Defining Ethnomusicological Action Research through the regeneration of folk singing in England

成立于20世纪60年代的英国民间俱乐部正面临着严重的灭绝威胁。参与者的人口年龄随着时间的推移而上升，因为在许多情况下，发起运动的人仍然是其核心参与者。然而，在年轻人口中，人们对探索他们的文化遗产和非民族主义形式的英语越来越感兴趣。再加上社区合唱团成员的增长和听专业民间音乐的广泛观众，这表明可能有一些不具有文化意识的参与者可能会从参加民间俱乐部中受益，但他们被复杂的社会和音乐习俗吓跑了，这些习俗已经被证明是恐吓新人的。这个项目的一个专门小组将通过田野调查，坚定不移地研究民间音乐剧目、表演者和观众以白人为中心的问题，揭示英格兰少数民族文化中由来已久的白话演唱实践。这两项举措将增加进入民间俱乐部的机会，并在民间音乐正典内的非殖民化进程中迈出第一步。干预措施将通过严格的整体行动研究新方法进行记录和分析，借鉴民族音乐学和音乐管理方面的丰富经验，以及专业的表演生涯，该项目启动了一项雄心勃勃的活动计划，以改变民族音乐学领域，并确保民间俱乐部场景在21世纪保持相关性。

The English folk club scene, established in the 1960s, is under significant threat of extinction. The participant demographic age has risen with the passing years as in many cases, the people who started the movement remain its core participants. There is, however, a growing interest within younger demographics in exploring their cultural heritage and non-Nationalist forms of Englishness. Coupled with a growth in community choir membership and a broad audience who listen to professional folk music this suggests that there may be culturally-aware non-attenders who would benefit from participating in folk clubs, but are put off by the complex social and musical conventions that have been shown to intimidate newcomers. A dedicated strand of this project will take an unflinching look at the white-centricity of folk music repertory, performers and audience by conducting fieldwork to shed light on long-standing vernacular singing practices of ethnic minority cultures in England. These two initiatives will increase accessibility to the folk club scene, and take the first step in a process of decolonisation within the folk music canon. Interventions will be documented and analysed through rigorous new approaches to holistic Action Research, drawing on a wealth of experience in ethnomusicology and music management, as well as a professional performance career, this project embarks on an ambitious programmes of activity to transform the field of ethnomusicology and ensure the folk club scene stays relevant in the 21st Century.