In this chapter, among other things, Titon explores the areas of gathering information as it pertains to ethnomusicology. He notes that fieldwork has replaced transcription as the main constituent of the discipline, that it is no longer enough to merely observe and collect information, that we must also experience and understand. Along those lines, we must understand, not just explain. To me, the distinction between the question "what?" and the question "why?" is huge. Exploring why things happen centers around two activities: Phenomenology, which refers to the immediate, concrete sensory "lifeworld," a lived experience, and Hermeneutics, which states that any meaningful action can be read as a text. However, Titon does wonder if a text is the best analogy, proposing instead a musical performance, which leads into my discussion question.
Discussion Question: In your opinion, which is the better analogy for interpretive acts--is the world a text to be read or a musical performance to be experienced?
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