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Mirror of the Buddha: An Early Tibetan Portrait (2015)
Book Chapter
Luczanits, C. (2015). Mirror of the Buddha: An Early Tibetan Portrait. In A. Bergmann, S.-L. Hertel, J. Noth, A. Papist-Matsuo, & W. Schrape (Eds.), Elegante Zusammenkunft im Gelehrtengarten. Studien zur Ostasiatischen Kunst zu Ehren von Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch / Elegant Gathering in a Scholar’s Garden: Studies in East Asian Art in Honor of Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch (56-62). VDG

In Andal's Garden: Art, Ornament and Devotion in Srivilliputtur (2015)
Book
Venkatesan, A., & Branfoot, C. (2015). In Andal's Garden: Art, Ornament and Devotion in Srivilliputtur. Marg Publications

Kotai was a 9th-century Tamil Vaishnava poet and mystic, and the author of two poems, the Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli. Today, she is worshipped as the goddess Andal or Goda, all across southern India, and her arresting poetry finds expression in... Read More about In Andal's Garden: Art, Ornament and Devotion in Srivilliputtur.

Trophies of War: Representing ‘Summer Palace’ Loot in Military Museums in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Tythacott, L. (2015). Trophies of War: Representing ‘Summer Palace’ Loot in Military Museums in the UK. Museum & Society, 13(4), 469-488. https://doi.org/10.29311/mas.v13i4.348

In October 1860, at the culmination of the Second Opium War (1856-60), British and French troops looted and then burnt the imperial buildings in the Yuanmingyuan (known at the time by foreigners as the ‘Summer Palace’) in the north of Beijing. This w... Read More about Trophies of War: Representing ‘Summer Palace’ Loot in Military Museums in the UK.

SamulNori: Korean Percussion for a Contemporary World (2015)
Book
Howard, K. (2015). SamulNori: Korean Percussion for a Contemporary World. Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315607580

SamulNori is a quartet of Korean percussionists that first performed together on stage in February 1978. The quartet’s name, coined a few months later by the Korean folklorist Shim Usŏng, means ‘four things play’. SamulNori rapidly gained considerabl... Read More about SamulNori: Korean Percussion for a Contemporary World.

Growing into music in Mali –perspectives on informal learning in West Africa (2015)
Book Chapter
Duran, L. (2015). Growing into music in Mali –perspectives on informal learning in West Africa. In N. Economidou, & M. Stakelum (Eds.), Every learner counts: democracy and inclusion in music education (49-64). Helbling Verlag

Despite the fact that Mali is famous for its musical traditions, some of which date back to the 13th century, very little research has been done on the passing down of musical knowledge from one generation to the next. Yet surely this is a key to und... Read More about Growing into music in Mali –perspectives on informal learning in West Africa.

The power of taste: the dispersal of the Berkeley Smith collection of Chinese ceramics at Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum (1921-1960) (2015)
Journal Article
Tythacott, L. (2016). The power of taste: the dispersal of the Berkeley Smith collection of Chinese ceramics at Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum (1921-1960). Journal of the History of Collections, 28(2), 327-343. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhc/fhv033

In 1921, Stanley Berkeley Smith (1878-1955), a British banker based in Karachi, offered his collection of around 800 Chinese ceramics on loan to Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. Berkeley Smith had spent the previous 21years acquiring the objects in I... Read More about The power of taste: the dispersal of the Berkeley Smith collection of Chinese ceramics at Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum (1921-1960).

Review: Adam Hardy, translations from Sanskrit by Mattia Salvini. Theory and Practice of Temple Architecture in Medieval India: Bhoja's Samaranganasutradhara and the Bhojpur Line Drawings. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and Dev Publishers, 2015. (2015)
Journal Article
Branfoot, C. (2015). Review: Adam Hardy, translations from Sanskrit by Mattia Salvini. Theory and Practice of Temple Architecture in Medieval India: Bhoja's Samaranganasutradhara and the Bhojpur Line Drawings. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and Dev Publishers, 2015. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 26(3), 520-522. https://doi.org/10.1017/S135618631500053X

North India (2015)
Book Chapter
Widdess, R. (2015). North India. In M. Church (Ed.), The other classical musics: fifteen great traditions (139-159). Boydell Press

A contribution to a multi-author volume characterising the "classical" music traditions of the world. The chapter covers North Indian classical music as a form of knowledge and practice, the principal theoretical concepts, the historical and social c... Read More about North India.

Crossings: Word and Music across the Atlantic (2015)
Book Chapter
Duran, L., Topp-Fargion, J., & Wallace, M. (2015). Crossings: Word and Music across the Atlantic. In L. Duran, J. Topp-Fargion, & M. Wallace (Eds.), West Africa : word, symbol, song (72-99). British Library

The Local Film Sensation in Ethiopia: Aesthetic Comparisons with African Cinema and Alternative Experiences (2015)
Journal Article
Thomas, M. W. (2015). The Local Film Sensation in Ethiopia: Aesthetic Comparisons with African Cinema and Alternative Experiences. Black camera, 7(1), 17-41. https://doi.org/10.2979/blackcamera.7.1.17

This article explores ways to bridge the critical divide between African cinema and the commercial, digital video films being produced on the continent, focusing specifically on the Amharic-language films of the Ethiopian film industry. Cinema in Eth... Read More about The Local Film Sensation in Ethiopia: Aesthetic Comparisons with African Cinema and Alternative Experiences.

Text, Orality, and Performance in Newar Devotional Music (2015)
Book Chapter
Widdess, R. (2015). Text, Orality, and Performance in Newar Devotional Music. In F. Orsini, & K. B. Schofield (Eds.), Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India. Open Book Publishers. https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0062.08

Dāphā bhajan is a style of devotional song performance practised by Newar men in the towns of the Kathmandu Valley. Although it is now primarily the farming community who maintain it, it originated in the court culture of the Newar kings in the 17th... Read More about Text, Orality, and Performance in Newar Devotional Music.