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

建立于20世纪60年代的英国民间俱乐部正面临着灭绝的严重威胁。随着时间的推移，参与者的人口年龄也在上升，在许多情况下，发起这场运动的人仍然是它的核心参与者。然而，越来越多的年轻人对探索他们的文化遗产和非民族主义形式的英语感兴趣。再加上社区唱诗班成员的增加和听专业民间音乐的广大听众，这表明可能有一些文化上有意识的非参与者会从参加民间俱乐部中受益，但却被复杂的社会和音乐习俗所吓倒，这些习俗已经被证明是恐吓新来者的。这个项目的一个专门的部分将通过实地调查来揭示英国少数民族文化中长期存在的本土歌唱实践，对以白人为中心的民间音乐剧目、表演者和观众进行坚定的审视。这两项举措将增加民间俱乐部场景的可访问性，并在民间音乐经典的非殖民化进程中迈出第一步。干预措施将通过严谨的新方法进行记录和分析，以全面的行动研究，利用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，该项目开始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.