Abstract
After World War II, the rapid spread of critical theory led to the emergence of many
new fields of study under the social sciences and cultural studies. The literary
centered ecocriticism, which was developed in the 1980s, and the critical or new
musicology studies that developed in similar periods, influenced the existing
paradigms with their critical approaches. The field of ecomusicology, which brings
together the idea of ecocriticism with the discipline of musicology, has brought a
new approach to the environment/nature issues in terms of sound and music, adding
nature to the relationship between music and culture. Ecomusicology studies dealing
with many issues in the context of environment/nature from an interdisciplinary
perspective is both a scientific and an activist effort. By questioning the humannature
relationship and trying to find answers to today’s environmental crises and
sustainability problems by expanding the boundaries of musicology, ecomusicology
has been a rapidly developing field since the 2000s. In this article, the emergence
of ecomusicology as an ecocritical and naturecultural musicology approach, as well
as conceptual and methodological discussions concerning this field are examined
through the main sources. This article is intended to be a guide to future research in
the field of ecomusicology in Turkey.