Abstract
Applied ethnomusicology is a distinctive sub-field that has consolidated significantly in the last two decades. While virtuous practices such as community engagement, collaboration, and seeking tangible outcomes are long-held objectives of ethnomusicological research (see Merriam 1964: 8–9), the articulation of a specifically ‘applied’ ethnomusicology has experienced a resurgence in contemporary ethnomusicology (Harrison 2014) entwined with social justice projects, including: efforts towards intangible cultural heritage preservation; cultural sustainability; supporting Indigenous agency; digital repatriation of items of intangible cultural heritage; and other actions based on collaboration between researchers and communities (see Schippers and Bendrups 2015; Pettan and Titon 2015). Historical ethnomusicological