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Dr Joseph Browning is a Senior Lecturer in Music at the Department of Performing Arts, City, St George's, University of London. His research focuses on the ecological and material dimensions of musical practice, particularly through the lens of the Japanese shakuhachi and contemporary classical music.
Education:
- PhD in Ethnomusicology, SOAS, University of London (2015)
- MMus in Ethnomusicology (Distinction), SOAS, University of London (2008)
- BMus (Distinction), University of York (2006)
His research explores themes of nature, environment, materiality, and more-than-human perspectives in music, with a particular interest in musical organicism and vitalism within the UK contemporary music scene. He investigates how these ideas intersect with environmentalism, biopolitics, and cultural reception in late capitalist societies, drawing from diverse genres such as Western art music, sound art, and cosmopolitan musical encounters.
Dr Browning is also an active performer of traditional and contemporary shakuhachi music and has collaborated with composers and choreographers. He studied Javanese gamelan in Indonesia as a Darmasiswa scholar and has performed with gamelan groups across Australia, the UK, and Indonesia.
Scientific Awards:
- British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
He has held postdoctoral research positions at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (University of Melbourne) and as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford and St Hilda's College. He previously served as a Teaching Fellow and Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS, University of London. His work bridges academic research, artistic practice, and interdisciplinary inquiry into music’s ecological and social dimensions.
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Dr Browning has been affiliated with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions and conducts independent ethnographic research within the UK contemporary music scene.
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