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.

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

Review of Robin P. Harris, Storytelling in Siberia: the olonkho epic in a changing world (2018)
Journal Article
Howard, K. (2018). Review of Robin P. Harris, Storytelling in Siberia: the olonkho epic in a changing world. Ethnomusicology Forum, 27(2), 241-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2018.1503062

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.

Review of Michael Dylan Foster and Lisa Gilman, ads, UNESCO on the Ground: Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage (2017)
Journal Article
Howard, K. (2017). Review of Michael Dylan Foster and Lisa Gilman, ads, UNESCO on the Ground: Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage. International Journal of Cultural Property, 24(1), 103-107. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0940739116000412

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.

Reviving Korean Identity through Intangible Cultural Heritage (2014)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2014). Reviving Korean Identity through Intangible Cultural Heritage. In C. Bithell, & J. Hill (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Musical Revival (135-159). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199765034.013.001

This article has been commissioned as part of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Music Revival edited by Caroline Bithell and Juniper Hill. This chapter explores the revival of the intangible cultural heritage, and the interface between preservation... Read More about Reviving Korean Identity through Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The Life and Death of Music as East Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Howard, K. (2013, August). The Life and Death of Music as East Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage. Presented at Conference of the Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies, Bergen

An exploration of the policies for preserving and promoting music as Intangible Cultural Heritage in Korea and Japan, looking at the emerging distinction between preserved forms and commercial/professional derivatives.

Review of Nathan Hesselink, 'SamulNori' (2013)
Journal Article
Howard, K. (2013). Review of Nathan Hesselink, 'SamulNori'. The Journal of Asian studies, 72(1), 213-215. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911812002100

Jindo: Creating a cultural paradise (2012)
Other
Howard, K. (2012). Jindo: Creating a cultural paradise

This paper reflects on the policies and practice of cultural preservation (protection, conservation) in Jindo, South Jeonla, Republic of Korea, and links Jindo efforts to the broad swathe of international activity. Given the many arguments amongst Ko... Read More about Jindo: Creating a cultural paradise.

Authenticity and Authority: Conflicting Agendas in the Preservation of Music and Dance at Korea's State Sacrificial Rituals (2012)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2012). Authenticity and Authority: Conflicting Agendas in the Preservation of Music and Dance at Korea's State Sacrificial Rituals. In K. Howard (Ed.), Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions (113-140). Ashgate

Moving from an overview of Korea's state-sponsored preservation and promotion system for the intangible cultural heritage, this chapter explores the music and dance at the two state sacrificial rituals, the Rite to Confucius and the Rite to Royal Anc... Read More about Authenticity and Authority: Conflicting Agendas in the Preservation of Music and Dance at Korea's State Sacrificial Rituals.

East Asian Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage (2012)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2012). East Asian Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage. In K. Howard (Ed.), Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions (1-22). Ashgate

An overview of legislation and practice in the preservation and promotion of music as Intangible Cultural Heritage globally, an assessment of relevant literature, and statements about the systems for preservation and promotion in China, Japan, Korea... Read More about East Asian Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage.

SamulNori: Korean drums (and gongs) of affection (2012)
Journal Article
Howard, K. (2012). SamulNori: Korean drums (and gongs) of affection. The world of music (Wilhelmshaven), 1(1), 15-35

SamulNori, first performed in 1978, is now both a celebrated quartet of percussionists and a genre of percussion music. This is the first of four articles to explore its contemporary manifestation and to project forward, using interview and other mat... Read More about SamulNori: Korean drums (and gongs) of affection.

Iconicity and the Preservation of Culture in Korea (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Howard, K. (2010, April). Iconicity and the Preservation of Culture in Korea. Presented at Preserving the Past, Looking to the Future: Tradition and Its Future in Music, University of Sydney

The Korean Intangible Cultural Property system and its applicability to music, contrasting likely scenarios of what would have happened without a state-organised preservation system, and outlining social, dynamic, and cultural changes that have occur... Read More about Iconicity and the Preservation of Culture in Korea.

Arirang: An Icon of Passion (2009)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2009). Arirang: An Icon of Passion. In Arirang to the World: 2009 International Symposium (46-63). Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation

Historical and contemporary consideration of the Korean 'national' folksong, Arirang.