What question did this study set out to answer?

To uncover major trends in music making among the Bunun and explore the impact of contemporary conditions on indigenous societies.

June 8, 2026

Everyday Musical Life Among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan : (Jonathan P.J. Stock & Chiener Chou. New York and London: Routledge, 2021, ISBN: 9780367748494)

Key Points

To uncover major trends in music making among the Bunun and explore the impact of contemporary conditions on indigenous societies.
Case study focusing on the Bunun in Taiwan during the mid-2000s
Development of a five-part paradigm for analyzing everyday musical life
Comparative analysis with global indigenous music contexts.
Reveals significant ongoing trends in Bunun music making
Extends the understanding of everyday musical practices into new indigenous settings
Illustrates the effects of contemporary influences on small, close-knit societies.

Abstract

Everyday Musical Life Among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan written by Jonathan P. J. Stock (Professor of Music, University College Cork) with Chou Chiener was published by Routledge in 2021. This is a book in which Stock models a five-part paradigm for new research into music in everyday life with a case study of indigenous Bunun in Taiwan in the mid-2000s. In Introduction , the aims of this research are: revealing more globally several major ongoing trends in music making in Bunun musical life; extending the literature on everyday musical life into new settings; and allowing readers to explore how widely found processes and conditions in the contemporary era impact the daily lives of small, close-knit indigenous societies worldwide (p. 2).

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