De-Colonization, Heritage, and Advocacy is the second of three paperback volumes derived from the original Oxford Handbook of Applied Ethnomusicology. It offers an introduction to applied ethnomusicology, and explores the themes of social justice, cultural ownership, colonialism, and de-colonization in relation to ethnomusicological research and fieldwork methodologies and applications.

Part I: An Introduction to Applied Ethnomusicology, Section 1: Applied Ethnomusicology: A Descriptive and Historical Account, by Jeff Todd Titon, Section 2: Applied Ethnomusicology in the Global Arena, by Svanibor Pettan, Section 3: An Introduction to the Chapters, by Jeff Todd Titon and Svanibor Pettan, Part II: Advocacy, Chapter 1: Advocacy and the Ethnomusicologist: Assessing Capacity, Developing Initiative, Setting Limits, and Making Sustainable Contributions, by Jeffrey A. Summit, Chapter 2: Applied Ethnomusicology as an Intercultural Tool: Some Experiences from the Last 25 Years of Minority Research in Austria, by Ursula Hemetek, Chapter 3: Being Applied in the Ethnomusicology of Autism, by Michael Bakan, Chapter 4: Motivations and Methods for Encouraging Artists in Longer Tradtions, by Brian Schrag, Chapter 5: Activist Ethnomusicology and Marginalized Music of South Asia, by Zoe C. Sherinian, Part III: Indigenous Peoples, Chapter 6: Decolonization and Applied Ethnomusicology: Story-ing the Personal-Political-Possible in Our Work, by Elizabeth Mackinlay, Chapter 7: Andes to Amazon on the River Q'eros: Indigenous Voice in Grassroots Tourism, Safeguarding, and Ownership Projects of the Q'eros and Wachiperi Peoples, by Holly Wissler, Index