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The Course of the Hand: Formulas, Creativity, and Processes of ‘Improvisation’ in Mande Kora Music (2023)
Thesis
Gardner, J. A. The Course of the Hand: Formulas, Creativity, and Processes of ‘Improvisation’ in Mande Kora Music. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

It has become commonplace today to invoke the word improvisation when discussing the soloistic melodic dimensions of the music of the kora, the twenty-one-string bridge harp of the Mande people of West Africa. Typically, the term is used to denote th... Read More about The Course of the Hand: Formulas, Creativity, and Processes of ‘Improvisation’ in Mande Kora Music.

Moroccan Torah Scrolls: Theorizing a Diasporic Afterlife (2022)
Journal Article
Webster-Kogen, I. (2022). Moroccan Torah Scrolls: Theorizing a Diasporic Afterlife. Contemporary Jewry, 42(2), 157-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12397-022-09420-7

Torah scrolls are more than ritual objects; when used in a congregation, they take on semi-human characteristics and are given special agency. For Sephardic communities, some scrolls bear witness to the history of migration and trade that has uproote... Read More about Moroccan Torah Scrolls: Theorizing a Diasporic Afterlife.

Dyslexic Ways of Thinking: a reflexive study of Chopi timbila xylophone musicking in Mozambique (2022)
Thesis
Campbell, R. Dyslexic Ways of Thinking: a reflexive study of Chopi timbila xylophone musicking in Mozambique. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This research explores relationships between dyslexia and music-making through an experiential open-access web-thesis. That the project can be interpreted in multiple ways challenges conventional forms of academic knowledge production, as well as ins... Read More about Dyslexic Ways of Thinking: a reflexive study of Chopi timbila xylophone musicking in Mozambique.

The Last Mosque in Tel Aviv, and Other Stories of Disjuncture (2021)
Journal Article
Webster-Kogen, I. (2021). The Last Mosque in Tel Aviv, and Other Stories of Disjuncture. Arts, 10(3), 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/arts10030063

Ruins serve as a poignant reminder of loss and destruction. Yet, ruins are not always physical, and they are not always best understood through visual language—the sense memory of loss extends for displaced people far beyond crumbling monuments. Expl... Read More about The Last Mosque in Tel Aviv, and Other Stories of Disjuncture.

Listening, Khaleeji-Style: An Exploration of Music, Power and Geopolitics in the United Arab Emirates (2020)
Thesis
Tadros, V. Listening, Khaleeji-Style: An Exploration of Music, Power and Geopolitics in the United Arab Emirates. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The Gulf States have enjoyed several decades of economic prosperity, and this prosperity (along with religious influence) has, somewhat surprisingly, lent itself to increasing cultural influence. However, whilst further contributing to the ways in wh... Read More about Listening, Khaleeji-Style: An Exploration of Music, Power and Geopolitics in the United Arab Emirates.

'Tezeta' (Nostalgia): Memory and Loss in Ethiopia and the Diaspora (2016)
Book Chapter
Webster-Kogen, I. (2016). 'Tezeta' (Nostalgia): Memory and Loss in Ethiopia and the Diaspora. In R. Harris, & R. Pease (Eds.), Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Culture (227-244). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315857879-24

In an imagined canon of Ethiopian songs, the undisputed top position goes to “Tezeta,” a song that evokes feelings of sadness and affection for country, friends, and relations. The song’s performance practice has changed over time as Ethiopian musici... Read More about 'Tezeta' (Nostalgia): Memory and Loss in Ethiopia and the Diaspora.