New book by Frederick Moehn
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new book Contemporary Carioca: Technologies of Mixing in a Brazilian Music Scene (Duke University Press) by Frederick Moehn.
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New book by Gordon Ramsey
Gordon Ramsey of Queen's University, Belfast has recently published his book 'Music, Emotion and Identity in
Jonathan Stock at the University College Cork, Ireland
Jonathan Stock has moved from the University of Sheffield (via a one-year posting in Sydney) to a permanent position as Professor of Music and Head of Department at University College Cork, Ireland. Congratulations, Jonathan!
Herndon Award for David Kaminsky for article published in Ethnomusicology Forum
Congratulations to David Kaminsky whose article, “Gender and Sexuality in the Polska: Swedish Couple Dancing and the Challenge of Egalitarian Flirtation” in Ethnomusicology Forum 20(2), August 2011, pp. 123–52 has been given the Marcia Herndon award for 2012 by the Society for Ethnomusicology.
Emma Brinkhurst completed PhD thesis
Emma Brinkhurst has recently completed her PhD thesis, entitled “Music, Memory and Belonging: Oral Tradition and Archival Engagement Among the Somali Community of London’s King’s Cross”.
For Music and Language Teachers: Using European Folksongs for Language Acquisition
The Digital Children’s Folksongs for Language and Cultural Learning (Folk DC) project is a European Union project designed to motivate young language learners to engage with language learning through using Folk songs, and activities around the songs.
Death of Michael Marcuzzi
Canadian ethnomusicologist, Michael Marcuzzi, died in September after a long battle with cancer.
Book on sea-nomadic Austronesian people
The Austronesian-speaking Sama peoplese make up one of the most widespread cultural groups within the Southeast Asian island world. The so-called sea-nomadic Sama Dilaut, part of the linguistic sub-group of the Sama-Bajau, form a very distinct community both socially and culturally.
Special issue of "world of music" (new series) on Colonial Modernity and East Asian Musics
This special issue includes contributions by prominent music researchers based in China, Japan, Taiwan, and Australia.
Capoeira goes Crowd Funding
The Essex University based project The Angolan Roots of Capoeira: Transatlantic links of a Globalised Performing Art has started a crowd funding campaign to raise money for the completion of the feature-length documentary film. It runs until 17th January 2013.