Dr Simone Krüger

Publications... 

BOOKS

(2009). Experiencing Ethnomusicology: Teaching and Learning in European Universities. Aldershot: Ashgate. 

(forthcoming). Media and Globalised Cultures. co-authored with Ruxandra Trandafoiu. Palgrave, Hampshire. (publ. in 2010/11)

EDITED BOOKS

(in preparation). Musics in Transit: New Perspectives on Musical Migration and Tourism.

EDITED ISSUES

(in preparation). Ethnomusicology in the Academy: International Perspectives. The World of Music (publ. autumn 2010)

OTHER PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

(2008). Ethnography in the Performing Arts: A Student Guide. Lancaster: PALATINE (the HEA Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music).  

JOURNAL ARTICLES

(under review). Democratic Pedagogies: Perspectives from Ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology

(in preparation). The Transmission of Ethnomusicology in Higher Education in the UK. The World of Music (publ. autumn 2010)

(in preparation). The Ethical Student Ethnographer: Exploring Music Cultures Outside the University Classroom. Ethnography and Education

REVIEWS

(2008). Yearbook for Traditional Music 40: 213-4. The Pure Drop: An Exploration and Celebration of World Music. Produced by Thomas Ashelford et al, in association with AFC/Ethel. (URL: http://thepuredrop.com.au/, 2007). 

(2008) British Journal of Music Education 25 (3). The Musical Human: Rethinking John Blacking’s Ethnomusicology in the Twenty-First Century. ed. Suzel A. Reily (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

(2009). Performing Ethnomusicology: Transforming Student Experiences in University Education. Annual Conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE), Liverpool, UK (April)

(2008). Ethnography in the Performing Arts: Reflections on the Production of a Student Guide. World Conference of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), Bolognia, Italy (July)

(2007). Performing Ethnomusicology: Understanding Student Experiences in University Music Education. 5th International RIME Conference, University of Exeter, UK (April)

(2007). Listening to Ethnomusicology: Student Experiences of Tradition and Authenticity. British Forum for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, International Centre for Music Studies, University of Newcastle, UK (April)

(2007). Listening to Ethnomusicology: Student Experience of Identity, Authenticity and Democracy in the Transmission of World Musics. 39th World Conference of the ICTM (International Council for Traditional Music), Vienna, Austria (July)

(2006). Casting Shadows in the Field: Ethical Considerations in Ethnographic Research. National Conference ‘Research Ethics and Postgraduate Training: Issues and Challenges’, Edge Hill University

(2006). Researching eLearning: An Anthropological Perspective to Understanding Student Experiences in Virtual Spaces. Paper presented at the Research Exchange Seminar Series, Edge Hill University

(2006). Students’ experiences of e-learning: a virtual ethnography into a MA distance learning module. Conference paper, 5th International Conference on Networked Learning, University of Lancaster

(2006). Students’ experiences of e-learning. Conference paper, Edge Hill 4th Conference of the Centre for Learning and Teaching Research, Edge Hill University

(2006) Davey, John, Simone Krüger, Lindsey Martin, Dawn McLoughlin, Sue Roberts, Sue Williams (2006). Ethnographic Research Partnerships: Challenges within an interdisciplinary team at Edge Hill. Conference paper, 1st International SOLSTICE conference, Edge Hill University

(2006) Lucas, Gerry and Simone Krüger. Those Who Can Do – Those Who Can’t Don’t: Doing ethnography to impact on student experiences of digital geographies. Conference paper, 1st International SOLSTICE conference, Edge Hill University

(2006) Martin, Lindsey and Simone Krüger. Democratising Research and Knowledge Transfer at Edge Hill: the Academic Support Staff Perspective. Short paper presented at the first Research Degree Awarding Powers (RDAP) Development Conference, Edge Hill University

(2006) McCulloch, Alistair and Simone Krüger. Distanced and e-learning: developing a regional online network to support postgraduate research students. Workshop, UK Grad NW Hub conference, Manchester

(2005). ‘This is not music, this is just shouting:’ issues of canon and canonising in world music education. Paper presented at the International Conference of Research in Music Education (RIME), University of Exeter

(2004). Ethnomusicological participant-observation: fuelling creativity in world music education? Paper presented at the ‘Musik im Spiel’ Symposium, Universität Bonn, Germany

(2004). Being ‘At Home’ at home: Reflections on research into the transmission of ethnomusicological knowledge ‘at home’ Paper presented at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, University of Aberdeen

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

(2006). Students’ experiences of e-learning: a Virtual Ethnography into Blended Online Learning. Conference Proceedings, Networked Learning Conference.

OTHER SPECIALIST LITERATURE

(2009). Performance in the Curriculum: Conference Report. NAMHE, UK (specifically page 3)

(2007). Women get more than Men from E-Learning. BNet UK

(2007). Elearning is the Future. Career Scope

(2007). Women Learn Better Online Than Men. News. Edge Hill University

(2007). Are Women Really Better Than Men? EHUpdate. Issue 01, Winter 07

(2007). Doing Ethnography to Impact on Student Experiences of Digital Geographies. ESRI UK.

(2006). Lucas, Gerry and Simone Kruger. ‘Those Who Can Do – Those Who Can’t Don’t: Doing Ethnography to Impact on Student Experiences of Digital Geographies’. Planet: Learning and Teaching in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences; Special Issue on Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge 17 (1), GEES Subject Centre; Higher Education Academy, University of Plymouth, 50-52.