Conference Report

Abstract

Music theory's prevailing ontology has been one in which music is intangible, ineffable, and unplaced-a long holdover from nineteenth-century European Romanticism. Yet, as music scholars increasingly engage with issues of decolonization and social justice, many of us are eager to transform our conceptual commitments. A promising contribution to these conversations comes from the newly formed Music Studies in/of the Anthropocene Research Network (MSARN), whose inaugural conference, Ruptures and Convergences, took place in spring 2022. (1) Organized by