Positioning Creativity in Ethnomusicology

Jennifer LaRue served as postdoctoral scholar in musicology at Florida State University (2023-2025). Her research interests include intercultural music, African art music, popular music, and decolonial approaches to music in academia. She is Director of the consulting site, "Jennifer LaRue Writing."Brenda M. Romero is a professor emerita at the University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology (University of California, Los Angeles) and BMus and MMus in music theory/composition (University of New Mexico). She is a recipient of the Fulbright García-Robles Scholar (2000-01) and Fulbright Colombia Scholar (Spring 2011). She coedited Dancing across Borders: Danzas y bailes mexicanos and originated and coedited/coauthored At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice.

• List of FiguresSeries ForewordAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction / Brenda M. Romero and Jennifer LaRue1. Embodiment as a Step Toward a De/Anti-Colonial Study of Music / Jennifer LaRue2. Rethinking Japanese Music Ensemble / Jay Keister and Mami Itasaka Keister3. Gamelan in the Mountain West: Our Stories / I Madé Lasmawan, Victoria Lindsay Levine, Elizabeth McLean Macy, and Ni Ketut Marni4. “Where I’m From, Creativity Needs No Repositioning” / Putu Tangkas Adi Hiranmayena5. Ethnomusicology as Interdiscipline: Bridging Gaps through Collaboration and Co-Mentorship / Jocelyn Nelson and Brenda M. Romero6. Folk Performance as Indigenous Social Commentary: Stories from Karnataka, India, and Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan / Deepak Paramashivan and Amelia MaciszewskiEpilogue / Jennifer LaRue and Brenda M. RomeroIndex