MMaP Research Centre
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MMaP is the Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media, and Place at Memorial University.
Publisher of Music Research Annual and the Back-on-Track Audio Publication Series.
Publisher of Music Research Annual and the Back-on-Track Audio Publication Series.
This summer, #MunEthnomusicology student Andrina worked as the events assistant for Neighbourhood Dance works, helping to launch St. John's very first Vertical Dance Week. Andrina is continuing to work with NDW for their upcoming Festival of New Dance.
Keep up the good work, Andrina!
Keep up the good work, Andrina!
September 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This summer, #MunEthnomusicology student Andrina worked as the events assistant for Neighbourhood Dance works, helping to launch St. John's very first Vertical Dance Week. Andrina is continuing to work with NDW for their upcoming Festival of New Dance.
Keep up the good work, Andrina!
Keep up the good work, Andrina!
MA student in ethnomusicology Linus Glaesemer is conducting his summer research in Bamberg, Germany, focusing on 1980s’ nostalgia and revivalist aesthetics in the contemporary Neue Neue Dutsche Welle (New New German Wave) scene. Way to go, Linus!
August 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
MA student in ethnomusicology Linus Glaesemer is conducting his summer research in Bamberg, Germany, focusing on 1980s’ nostalgia and revivalist aesthetics in the contemporary Neue Neue Dutsche Welle (New New German Wave) scene. Way to go, Linus!
Now Live! Selections from Good as a Concert, Songs for all Souls, Part 1!
Featuring Pamela Morgan, Maria Peddle, Graham Wells, Catherine Wright and Jim Payne.
Watch is now on our YouTube page by following this link!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mi7...
Featuring Pamela Morgan, Maria Peddle, Graham Wells, Catherine Wright and Jim Payne.
Watch is now on our YouTube page by following this link!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mi7...
July 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Now Live! Selections from Good as a Concert, Songs for all Souls, Part 1!
Featuring Pamela Morgan, Maria Peddle, Graham Wells, Catherine Wright and Jim Payne.
Watch is now on our YouTube page by following this link!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mi7...
Featuring Pamela Morgan, Maria Peddle, Graham Wells, Catherine Wright and Jim Payne.
Watch is now on our YouTube page by following this link!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mi7...
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the web portal for the Jean Trudel Collection: fjt.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/en
This collection contains audio and video field recordings made by folklorist Jean Trudel in Quebec between 1965 and 1977.
This collection contains audio and video field recordings made by folklorist Jean Trudel in Quebec between 1965 and 1977.
July 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the web portal for the Jean Trudel Collection: fjt.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/en
This collection contains audio and video field recordings made by folklorist Jean Trudel in Quebec between 1965 and 1977.
This collection contains audio and video field recordings made by folklorist Jean Trudel in Quebec between 1965 and 1977.
PhD Candidate Edwin Mansook is currently doing his fieldwork on masquerade traditions in Guyana. His participant-action research was recently featured in an article in the Guyana Chronicle. Congratulations, Edwin!
July 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
PhD Candidate Edwin Mansook is currently doing his fieldwork on masquerade traditions in Guyana. His participant-action research was recently featured in an article in the Guyana Chronicle. Congratulations, Edwin!
#OHPMCSneakPeek!
In "Towards a Phenomenology of Rasa: Theorizing from Ras in Sikh Sabad Kīrtan Practice,"Inderjit N. Kaur analyses the notion of ras (flavour/essence) in performance, exploring the Sabad Kīrtan practice from historical documentation to present-day California's continuous tradition.
In "Towards a Phenomenology of Rasa: Theorizing from Ras in Sikh Sabad Kīrtan Practice,"Inderjit N. Kaur analyses the notion of ras (flavour/essence) in performance, exploring the Sabad Kīrtan practice from historical documentation to present-day California's continuous tradition.
July 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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In "Towards a Phenomenology of Rasa: Theorizing from Ras in Sikh Sabad Kīrtan Practice,"Inderjit N. Kaur analyses the notion of ras (flavour/essence) in performance, exploring the Sabad Kīrtan practice from historical documentation to present-day California's continuous tradition.
In "Towards a Phenomenology of Rasa: Theorizing from Ras in Sikh Sabad Kīrtan Practice,"Inderjit N. Kaur analyses the notion of ras (flavour/essence) in performance, exploring the Sabad Kīrtan practice from historical documentation to present-day California's continuous tradition.
MMaP is delighted to announce that #MUNEthnomusicology student Arsalan Pareyal, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Comparative Humanities and Interim Director of the Centre for South Asian Music at Habib University in Karachi, Pakistan. Congratulations, Arsalan!
July 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
MMaP is delighted to announce that #MUNEthnomusicology student Arsalan Pareyal, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Comparative Humanities and Interim Director of the Centre for South Asian Music at Habib University in Karachi, Pakistan. Congratulations, Arsalan!
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In “Scrape, Brush, Flick: The Phenomenology of Sound,” Katherine Young analyzes the nature of auditory encounters and their impact on our understanding of both the world and ourselves, examining the distinctive ways space appears in perceptual modes of listening and seeing.
In “Scrape, Brush, Flick: The Phenomenology of Sound,” Katherine Young analyzes the nature of auditory encounters and their impact on our understanding of both the world and ourselves, examining the distinctive ways space appears in perceptual modes of listening and seeing.
July 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
#OHPMCSneakPeek
In “Scrape, Brush, Flick: The Phenomenology of Sound,” Katherine Young analyzes the nature of auditory encounters and their impact on our understanding of both the world and ourselves, examining the distinctive ways space appears in perceptual modes of listening and seeing.
In “Scrape, Brush, Flick: The Phenomenology of Sound,” Katherine Young analyzes the nature of auditory encounters and their impact on our understanding of both the world and ourselves, examining the distinctive ways space appears in perceptual modes of listening and seeing.
#OHPMCSeakPeek!
In “Sexed Bodies/(Im)Possible Bodies/Polyphonic Bodies,” Stephen Amico critiques traditional theories of gender that prioritize its discursive dimensions over all of its other aspects.
In “Sexed Bodies/(Im)Possible Bodies/Polyphonic Bodies,” Stephen Amico critiques traditional theories of gender that prioritize its discursive dimensions over all of its other aspects.
June 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#OHPMCSeakPeek!
In “Sexed Bodies/(Im)Possible Bodies/Polyphonic Bodies,” Stephen Amico critiques traditional theories of gender that prioritize its discursive dimensions over all of its other aspects.
In “Sexed Bodies/(Im)Possible Bodies/Polyphonic Bodies,” Stephen Amico critiques traditional theories of gender that prioritize its discursive dimensions over all of its other aspects.
From May 20 through May 22, 2025, MMaP will host Phenomenology of Music Across the Disciplines, an international conference that will bring together scholars from the broad range of disciplines that draw on phenomenological methods in music research.
May 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
From May 20 through May 22, 2025, MMaP will host Phenomenology of Music Across the Disciplines, an international conference that will bring together scholars from the broad range of disciplines that draw on phenomenological methods in music research.
#PHMPCSneakPeek
In “The Sound of Movement: Hearing Kathak Dance,” Monica Dalidowicz explores the relationship between movement and sound in Indian Kathak dance, showing how dancers perceive their bodies in motion through auditory cues and emphasizing the role of sound in guiding movement.
In “The Sound of Movement: Hearing Kathak Dance,” Monica Dalidowicz explores the relationship between movement and sound in Indian Kathak dance, showing how dancers perceive their bodies in motion through auditory cues and emphasizing the role of sound in guiding movement.
April 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#PHMPCSneakPeek
In “The Sound of Movement: Hearing Kathak Dance,” Monica Dalidowicz explores the relationship between movement and sound in Indian Kathak dance, showing how dancers perceive their bodies in motion through auditory cues and emphasizing the role of sound in guiding movement.
In “The Sound of Movement: Hearing Kathak Dance,” Monica Dalidowicz explores the relationship between movement and sound in Indian Kathak dance, showing how dancers perceive their bodies in motion through auditory cues and emphasizing the role of sound in guiding movement.
#OHMPCSneakPeek
In “Playing and Listening: Phenomenological Hermeneutics and Improvisation,” Sharp considers improvisation as central to the relationship between musical experience and social life, arguing that it confronts us with both our finitude and our potential for change.
In “Playing and Listening: Phenomenological Hermeneutics and Improvisation,” Sharp considers improvisation as central to the relationship between musical experience and social life, arguing that it confronts us with both our finitude and our potential for change.
April 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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In “Playing and Listening: Phenomenological Hermeneutics and Improvisation,” Sharp considers improvisation as central to the relationship between musical experience and social life, arguing that it confronts us with both our finitude and our potential for change.
In “Playing and Listening: Phenomenological Hermeneutics and Improvisation,” Sharp considers improvisation as central to the relationship between musical experience and social life, arguing that it confronts us with both our finitude and our potential for change.
#OHMPCSneakPeek!
In “Facing the Musical Other,” Esther Clinton and Jeremy Wallach suggests new ways of understanding fieldwork in ethnomusicology as an ethical practice of encounter between researchers and research participants.
In “Facing the Musical Other,” Esther Clinton and Jeremy Wallach suggests new ways of understanding fieldwork in ethnomusicology as an ethical practice of encounter between researchers and research participants.
April 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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In “Facing the Musical Other,” Esther Clinton and Jeremy Wallach suggests new ways of understanding fieldwork in ethnomusicology as an ethical practice of encounter between researchers and research participants.
In “Facing the Musical Other,” Esther Clinton and Jeremy Wallach suggests new ways of understanding fieldwork in ethnomusicology as an ethical practice of encounter between researchers and research participants.
The price of admission is $25 for non-students and $20 for students, and tickets are available for purchase at the event. Good as a Concert is a production of SingSong Inc, MMaP, and Eleanor Dawson.
February 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The price of admission is $25 for non-students and $20 for students, and tickets are available for purchase at the event. Good as a Concert is a production of SingSong Inc, MMaP, and Eleanor Dawson.
#OHPMCSneakPeek!
In their chapter, authors Dotan Nitzberg (a concert pianist on the autism spectrum) and Michael Bakan (a neurotypical ethnomusicologist) challenge the objectification and dehumanization of autistic individuals, particularly musicians.
In their chapter, authors Dotan Nitzberg (a concert pianist on the autism spectrum) and Michael Bakan (a neurotypical ethnomusicologist) challenge the objectification and dehumanization of autistic individuals, particularly musicians.
December 11, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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In their chapter, authors Dotan Nitzberg (a concert pianist on the autism spectrum) and Michael Bakan (a neurotypical ethnomusicologist) challenge the objectification and dehumanization of autistic individuals, particularly musicians.
In their chapter, authors Dotan Nitzberg (a concert pianist on the autism spectrum) and Michael Bakan (a neurotypical ethnomusicologist) challenge the objectification and dehumanization of autistic individuals, particularly musicians.
#OHPMCSneakpeek!
In “Carl Stumpf and the Phenomenology of Musical Utterances,” Julia Kursell examines this noted thinker’s contributions to the phenomenology of music cultures, underscoring his influential role in the emergence of ethnomusicology.
In “Carl Stumpf and the Phenomenology of Musical Utterances,” Julia Kursell examines this noted thinker’s contributions to the phenomenology of music cultures, underscoring his influential role in the emergence of ethnomusicology.
November 27, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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In “Carl Stumpf and the Phenomenology of Musical Utterances,” Julia Kursell examines this noted thinker’s contributions to the phenomenology of music cultures, underscoring his influential role in the emergence of ethnomusicology.
In “Carl Stumpf and the Phenomenology of Musical Utterances,” Julia Kursell examines this noted thinker’s contributions to the phenomenology of music cultures, underscoring his influential role in the emergence of ethnomusicology.