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Update 14 September 2016 - Wim van Zanten

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Conferences, reports, etc.




Contributions to international conferences and conferences in Indonesia


2016        "Sustainability of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Baduy minority group in west Java, Indonesia". Presentation at the meeting of the Study Group Performing Arts in Southeast Asia of the International Council for Traditional Music, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia, 31 July- 6 August 2016.

2015        "The validity of visual representations of music of the Baduy minority group in West Java", presentation at the 43rd world conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, Kazakh National University of Arts, Astana, Kazakhstan, 16-22 July 2015.

2014        "The dancing Baduy ascetes", presentation at the meeting of the Study Group Performing Arts in Southeast Asia of the International Council for Traditional Music, Den Pasar, Indonesia, 14-20 June 2014.

2013        "Traces of the musical past of Sunda on early sound recordings", presentation at the Gotrasawala International Cultural Conference, Gedung Merdeka, Bandung, Indonesia, 5-7 December 2013.

2013        "Thematic listing: Better understanding by a comparative perspective", presentation at the Evaluating the inscription criteria for the two lists of UNESCO´s Intangible Cultural Heritage convention, Tokyo, Japan, 10-11 January 2013. Organized by the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in cooperation with the Maison des Cultures du Monde, France.

2012        "Living Culture and the concept of authenticity in UNESCO world heritage conventions", presentation at the Symposium What is Authenticity? Questions of authenticity and authentication in ethnographic museums, National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, The Netherlands, 30 November 2012.

2012        "The relation between communities and their living culture as represented by audiovisual files", presentation at the First biennial meeting of the forum of ICH-researchers – the implementation of UNESCO’s intangible heritage convention, La Maison des Cultures du Monde, Paris, 3 June 2012. Organized by La Maison des Cultures du Monde and the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific Region (IRCI). ICH Researchers - Forum

2012        "Communities and documentation in Indonesian safeguarding policies", presentation at the Workshop Documentation of ICH as a tool for community’s safeguarding activities?’, organized by the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific (IRCI) in Tokyo, 3-4 March 2012.

2012        "Cultural diversity and social qualities of time as expressed by the performing arts", presentation at the Symposium on cultural diversity, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 7-8 January 2012.

2011        "Relevansi rekaman karawitan Sunda oleh Snouck Hurgronje (1905-1906)", presentation at the Konferensi International Budaya Sunda II; Revitalisasi budaya Sunda:Peluang dan tantangan dalam dunia global, Bandung, 19-22 December 2011.

2011        "Where are the Dutch traditional songs and dances? The Dutch myth of folkmusic", presentation at conference Encounters between traditional music and dance and European musical culture in various places and at various times, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 25-28 August 2011.

2011        "Voices of the Sundanese in West Java in the last hundred years", presentation at the 41st World Conference of the ICTM, Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, 13-19 July 2011.

2011        "Prior informed consent; Experiences with ethnomusicological recordings", presentation for ICE Masterclass FARO, Brussels, 6 June 2011.

2010        "Safeguarding ICH: key safeguarding measures", presentation in UNESCO Capacity-building workshop The role of NGOs in implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the ICH, Tallinn, Estonia, 2-4 September 2010.

2010        "Sundanese music and the Netherlands; Theory and practice", presentation at international symposium Dutch-Indonesian musical encountersLeiden, 19-21 May 2010

2009        'Constructing past and future,' PowerPoint presentation at the symposium Politics and poetics of intangible cultural heritage, University of Hong Kong, 16-17 October 2009.

2009        'Report on the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the 2003 UNESCO convention, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 28 September - 2 October 2009,' PowerPoint presentation at the symposium Politics and poetics of intangible cultural heritage, University of Hong Kong, 16-17 October 2009.

2009        'Individuals, communities and the state in safeguarding musical heritage: How to decide about what to safeguard,' presentation at conference Why safeguard our musical heritage for the future?, Abu Dhabi, 3-4 October 2009.

2009        "UNESCO Round table: An ‘a-cultural’ method of safeguarding living culture", organiser of panel at the 40th World conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1 - 8 July 2009.

2009        Film presentation "Play the saluang flute, use your fifth finger; Lyrical songs from Payakumbuh, West Sumatra" (DVD, 45 minutes) at the 40th World conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1 - 8 July 2009.

2009        "Safeguarding living culture and ownership", Powerpoint presentation at the meeting Implementation of the conventions, organised by the Committee on international NGOs of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris, 16-17 April 2009.

2009        "Copyright and the transmission of living culture", presentation at the International symposium Mughamat/makamat and traditional modal music in the contemporary world, Baku, Azerbajian, 17-20 March 2009.

2009        "Living culture between sunrise and sunset: Reflections on time, technology and safeguarding living culture," Powerpoint presentation at conference Sharing Intangible Cultural Heritage: Narratives and Representations, Oaxaca, Mexico, 22-24 January 2009.

2009        'Auteursrecht, groepsrechten en de overdracht van kennis; Ervaringen met etnomusicologische documentatie', PowerPoint presentation at Symposium Intellectueel eigendomsrecht en de 2003 UNESCO conventie, Centrum voor Intellectueel Eigendomsrecht, Molengraaf Instituut, Universiteit Utrecht, 9 January 2009.

2008        'Music recordings in Southern Malawi 1969-1971; Pounding songs and Nthano', Workshop with PowerPoint presentation at the Department of Fine and Performing Arts Chancellor College, Univ. of Malawi, Zomba, 10 December 2008.

2008        "Audiovisual documentation and its role in the transmission of knowledge", presentation at the third international conference of the UNESCO Memory of the World programme Communities and memories: a global perspective, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 19-22 February 2008. Text of presentation in pdf

2008        "Conventions on cultural heritage and the people", ANU Public lecture, Canberra, 18 February 2008, also opening address of Communities and memories: a global perspective, The third international conference of the UNESCO Memory of the World programme, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 19-22 February 2008.

2007       "UNESCO, ICTM and the safeguarding of living culture," organizer and chair of plenary session at the 39th World conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, Vienna, Austria, 4-11 July 2007.

2007        "Baduy music and life 1976-2003; Temptations for ascetics in West Java, Indonesia," film (48 minutes) presentation at the 39th World conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, Vienna, Austria, 4-11 July 2007.

2007       "Ethnomusicology and the 2003 UNESCO convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage: Supporting the technology of enchantment", Keynote address at the conference One hundred years of ethnomusicology, Budapest, 30 March – 2 April 2007.

2007       "Prior informed consent: Experiences with ethnomusicological recordings", presentation at conference The 2003 Convention for safeguarding ICH and IP, New Delhi, 25-27 March 2007.

2005       "Islam and Sundanese music in West Java", presentation in the Panel Music and Islam in Indonesia at the 38th International Council for Traditional Music world conference, Sheffield, 3-10 August 2005.

2005       "Music as art of seduction and social control of erotic feelings in Indonesia", presentation at the conference Music and the art of seduction, organised by the Dutch Society for Ethnomusicology, Tropenmuseum Amsterdam, 19-22 May 2005.

2005       "Uking Sukri, seorang guru yang tahu batas kemampuannya, dunia pamirig dan perkembangan Tembang Sunda Cianjuran", (Uking Sukri, a teacher who knew his limitations, the world of the instrumentalists and the development of Tembang Sunda Cianjuran.], keynote address at the Seminar Panineungan Uking Sukri, STSI Bandung, 2 April 2005. Text in Indonesian, pdf.

2004        "Towards a programme for safeguarding living culture: Using the power of creativity", International Symposium on Preservation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, organised by the Chinese Academy of Arts, Beijing, China, 16-18 November 2004. Text of presentation in pdf

2004        Report as official rapporteur on Sessions I and III of the International conference The safeguarding of tangible and intangible cultural heritage: Towards an integrated approach, organised by UNESCO, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Nara Prefecture, Nara City and Asia/Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO in Nara, Japan, 20-23 October 2004.

2004        "Aesthetics of Baduy music, West Java", presentation at the 37th World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, Fuzhou and Quanzhou, China, 4-11 January 2004.

2003       "The sound of the bamboo flute is melancholy; Musical aspects of popular music and fusion in West Java", presentation at the International Workshop South-East Asian pop music in a comparative perspective, organised by the KITLV (Royal Institute for Linguistics and Anthropology), Leiden, 8-12 December 2003 [21 pp.]

2003       Participation in Expert meeting on the Unesco Collection of Traditional Music of the World, Unesco Headquarters, Paris, 17-18 September 2003.

2003       "Temptations for ascetics: Intangible cultural heritage of the Baduy in southern Banten, Indonesia", presentation at the colloquium on living cultural heritage in Assilah, Morocco, 7-9 August 2003, [12 pp.]

2002        Governmental expert of the Netherlands at the "Intergovernmental meeting of experts on the preliminary-draft Convention for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, Paris, 23-27 September 2002", UNESCO Headquaters, Paris, 23-27 September 2002.

2002        Vice-chairperson "International meeting of Experts on Intangible Cultural Heritage - Establishment of a Glossary", UNESCO Headquaters, Paris, 10-12 June 2002.

2002        "The musical characteristics of popular music and fusion in West Java", presentation at conference Soundpower; Traditional music and the new media, organised by the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Etnomusicologie "Arnold Bake" and the Music Dept. University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, 17 May 2002.

2002        "Worlds of music; Cultural, historical and methodological implications of multimusicality". Participant Theme 2: Music history: perceptions of many truths, Rotterdam Conservatory, 28 Febr-2 March 2002.

2001        "Gamad music in West Sumatra: traditional or pop?". Field reports meeting music, dance & theatre, organised by the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Etnomusicologie "Arnold Bake", Leiden University, 8 December 2001.

2001        'From gamelan to grunge: Indonesian music traditions in the MTV age', panel with Colin Bass, presented at the WOMEX 2001 conference, Rotterdam, 25-28 October 2001. [6 pp.]

2001       Panel organisor 'Popular music in Indonesia: Media, power structures and shifting identities' and paper 'Sundanese popular music' at the 36th World conference of the ICTM in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 4-11 July 2001.

2000       "The power of music in Malawian nthano stories", paper presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology: John Blacking's legacy, Belfast, 7-10 September 2000. [8 pp.]

2000       'A study of change in Randai theatre using visual documentation of the 1930s', paper + presentation of parts of first version video 'Told in heaven to become stories on earth' at the conference Audiences, Patrons and Performers in the Performing Arts of Asia, Leiden, 23-27 August 2000. First author; with Bart Barendregt.

1999       'The role of Uking Sukri in Cianjuran music', presentation (10 pp.) at the Thirty-fifth World Conference of the ICTM Hiroshima, Japan, 19-25 August 1999.

1999       'Methodological issues in 20th century Dutch ethnomusicology; Between comparative musicology and the anthropology of music', guest presentation (12 pp.) during the seminar of the Russian section of the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Moscow, 17-22 May 1999.

1998        'Linear and other time in music', presentation at the 14th International conference of the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Jerusalem, 29 August - 3 September 1998.

1998        'Introduction to the panel Asian Performing Arts and the Methodology of Practice', paper at the International Convention of Asia Scholars, Noordwijkerhout, 25-28 June 1998.

1997       (with Bart Barendregt) 'Change in Randai theatre of the Minangkabau, Sumatra; A visual documentation', in van Zanten, Wim (ed.), Abtracts in Ethnomusicology; 34th World Conference of the ICTM , pp.122-123. Bratislava: Institute for Musicology, Slovak Academy of Sciences and ASCO Art & Science. [ISBN 80-88820-06-5]

1995       'Aspects of Sundanese music history', paper presented at the 33rd International Council for Traditional Music world conference, Canberra, 5-11 January 1995, 16 pp.

1994       'Singing in Sunda, West Java', paper presented at the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Oxford, 29th August-2 September 1994, 12 pp.

1994       'Aspects of Baduy singing', paper for the KITLV International Workshop Performing arts in South-East Asia, Leiden, 6-10 June 1994, 15 pp.

1993       'Music and information theory; About musical structure and social context', presentation at the 9th European Siminar in Ethnomusicology, Barcelona, 10-15 September 1993.

1993       'Music of the Baduy, guardians of the river sources in West Java', Paper 10 pp., presented at the International Council for Traditional Music World Conference 1993, Berlin, 16-22 June, 1993.

1992       'Laporan sementara penelitian karawitan Baduy' [Preliminary report about the research of Baduy music.], with Drs. Enip Sukanda. Paper on 31 October 1992, ASTI Bandung.

1992        'Upit Sarimanah sebagai pengantara dalam karawitan Indonesia' [Upit Sarimanah as mediator in Indonesian music]. Paper, 4 pp., presented at the conference in memoriam Upit Sarimanah, Bandung, 29 oktober 1992.

1991        'Baduy music and its relation to the Sundanese music of Bandung, West Java', paper 11 p. + audio voorbeelden, gepresenteerd op de Society for Ethnomusicology 1991 annual meeting, Chicago 10-13 oktober 1991.

1991        'Aesthetics in Sundanese music', paper 10 p. + audio- en videovoorbeelden, gepresenteerd op de 8th European Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Geneva, 23-28 september 1991.

1990       'Sung epic narrative and lyrical songs: carita pantun and tembang Sunda', 11 p. Paper presented at the Symposium Indonesian Performing Arts: Music, Dance, Drama, Poetry. London: SOAS, University of London, 30 July - 3 August 1990.

1990       Notation of music: theory and practice in West Java, 18 p. Paper presented at the 11th European conference on modern South Asian Studies. Amsterdam 2-5 July 1990.

1989       'Ornamen vibrato dalam Tembang Sunda Cianjuran' [Vibrato ornaments in Tembang Sunda Cianjuran], in Dewan Redaksi Masyarakat Musikologi Indonesia: Laporan peresmian, temu ilmiah pertama, festival musik vokal Indonesia, 27-28-29 Oktober 1989 [Report on the official opening, the first scientific congress, and the Indonesian vocal music festival], 11 pp.

1988       "Sundanese women as mediators in music", 16 pp. presentation at the International Workshop on Indonesian Studies No.3, organised by the KITLV, in cooperation with the 'Werkgroep Indonesische Vrouwenstudies', 23-30 September 1988, Leiden.

1971       'Music education and Malawi', Lusaka Conference on Music Education, June 15-22, 1971, Lusaka: University of Zambia.



Contributions to conferences and symposia in the Netherlands

2009        "Auteursrecht, groepsrechten en de overdracht van kennis; Ervaringen met etnomusicologische documentatie", PowerPoint presentation at Symposium Intellectueel eigendomsrecht en de 2003 UNESCO conventie, Centrum voor Intellectueel Eigendomsrecht, Molengraaf Instituut, Universiteit Utrecht, 9 January 2009.

2005        "Deze muziek zal je nooit goed begrijpen; De relatie tussen muziek en identiteit", Presentation at conference Muziek kent geen grenzen; Continuïteit en verandering in muziek en identiteit, organised by the Vereniging voor de studie van het Midden-Oosten en de Islam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 11 November 2005.

2005        "Bescherming van levend erfgoed: Het ondersteunen van de technologie van de betovering", [Safeguarding living culture: Support for the technology of enchantment], lecture for the Nederlandse Nationale UNESCO Commissie, Tropenmuseum Amsterdam, 18 February 2005. Text in Dutch, pdf.

2003       "Muziek van publiek domein naar private sfeer in Indonesië" [Music from public to private domain in Indonesia], presentation at the one-day conference Creatief oneigenlijk eigendom - copyright en de niet-westerse wereld; KIT Tropentheater, Amsterdam, 19 June 2003.

2002        "The musical characteristics of popular music and fusion in West Java", presentation at the seminar Soundpower; Traditional music and the new media organised by the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Etnomusicologie "Arnold Bake", University of Amsterdam, 17 May 2002.

2001        "Gamad music in West Sumatra: traditional or pop?". Field reports meeting music, dance & theatre, organised by the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Etnomusicologie "Arnold Bake", Leiden University, 8 December 2001.

1995        'Het her-definiëren van muziektradities', voordracht op het CNWS seminar Re-invention of tradition, georganiseerd door het Cluster Niet-Westerse Kunst en Materiële Cultuur, Onderzoekschool CNWS, RU Leiden, 13-14 oktober 1995, 5 pp.

1995        'Het tijdsbegrip in muziek, met name de begrippen lineaire en cyclische tijd', voordracht voor het Cluster Niet-Westerse Kunst en Materiële Cultuur, Onderzoekschool CNWS, 14 maart 1995, 5 pp.

1994        'The spatial foundation of the concept "mode" in Tembang Sunda Cianjuran music', paper at CNWS Leiden Seminar, Perceptions of space in Southeast Asia, 2-3 June 1994, 8 pp.

1993        Voordracht 'Een methode voor het leren van Cianjuran muziek in West Java' (4 p., video en audio voorbeelden) op studiedag 2 april 1993 Uitvoerende kunsten in Azie; Onderwijsmethoden en Onderwijsmateriaal, georganiseerd door Wim van Zanten en Clara Brakel-Papenhuijzen in samenwerking met het Centrum voor Niet-Westerse Studies, RU Leiden en het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden.

1992        'Methoden en technieken in etnomusicologisch onderzoek', voordracht op symposium Nederlandse Vereniging voor Etnomusicologie 'Arnold Bake', Amsterdam, 20 mei 1992.

1992        'Baduy muziek in sociale context'. Voordracht met muziek- en video-voorbeelden voor de leden van het VF programma Indonesië, Leiden, 11 februari 1992.

1990        'Making music in Indonesia between order and disorder: Tembang Sunda Cianjuran in West Java', paper 4 pp. + video voor Symposium Performing Arts, CNWS, Leiden, 23 November 1990.

1986        Women performers in Sundanese music, 14 pp., [bijdrage ICA Festival 1986], Leiden: Instituut voor Culturele Antropologie en Sociologie der Niet-Westerse Volken, R.U. Leiden.

1985        Stijlanalyse van Tembang Sunda liederen, 8 pp., [bijdrage ICA Festival juni 1985], Leiden: Instituut voor Culturele Antropologie en Sociologie der Niet-Westerse Volken, R.U. Leiden.

1984        Structure in Tembang Sunda music, 9 pp., [bijdrage ICA Festival juni 1984], Leiden: Instituut voor Culturele Antropologie en Sociologie der Niet-Westerse Volken, R.U. Leiden.

1983        Man, vrouw, muziek, in tembang Sunda op West Java, 8 pp., [bijdrage ICA Festival juni 1983], Leiden: Instituut voor Culturele Antropologie en Sociologie der Niet-Westerse Volken, University of Leiden.

1983        The poetry of tembang Sunda, 26 pp., [voordracht KOP Indonesië 15 febr. 1981 en voordracht CASA 28 maart 1983], Leiden: Instituut voor Culturele Antropologie en Sociologie der Niet-Westerse Volken, R.U. Leiden.

1981        Enkele aspecten van tembang Sunda (Cianjuran-stijl), 10 pp., [voordracht K.O.P. IndonesiN 3 maart 1981], Leiden: Instituut voor Culturele Antropologie en Sociologie der Niet-Westerse Volken, University of Leiden.

1980        Positieve en negatieve keuzes geanalyseerd met het computer programma HOMALS-1, 10 pp, [bijdrage ICA symposium juni 1980], Leiden: Instituut voor Culturele Antropologie en Sociologie der Niet-Westerse Volken, University of Leiden.



Member of international jury

2009        Member of the International Jury for the Mugam singing contest, International Festival 'Space of Mugam' in Baku, Azerbaijan, 22-24 March 2009.

2009        Member of the International Jury at meeting of the 2nd Contest for Better Practices in Community's ICH Revitalization, Kyoto, Japan, 17-18 February 2009.



Reports

2003       Governmental expert's report to the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences [Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen], 3 July 2003, about the "Third session of the Intergovernmental meeting of experts on the preliminary-draft convention for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, Paris, Unesco Headquarters, 2-14 June 2003" [7 pp.]

2003      Governmental expert's report to the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences [Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen], 10 March 2003, about the "Second session of the Intergovernmental meeting of experts on the preliminary-draft Convention for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, Paris, Unesco Headquarters, 24 Febr.-1 March 2003". [16 pp.]

2002       Proposals for changes in the text of the UNESCO convention "First preliminary draft of an international convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage (version 26 July 2002)". Recommendations to the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences (Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen), 4 November 2002. [in English; 3 pp.]

2002       Report on the "Intergovernmental meeting of experts on the preliminary-draft Convention for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, Paris, 23-27 September 2002" to the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences (Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen), 15 October 2002. [in Dutch; 7 pp.]

2001        'Final Report Change in Minangkabau dance and theatre; A visual documentation', Scientific report (7 pp. + video + video-documentation book) for KNAW project 94-CS-05, 18 June 2001.

2001        'Final Report Performing Arts of Asia: Tradition and Innovation; The expression of identity in a changing world', Scientific report (22 pp. + Evaluation of the PAATI Project by Dr Stuart Blackburn, SOAS, London) for the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), 5 June 2001.

1999        'Tembang Sunda Cianjuran (West Java); Analysis of musical structures and ornaments, and the representation by audiovisual means (CD/ video / CD ROM)', Scientific report (10 pp. + CD) for NWO project B 51-98, December 1999.

1996        [Reports] 'Seminar "Re-invention of musical traditions"', 'Seminar "Re-invention of tradition"', en 'Seminar "Performing arts and identity in multicultural societies"', CNWS Newsletter 13:27-30. Leiden: Research School CNWS.

1996        Performing Arts of Asia: Tradition and Innovation; The expression of identity in a changing world, Research Programme PAATI, 1 July 1997-2000, written for the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, 17p.+ii.

1995        'Xth ESEM at Oxford, autumn 1994: on of the best!', INFO bulletin of the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology 24:10-12. [conference report.]

1995        'Well over 150 papers at 33rd ICTM World Conference in Canberra, January 1995', INFO bulletin of the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology 24:13-14. [conference report.]

1995        'Verslag van de 33e ICTM World Conference, Canberra, januari 1995', Bakeliet; Nieuwsbrief van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Etnomusicologie "Arnold Bake" 18:2-3.

1994        'Performing arts in South-East Asia; KITLV workshop, Leiden, 6-10 June 1994', rapport in CNWS Newsletter 10:18-9.

1994        '10th European Seminar in Ethnomusicology; Oxford, 29 augustus - 2 september 1994', Etnomusicologen Nieuwsbrief 17:16-20.

1994        'Performing arts in South-East Asia; Verslag van een KITLV Workshop, Leiden 6-10 juni 1994', Etnomusicologen Nieuwsbrief 17:9-11.

1993        'Etnomusicology and world music in the Netherlands 1990-1992; Report of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Etnomusicologie "Arnold Bake"', in van Zanten, Wim (editor): Oideion; The performing arts world-wide, pp.119-121, Leiden: Centre of Non-Western Studies, Leiden University.

1993        'Performing arts in Asia; Teaching methods and teaching materials, symposium 2 April 1993', rapport in CNWS Newsletter 8, May 1993, pp.14-5.

1993        'Verslag ESEM conferentie Barcelona, 10-15 september 1993', Etnomusicologen Nieuwsbrief 16:20-22.

1993        'Verslag ICTM conferentie Berlijn, 16-22 juni 1993', Etnomusicologen Nieuwsbrief 16:8-11.

1992        [Report of the ] '8th European Seminar in Ethnomusicology; Geneva, 23rd-28th September, 1991', The World of Music 34(1):132-135.

1991        'Across the boundaries; women's perspectives; Symposium at Leiden University, January 10-11th, 1991' Vena Journal 3(1):40-41. [Ook verschenen in Newsletter CNWS 4:11-12.]

1991        'Briefwisseling Kunst - von Hornbostel: voordracht Marjolijn van Roon, en andere voordrachten op SEM congres, Chicago, 10-13 oktober 1991', Etnomusicologen Nieuwsbrief 12:16-19.

1991        'Verslag 8th European Seminar in Ethnomusicology', Etnomusicologen Nieuwsbrief 12:11-15.

1991        'Twee conferenties en een symposium over uitvoerende kunsten', Etnomusicologen Nieuwsbrief 10:23-25.