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DESCRIPTION:The Doctoral Colloquium is open to all.\n\nDoctoral Colloquium:
  Justin London (Carleton College)\n\n\n	Find out more about attending event
 s at Schulich\n\n	\n	 \n\n	Title: A Bevy of Biases: How Music Theory’s (and M
 usicology’s) Methodological Problems Hinder Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclu
 sion \n\n	 \n\n	Abstract:\n\n	In his essay\, “Music Theory and the White Raci
 al Frame” Philip Ewell pointed out some of the problems of racial bias in 
 music theory and analysis (MTO 26.2.4).  In this presentation some of the 
 underlying causes of those problems will be described.  Music theory is a 
 largely inductive practice\, derived from a small\, unrepresentative corpu
 s of pieces from the “common practice period” of tonal music. We (mis)use 
 this repertory due to a combination of implicit biases that stem from our 
 enculturation as practicing musicians\, explicit biases that stem from bro
 adly held aesthetic beliefs regarding the status of “great” composers and 
 particular “masterworks”\, and confirmation biases that are manifest by ou
 r tendency to use only positive testing strategies and/or selective sampli
 ng when developing and demonstrating our theories. The theories of harmony
  and form developed from this small corpus further suffer fromoverfitting\
 , whereby theoretical models are overdetermined relative to the broader no
 rms of a musical practice.  All of which means that simply expanding our a
 nalytic and/or pedagogical canon will do little to displace the underlying
  aesthetic and cultural values that are bound up with the core repertory o
 f the analytic canon\, and that working toward greater equity\, diversity\
 , and inclusion in music theory goes hand in hand with addressing some of 
 the problematic methodologies that have long plagued our discipline. Indee
 d\, we cannot do the former without doing the latter.\n\n	\n		\n			\n				\n					\n						\n							\n								\n									
 \n										\n											\n												 \n											\n										\n									\n								\n							\n						\n					\n				\n			\n		\n\n		Biography:\n\n		Justin London is the Andrew W
 . Mellon Professor of Music\, Cognitive Science\, and the Humanities at Ca
 rleton College\, Northfield\, Minnesota\, where he teaches courses in Musi
 c Theory\, the Philosophy of Music\, Music Psychology\, Cognitive Science\
 , and American Popular Music. He has held teaching and research appointmen
 ts at the University of Cambridge\, the University of Jyäskylä (Finland)\,
  The University of Oslo\, and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesth
 etics\, Frankfurt. He served as President of the Society for Music Theory 
 in 2007–2009\, and as President of the Society for Music Perception and Co
 gnition in 2017–2018. He is also the guitarist in the “Spare Niche” jazz t
 rio.\n	\n\n	\n		 \n\n
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LOCATION:A-832\, Elizabeth Wirth Music Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 
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SUMMARY:Doctoral Colloquium (Music): Justin London (Carleton College)
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