Ana M. Alarcón-Jiménez
Junior Postdoctoral Researcher 6/03/2019 – 5/3/2021
Keywords: ethnomusicology, sound studies, anthropology of space and place.
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Alarcón-Jiménez completed a PhD in Ethnomusicology at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Her dissertation investigated Galician musical practices in the coastal town of Ortigueira, Galicia. It specifically dealt with the social construction and social production of the International Festival of the Celtic World of Ortigueira.
In addition to her focus on the broad research area of music, power, and space, her research interests include issues of music, aesthetics, and resistance.
Alarcón-Jiménez worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute of Ethnomusicology (INET) of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa from 2011 to 2016.
She is co-founder and coordinator of the Group of Ethnomusicology at the Catalan Institute of Anthropology (ICA).
She currently holds a Junior Postdoctoral Researcher position at the Artsoundscapes Project, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Barcelona. Her work for the Project involves inquiring into people’s music and sonic practices and beliefs in a variety of contexts, and to advance the interdisciplinary dialogue between ethnomusicology and archaeology.
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
Alarcón Jiménez, A. M. (2010). Entre lo folclórico y lo popular: Shima-Uta, una canción de inspiración Okinawense en Argentina. In P. San Ginés Aguilar (Ed.), Cruce de Miradas, Relaciones e Intercambios (pp. 113-120). Granada: Universidad de Granada.
Alarcón Jiménez, A. M. (2006). The Sounds of Japanese Noise: First Generation of Japanese Noise-Artists. Inquiry, 7, 29-35.