Shelemay

More often than not, the ethnomusicologist becomes a(n often significant) part of what s/he is studying. (Shelemay became a significan part of Syrian/Sephardic Jewish music in New York, developed friendships, and more professional relationships). There are three ways that fieldworkers are often involved. Firstly, preserving tradition- multiple scholars were told they would eventually be the last living vestige of the music. Also memorializing musics, as with a book memorializing a musician (or a type of music). The third, mediating, refers to participation in the distribution and education processes. Lastly, Shelemay sets forth some guidelines for responisble and effective interaction with subjects.