September 9-13, 2008	Musical Perceptions - Past and Present On Ethnographic Analogy and Experimental Archaeology in Music Archaeological Research
	6th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology Ethnological Museum Berlin, Germany
Conference Topics 1. Interfaces - 1.1 Ethnomusicological and Ethnoarchaeological Implications in Music Archaeology - 1.2 Music Archaeology and Historical Ethnomusicology: On Continuity and Discontinuity of Musical Traditions - 1.3 Music Archaeology and Experimental Archaeology: On Construction and Reconstruction Conference Topic 1 broaches the varied interfaces between musicological and archaeological approaches in music archaeology. Similarities and differences in the particular questions of the main disciplines and the advantages and difficulties of multidisciplinarity will be highlighted. Theoretical and methodological approaches are of special importance. Panel 1.1 emphasizes ethnographic analogies in music archaeology, including ethnomusicological and ethnoarchaeological approaches. All disciplines contributing to music archaeology - conventional archaeology, archaeoorganology, archaeoacoustics, music iconology, philology, and so on - can be explored. Panel 1.2 and Panel 1.3 emphasize particular interfaces of the fields mentioned above. Panel 1.2 broaches the problem of discontinuity and continuity of musical traditions from the point of view of music archaeology and historical ethnomusicology; Panel 1.3 addresses construction and reconstruction vis-à-vis experimental archaeology, covering both instrument-making and archaeoacoustics. 2. Music Archaeology and the Media Conference Topic 2 discusses the issue of past musical cultures in museography and contemporary musical practice. To increase public awareness of music-archaeology topics, proposals for implementation and technical possibilities in museography will be presented. The problem of musical invention and scientific implementation in contemporary performance of ancient and historical musical instruments is also addressed. For a preliminary program of the conference please click here.
September 19-23, 2006	Challenges and Objectives in Music Archaeology
	5th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology
The 5th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology, "Challenges and Objectives in Music Archaeology", was held at the Ethnological Museum Berlin, SMB SPK. The conference was sponsored by the DFG. Conference Program & Abstracts Press releases: Berliner Morgenpost, 09/15/2006 Berliner Tagesspiegel, 09/21/2006 Spektrum der Wissenschaft Report 1, 09/21/2006 Spektrum der Wissenschaft Report 2, 09/21/2006 Feature broadcasted by Radio 3, 09/27/2006 Report in Klankbord 1, October 2006 Neues Deutschland, 10/14/2006 Feature broadcasted by Deutsche Welle, 11/11/2006