FAIR for whom? Commentary on Hofmann et al. (2021)

Stefan M

doi:10.18061/emr.v16i1.8154

FAIR for whom? Commentary on Hofmann et al. (2021)

Authors

Stefan M University of Basel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0744-5374

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v16i1.8154

Keywords:

musicology, research data, FAIR principles, music information retrieval, linked data

Abstract

In this commentary on Hofmann et al. (2021), the notion of ethnomusicology and some of its underlying biases are questioned and reflected in the light of applying FAIR data principles to musicological research data from outside a Western canon and its musical practices.