[RNLD] Project site launched: "Music Vitality and Endangerment"

[Catherine Grant]

Dear RNLD list-members,

Last year, several of you participated in and/or expressed interest in the research project “Music Endangerment and Vitality”, which draws on modified language assessment tools to gauge the vitality/viability of 101 music genres across the world (and to test the framework itself, a la Lewis 2005, for languages!).

The project website is now live at www.musicendangerment.com , featuring a gallery and interactive map. Please feel free to explore the site and share it with colleagues/students. Feedback is always welcome – particularly so from your languages perspective.

Many thanks again to those of you who were involved in this project, or helped distribute the original survey.

Dr Catherine Grant,
Postdoctoral Researcher
Author: Music Endangerment: How Language Maintenance Can Help (OUP, 2014)
School of Creative Arts, Faculty of Education and Arts
The University of Newcastle (UoN)
T: +61 2 4921 5838


From: Catherine Grant <catherine.grant at newcastle.edu.au<mailto:catherine.grant at newcastle.edu.au>>
Date: Friday, 8 August 2014 6:50 pm
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Subject: [RNLD] Survey: "Music Vitality and Endangerment"


Dear RNLD list colleagues,

I’m posting this message in the knowledge that many of you engage closely with the music and music-makers of the communities you work with, or collaborate with others who do.

I would like to warmly invite you to participate in a questionnaire on 'music vitality and endangerment’, loosely based on the Linguistic Vitality and Diversity Survey UNESCO carried out a few years ago.

The questionnaire asks your perspectives on the level of endangerment (or vitality) of a music genre of your choice.​ More information and the survey itself can be found here:
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1629148/Music-Vitality-and-Endangerment

This research is part of my postdoctoral project at the University of Newcastle, Australia. ​The project aims to assess the usefulness of a survey instrument to assess music vitality and viability, and to help build a picture of the strength of the specific genres represented.​​

I would be most grateful if you would consider passing on this invitation to any colleagues who work in the area of music.

The survey will be open for the next 8-10 weeks.​ For more information, please contact the researcher, Dr Catherine Grant (catherine.grant at newcastle.edu.au<mailto:catherine.grant at newcastle.edu.au>).

Many thanks,

Catherine Grant

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Dr Catherine Grant,
Postdoctoral Researcher
Author: Music Endangerment: How Language Maintenance Can Hel<http://global.oup.com/academic/product/music-endangerment-9780199352180?cc=au&lang=en>p (OUP, June 2014)
School of Creative Arts, Faculty of Education and Arts
The University of Newcastle (UoN)
T: +61 2 4921 5838



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