SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Overview

Library

Senior Library Assistant (Reader Services)

Name:

Mr Giovanni Guazzotti

Email address:

gg2@soas.ac.uk

Telephone:

020 7898 4198

Address:

SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Building:

Russell Square: College Buildings

Thesis title:

The Diaspora of Music: Non-East Asian Musicians Playing East Asian Music and Instruments (working title)

Year of Study:

Began 2008

Internal Supervisors

• Keith Howard

Biography

Music, Music Performance, Anthropology, China, Korea, Japan.

PhD Research

The purpose of my research is to understand and debate the implications of non-East Asian musicians playing East Asian music/instruments and viceversa. In the era of globalization the interest of music from individuals from one cuture to another has become more and more frequent, non only from West to East, but also from East to West. However, the way music has been learned and used by musicians from different cultures has rised questions, among others, of authenticity, appropriation and conservation that need to be addressed.