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

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.

Keywords

• musicology
• research data
• fair principles
• music information retrieval
• linked data