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The Constructed Soundscapes of Place in Korea, South and North (2020)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2020). The Constructed Soundscapes of Place in Korea, South and North. In K. Howard, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Presence Through Sound : Music and Place in East Asia (102-117). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429326295-8

This chapter explores sonic icons of Korean musical identity, asking how they are used today to establish an image of place that is far from what they stood for in the past. It considers the nationally and internationally familiar soundworld of kugak... Read More about The Constructed Soundscapes of Place in Korea, South and North.

Presence Through Sound: Place and Contemporary Music in East Asia (2020)
Book
Howard, K., Ingram, C., Ong, M. Y., McLaren, A., Liu, L., Roche, G., Kim, H., Maliangkay, R., de Ferranti, H., Terauchi, N., Finchum-Sung, H., Day, K., & Teoh, Y.-M. (2020). K. Howard, & C. Ingram (Eds.). Presence Through Sound: Place and Contemporary Music in East Asia. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429326295

Presence Through Sound narrates and analyses, through a range of case studies on selected musics of China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Tibet, some of the many ways in which music and ‘place’ intersect and are interwoven with meaning in East Asia. It ex... Read More about Presence Through Sound: Place and Contemporary Music in East Asia.

Songs of "Great Leaders": Ideology and Creativity in North Korean Music and Dance (2020)
Book
Howard, K. (2020). Songs of "Great Leaders": Ideology and Creativity in North Korean Music and Dance. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190077518.001.0001

North Korea is often said to be unknown: a reclusive and secretive state. It behaves as if the whole country is a theatre that projects itself through performance. Song, together with other music and dance production, forms the soundtrack to the thea... Read More about Songs of "Great Leaders": Ideology and Creativity in North Korean Music and Dance.

Transcultural Fandom and the Globalization of Hallyu (2019)
Book
Howard, K., Otmazgin, N., Park, G.-S., Hubinette, T., Marinescu, V., Fendler, U., Ter Molen, S. L., Keith, S., Lyan, I., Oh, I., Koo, B., Porteux, J. N., & Choi, K. J. (2019). K. Howard, G.-S. Park, & N. Otmazgin (Eds.). Transcultural Fandom and the Globalization of Hallyu. Korea University Press

Preface (2019)
Book Chapter
Howard, K., Park, G.-S., & Otmazgin, N. (2019). Preface. In K. Howard, G.-S. Park, & N. Otmazgin (Eds.), Transcultural Fandom and the Globalization of Hallyu (5-7). Korea University Press

Writing Hallyu, Defining Fandom (2019)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2019). Writing Hallyu, Defining Fandom. In K. Howard, G.-S. Park, & N. Otmazgin (Eds.), Transcultural Fandom and the Globalization of Hallyu (231-256). Korea University Press

Abstract Book, The 45th International Council for Traditional Music World Conference (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Howard, K. (2019, July). Abstract Book, The 45th International Council for Traditional Music World Conference. Presented at World Conference, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

Abstract Booklet, edited, for ICTM World Conference at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 11-17 July 2019. 640 papers, and associated presentations. 453 pages

Afterword (2018)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2018). Afterword. In B. Norton, & N. Matsumoto (Eds.), Music as Heritage: Historical and Ethnographic Perspectives (278-284). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315393865-14

Discourse on music as heritage has too often evaded the challenge of maintaining performance and creation, the factors that define artistic practice, and has instead concentrated on documentation, collecting, and archiving. Museums had or were establ... Read More about Afterword.

The Life and Death of Music as East Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage (2018)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2018). The Life and Death of Music as East Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage. In D. G. Hebert (Ed.), International Perspectives on Translation, Education, and Innovation in Japanese and Korean Studies (35-55). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68434-5_3

Rather than the objects housed in museums, it is the intangible cultural heritage, as it is performed and presented, that allows the past to live. And, by making the past live, we attempt to sustain our identity, or, as academics, we interpret differ... Read More about The Life and Death of Music as East Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions (2016)
Book
Rees, H., Kraef, O., Ingram, C., Gorfinkel, L., Maliangkay, R., Wang, Y.-F., Gillan, M., Alaszewska, J., Howard, K., & Arisawa, S. (2016). K. Howard (Ed.). Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315596723

Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage explores the longstanding and extensive efforts to preserve music in East Asia, documenting and charting parallels and differences in legislation and the operation of systems for preservation and conservation, an... Read More about Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions.

Christianity and Korean Traditional Music (2016)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2016). Christianity and Korean Traditional Music. In S. A. Reily, & J. Dueck (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music and World Christianities (629-648). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199859993.013.005_update_001

Keith Howard offers an account of how Korean Christians who are professional musicians specializing in traditional music (kugak) have been attempting to construct a relationship between their faith and Korean traditional music, by incorporating Chris... Read More about Christianity and Korean Traditional Music.