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Catherine Ingram is a Senior Lecturer at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney, specializing in ethnomusicology and contemporary Chinese cultural studies. Her research focuses on the music of China’s minority groups, particularly the Kam (Dong) people of southwestern China, with a particular emphasis on Kam 'big song'—a UNESCO-recognized intangible cultural heritage. She holds a BMus(Hons) and PhD from the University of Melbourne and a Dip Ed from La Trobe University. Previously, she held fellowships at SOAS (UK), the International Institute of Asian Studies (Netherlands), and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
Her research explores collaborative ethnomusicological methods, digital archiving, and the role of music in cultural heritage preservation. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in Kam communities, producing co-authored publications and establishing digital archives with PARADISEC. Ingram also investigates the intersection of music with gender, environment, and sociocultural change. Current projects include a comparative study of cultural minorities in Australia and China, examining music’s role in agency and social engagement.
In teaching, she lectures on ethnomusicology, East Asian gender politics, and human rights, and supervises PhD, Masters, and Honours students. Her international collaborations span institutions in China, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, and Hong Kong. Ingram is affiliated with the China Studies Centre and Sydney Environment Institute at the University of Sydney.
Her awards include the Nadel Essay Prize (2011) and grants from the Australian Research Council and Royal Society. Key publications include Environmental Preservation and Cultural Heritage in China (2013) and Presence Through Sound: Music and Place in East Asia (2020). Ingram’s work bridges academic research with community engagement, emphasizing ethical collaboration and sustainable archival practices.
