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SUMMARY:Comparative musicology: The science of the world’s music - Talk 
 by Prof Patrick Savage - Keio University SFC
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Patrick Savage\nTitle: Comparative musicology: The scien
 ce of the world’s music \n\nAbstract:What is music\, and why did it evo
 lve? How can we understand the unity and diversity found throughout the wo
 rld?s music? Scientific attempts to answer these questions through cross-c
 ultural comparison stalled during the 20th century and have only recently 
 begun to make a resurgence. In this talk\, I will synthesize recent advanc
 es to outline a new unified theoretical/methodological framework to unders
 tand and compare all of the world’s music. This framework takes advantag
 e of new scientific theories and methods - particularly from advances in c
 omputer science\, psychology\, genetic anthropology\, and cultural evoluti
 on - to apply comparative musicological research to answer longstanding qu
 estions about the origins of music and to contemporary issues including mu
 sic copyright law and UNESCO policy. In doing so\, I argue for an inclusiv
 e\, multidisciplinary field that combines the qualitative methods traditio
 nally employed by musicologists and cultural anthropologists with quantita
 tive methods from the natural sciences.\n\nBio:Patrick Savage is an Associ
 ate Professor in the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Kei
 o SFC\, where he directs the CompMusic Lab for comparative and computation
 al musicology. Previously\, he received his MSc in Psychology from McMaste
 r University\, PhD in Ethnomusicology from Tokyo University of the Arts\, 
 and pursued a postdoc in the University of Oxford School of Anthropology. 
 His research focuses on using science to understand cross-cultural diversi
 ty and unity in human music. His research has been featured in high-profil
 e outlets including Nature\, PNAS\, The New York Times\, and The Econo
 mist. The title of this talk is also the title of his first book\, which i
 s under contract with Oxford University Press.\n\n\nDH Research Seminar \n
 The DH Research Seminar is a series of talks organised by the Digital Huma
 nities Institute given by researchers from a wide range of backgrounds and
  aiming at presenting the vast array of subjects covered by Digital Humani
 ties.\n\nDue to sanitary restrictions\, the DH Research Seminar will be gi
 ven exclusively on-line.\n\nBe sure to join\, listen to the talk and parti
 cipate in the Q&A session at the end of the presentation.\n 
LOCATION:By Zoom https://epfl.zoom.us/j/82569959049 https://epfl.zoom.us/j
 /82569959049
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