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Music Department

PhD studentship in economic ethnomusicology

Full time



Full annual maintenance of £16,764 and Home/EU tuition fees



Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in economic ethnomusicology



The studentship is attached to the project ‘Music, money and power: An economic anthropology of music’, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. It includes 3-years funding and tuition fees at Home/EU rates, starting in September 2018, or soon after. The PhD student will be supervised by Professor Anna Morcom<https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/anna-morcom(368e1aca-375d-4df2-816e-269751270982).html>, who is the Principal Investigator (PI) leading the project, and will be co-supervised by Dr Patrick Neveling<https://uib.academia.edu/PatrickNeveling>. They will work alongside a postdoctoral research assistant who will also be a part of the project team (this post will be advertised shortly).



The project will develop a new subfield, ‘economic ethnomusicology’. Drawing principally from economic anthropology and economic history, it will tackle foundational questions concerning the economics of music. Barely explored, these include theories of exchange and value and questions of money/resources, surplus and waste. The focus will be on the sociality of live or recorded music in/as exchange and ways that money operates at micro and macro levels, shaping or limiting musical activity, social hierarchies and relationships. Global and comparative in scope and incorporating diverse ethnographic and historical study, the project will thus seek to transform the economic study of music.



The PhD student will:



  *   undertake a detailed case study within an area of economic ethnomusicology. This will be based on extensive new fieldwork and/or archival work and will result in a PhD thesis; they will also submit at least one article or chapter for publication during the course of the project.

  *   attend conferences including at least one with the PI and engage in wide-ranging networking and other activities to support the project. This will include working with the project’s postdoctoral research assistant to arrange ad-hoc talks and seminars and, depending on funding, a one-day or larger conference.

  *   engage in training and career development activities, including taking up opportunities in the department and the College



The PhD student will be chosen as far as possible to work on an area that is contrasting and complementary to those of the PI and the project postdoctoral research assistant in terms of theoretical focus and/or geographical area in order to maximise the breadth of the project. The PI will work on two areas: the transformation of Tibetan Buddhist music and chants through contact with recording media and capitalism; the changing role of money and wealth in Indian classical music and dance. The research assistant is to be recruited.



This studentship offers an exceptional opportunity to work on an interdisciplinary project in an emerging sub-discipline situated at one of the UK’s leading Music departments. There are extensive opportunities at Royal Holloway and in the Music Department for professional development and training.



For informal enquiries, please contact Anna Morcom, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .



Candidates should apply online, and should include a proposal (max 1,500 words) for a thesis within the remit of Economic Ethnomusicology:

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere/researchdegrees/applying/home.aspx



The latest date for applications is midnight, 31 May 2017. Interviews are expected to be held in June.



The College is committed to equality and diversity, and encourages applications from all sections of the community.



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Person spec, Job Title:  PhD studentship in Economic Ethnomusicology



Department: Music







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Knowledge, Education, Qualifications and Training:















A Masters in Ethnomusicology or an allied discipline (e.g. anthropology)



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Skills and/or Abilities































Potential to work with novel conceptual approaches at an interdisciplinary level and at an immersive ethnographic and/or historical level



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Organisational and communication skills necessary to carry out extensive networking activities for the project and to arrange a number of ad-hoc talks and, funding permitting, a conference



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Ability to work in a collegial and collaborative manner in the project team



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Experience















Working at an interdisciplinary level







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Working at an immersive ethnographic and/or historical level with relevant language skills







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Arranging talks, seminars and conferences







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Practical involvement in music or other performing arts







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Best wishes



Anna



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Anna Morcom

Professor of Ethnomusicology

Music Department

Royal Holloway, University of London

http://pure.rhul.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/anna-morcom_368e1aca-375d-4df2-816e-269751270982.html