Music,Communities,Sustainability,editedthoughtfullybyHuibSchippersandAnthonySeeger,tracesthegenesis,implementation,anddevelopmentoftheinfluential2003UNESCOConventiononSafeguardingoftheIntangibleCulturalHeritageanditsimpactonmusicpracticesaroundtheworld.Withinsightsfromestablishedandemergingscholarswhohavebeentherefromtheearlybeginningstothosewhoworkwithitincommunitiestoday,thisbooktellsarivetingstorythatcelebratestheriseinawarenessthatapproachingmusicasIntangibleCulturalHeritagehasbrought.Atthesametime,itcritiquesthediscrepanciesbetweenideologiesandrealitiesastheyemergedacrosstheglobeinitsfirsttwentyyears,andprovidesperspectivesforsoundfuturesfortheplanet.Gatheringsuchvariedperspectives,thisessentialvolumetellsacrucialhistoryandexpandsourunderstandingofthepossibilitiesandlimitationsofinterventionsinmusicsustainabilityonaglobalscale.
SUSTAINABILITY MUSIC COMMUNITIES
