Editorial

With this first issue of Ethnomusicology Forum, the journal of the British Forum for
Ethnomusicology, we celebrate the beginning of our new partnership with Routledge
Journals. In its twelve years of existence under its former name, the British Journal of
Ethnomusicology, the journal has established an international reputation as one of the
leading publications in the field. We now look forward to developing the journal
further as a dynamic forum for the presentation of original research and new
thinking in ethnomusicology. While retaining a central focus on substantial research
papers with strong ethnographic and theoretical content, we are also open to
exploring new directions in terms of both style and content. We welcome submissions
of original manuscripts from researchers anywhere in the world, relating to all topics
and methods falling within the field of ethnomusicology, broadly defined.
It has been a great pleasure to work with guest editors Margaret Kartomi and Kay
Dreyfus in the preparation of this special themed issue. We join them in thanking all
the authors featured here both for their valuable scholarly contributions and for their
efficient and good-natured collaboration throughout the lengthy process of
preparation and production. Ethnomusicology Forum 13(2) will take the form of a
general issue, including papers on ngoma song and dance in post-apartheid South
Africa (Louise Meintjes), hip-hop culture in Brazil (Derek Pardue), the social history
of vocal timbre (Grant Olwage) and the role of music in the Disney theme park
experience (Laudan Nooshin and Charles Carson).
With this issue we also welcome six new members to our expanded Editorial
Board: Andree Grau (University of Surrey Roehampton), Tullia Magrini (University
of Bologna), Laudan Nooshin (City University, London), Carole Pegg (University of
Cambridge), Regula Qureshi (University of Alberta) and Veit Erlmann (University of
Austin, Texas). We say goodbye to Martin Clayton and Suzel Reily, both of whom
have made an invaluable contribution to the development of the journal, especially in
their term as Editors.
Caroline Bithell and Janet Topp Fargion
Ethnomusicology Forum
Vol. 13, No.1 , January 2004, p. 1
ISSN 1741-1912 (print)/ISSN 1741-1920 (online) # 2004 Taylor & Francis Ltd
DOI: 10.1080/1741910410001692265
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