Dr Simone Krüger
Research...
RESEARCH INTERESTS
ethnomusicology
music in global culture
ethnomusicology pedagogy; educational anthropology
ethnography, incl. virtual ethnography
RESEARCH PROJECTS - CURRENT
I am working on a guest edition of The World of Music (VWB Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung, publ. in summer/autumn 2010) on ‘Ethnomusicology and World Musics in the Academy’, which brings together contributions by scholars from Australia, Brazil, South Africa, Germany, Greece and the UK.
I also write and publish in the broader areas of global music and currently complete a monography on Popular Music in World Perspective (Polity), which brings together ethnomusicology and popular music studies with chapters on identity, trans/nationalism, canon, race, ethnicity, self, other, orientalism, gender, space, place and human rights, to name but a few.
Another proposal for a jointly edited book entitled Musics in Transit: Current Perspectives on Musical Migration and Tourism with contributions by international scholars and foci on musical migration, diasporic experience, travel and tourism is in preparation.
RESEARCH PROJECTS - COMPLETED
2008 - 2010, Liverpool '08 and Beyond: Music, Mediation and Place This ethnographic study sought to shed light into the interrelatedness between music, mediation and place during and after Liverpool’s status as European Capital of Culture. It examined the array of musical events and activities that have been (and still are being) mobilised as heritage myths and tourist packages, and the impact of this experience on the city and its people. [This project was funded by a Research Grant from the UoA66, Liverpool John Moores University.]
2008 - 2009, Enhancing Employability in Music: An Ethnographic Study into Students' Work-Based Learning Experiences (with Dr Siân Lincoln, LJMU)
This project sought to assess the impact of students’ experiences during work-based learning (WBL) placements on their employability in careers specifically related to music. The project report is now downloadable from the PALATINE website.2008 - 2009, "A Liver Bird Sang!" - Production of DVD
This project involved the production of a DVD of the musical show "A Liver Bird Sang!", accompanied by a documentary of the making of the show. Written specially for Liverpool 08, this is an outstanding example of how the European Capital of Culture concept has inspired Liverpudlians and drawn out local creative talents. "A Liver Bird Sang!" is a story about modern life and love set in Liverpool's clubland.
2007 - 2008, Ethnography in the Performing Arts: A Student Guide
In order to understand the individual and group creativity, expression and experience that lies at the heart of the performing arts, ethnography is a particularly suitable tool, allowing us both to study and reach our own understandings while gathering those of the people involved and situating them within their broader social and cultural contexts. Yet what is ethnography, and how do we approach ethnography in a performing arts culture, be it in music, dance or drama? This is the concern of the student guide, which illustrates the multiple, complex steps of ethnographic research and writing, and presents them one-by-one in simple, reader-friendly language. Written with the novice fieldworker in mind, the content is informed by the multifaceted experiences of university students when conducting their own ethnographic research project in music, dance and drama. Their ethnographies, as well as fieldnotes and other collected materials serve as illustrative matter and case studies. Hopefully you will find the student guide useful and meaningful for the conduct of your own ethnographic project in the performing arts.
This project was funded by PALATINE, the Higher Education Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music.
2002 - 2007, Experiencing Ethnomusicology: Student Experiences of the Transmission of Ethnomusicology at Universities in the UK and Germany
"Experiencing Ethnomusicology" studies the transmission of ethnomusicology, while exploring the ways in which students experience and make sense of their (world) musical encounters. The research was funded by the AHRC and the University of Sheffield.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND PRIZES
Conference Grant of £2,410 for BFE Annual Conference 2009 (UoA66 LJMU, 2008)
Research-Informed Teaching Grant of £1,000 for research into students' use of ethnography in music studies in 08/09. (RIT Grant Scheme, LJMU, 2008)
Development Grant of £7,420 for research project entitled 'Enhancing Employability in Music: An Ethnographic Study into Students' Work-Based Learning Experiences' (PALATINE, The Higher Education Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music, 2008)
Learning and Teaching Grant of £565 for attendance of the Intercultural Cities Conference in Liverpool, 2008 (LJMU, 2008)
Research Grant of £950 for attendance of the BFE Annual Conference in Cardiff, 2008 (LJMU, 2008)
Research Grant of £2500 for research project 'Liverpool 2008: Music, Mediation and Place' (UoA66, Liverpool John Moores University, 2008)
Development Grant of £4,500 for project 'A Student Guide for Performance Ethnography in Dance, Drama and Music' (PALATINE, The Higher Education Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music, 2007 - 2008)
International Conference Grant of £1,500 for paper presentation at International Council for Traditional Music conference in Vienna, Austria, 2007 (Edge Hill University, 2007)
Conference Grant of £550 for paper present paper at Research In Music Education conference, Exeter, 2007 (Edge Hill University, 2007)
PhD stipend/ bursary (AHRC, 2004)
Research grant of £235 (University of Sheffield, 2004)
Travel grant of £200 (University of Sheffield, 2003)
Research stipend of £8,000 (University of Sheffield, 2002)
Walker Prize (University of Liverpool, 2002)