of the utopian writers.

scholarly journals Symposium Summary

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (S250) ◽  
pp. 513-522
Author(s):  
Claus Leitherer
Keyword(s):  
Massive Star ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

AbstractI summarize the highlights of the conference. First I provide a brief history of the beach symposia series our massive star community has been organizing. Then I use most of my allocated space discussing what I believe are the main answered and open questions in the field. Finally I conclude with a perspective of the future of massive star research.

Global History

2018 ◽  
pp. 112-126
Author(s):  
Dominic Sachsenmaier
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Global History ◽  
Historical Scholarship ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

This chapter elaborates on the growing presence of global historical scholarship since the 1990s. It discusses the contours of this academic field—for example, by comparing it to similar forms of historiographical inquiry and by presenting its role in various subfields ranging from intellectual history to the history of commodities. Global historical scholarship, the chapter argues, is not necessarily global in scope; rather, the field operates on a variety of scales, searching for alternatives to nation-centered and Eurocentric perspectives. The chapter also presents some challenges that global historians need to face in the future, in addition to some opportunities that may arise. Among other themes, it reflects on the current global institutional landscapes of global historical research and asks whether these are suitable to carry the field into the future.

Incan or Not? Building Ecuador’s Musical Past in the Quest for a Nationalist Art Music, 1900–1950

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-260
Author(s):  
Vera Wolkowicz
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Music History ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Primary Component ◽  
Global History ◽  
The Past ◽  
Musical Discourse ◽  
History Of ◽  
Musical Heritage ◽  
Selection Of

When the development of Ecuadorian national art music began at the end of the nineteenth century, composers and music historians followed European models and studied folklore as a window onto the past. In this quest to discover and articulate what was truly “Ecuadorian,” Incan culture occupied a complex position, sometimes hailed as a primary component of Ecuador’s musical heritage and sometimes dismissed as irrelevant. This article explores the music histories written by composers Pedro Pablo Traversari, Segundo Luis Moreno, and Sixto María Durán, and investigates a selection of Traversari’s compositions and Moreno’s music analyses. It demonstrates how they either included Incan culture in or excluded it from a national music history, in dialogue with scholars outside Ecuador. Early twentieth-century musical discourse in Ecuador produced a series of conflicting and converging perspectives on national and continental music that contribute to our understanding of the global history of nationalistic art musics.

A Dynamic Systems Approach to Personality

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence A. Pervin
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Dynamic View ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

David Magnusson has been the most articulate spokesperson for a holistic, systems approach to personality. This paper considers three concepts relevant to a dynamic systems approach to personality: dynamics, systems, and levels. Some of the history of a dynamic view is traced, leading to an emphasis on the need for stressing the interplay among goals. Concepts such as multidetermination, equipotentiality, and equifinality are shown to be important aspects of a systems approach. Finally, attention is drawn to the question of levels of description, analysis, and explanation in a theory of personality. The importance of the issue is emphasized in relation to recent advances in our understanding of biological processes. Integrating such advances into a theory of personality while avoiding the danger of reductionism is a challenge for the future.

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