Jointly with the Tunisian Association for Research in Music and Musicology ( ATuReMM ), the Centre for Arab and Mediterranean Music held on May 6th and 7th , 2014at the palace Ennejma Ezzahra , a symposium entitled "Translation in the musical and musicological knowledges" . This conference included six sessions: 1 – Experiences in translation into and from Arabic in the field of humanities 2 – Transfer of musicological knowledge : Issues and Challenges 3 - Technical Translation of musical terms between the theoretical approach and practical applications 4 - Readings about the translation of ancient Arabic texts -5 – Criticism of performance in translation
Session n° 6 of this scientific meeting took the form of a round table which discussed the issue of transfer of knowledge in the fields of humanities in general and more particularly musicological knowledge. This session was also meant as a kind of think- tank on prospects of launching a research unit called the Centre musical and musicological studies and research.
This conference was the second of its kind, organized by the ATuReMM and CMAM . The first took place on May 4th and 5th 2012 under the title " the rhythm in music between theory and practice