Abstract:
The aim of this chapter is to provide concrete recommendations for moving beyond
the traditional overreliance on Western music and musicians and toward sustained
collaborations that include members of diverse societies throughout the world as equal
partners in shared research practices and as part of an ecology of knowledge (de Sousa
Santos, 2007; Sardo, 2017; Schippers & Grant, 2016). These recommendations are not
intended to be onerous, prescriptive rules but rather suggestions to encourage progress
and create excitement about future opportunities. Our goal is not to discourage crosscultural research that doesn’t follow these recommendations but rather to encourage
more research and provide practical guidance to help realize this goal.