Professor Henry Johnson
DPhil (Oxford), MMus (London), BA (Hons) (Dartington), LTCL (tchg), LTCL (perf)
Joined the staff in 1995
Tel 64 3 479 8884
Email henry.johnson@otago.ac.nz
Research Expertise
- Ethnomusicology
- Asian studies
- Performing arts studies
- Anthropology of music
- Anthropology of Japan
- Asian musics
- Musical instruments and performing arts
- Japanese musics, musical instruments and performing arts
- Music in New Zealand
- Asian music diaspora
Postgraduate Supervision
- Recent and current topics include:
- British contemporary folk music
- Music and identity in early childhood in New Zealand
- Japanese Burakumin
- Musical ethnography of the Ruwatan performance in Central Java
- David Bowie and Glam Rock
- Reggae music in New Zealand
- The ROC and role of the constructions of meaning in contemporary Taiwanese popular music
- The solo style of Javanese all-night shadow puppet performance
- ‘Are’are musical instruments
- Pacific Music in New Zealand
- Irish Music and Fennian Lays
- Taiwanese aboriginal musical instruments
- Music and language in Hawaiian music
- Multicultural music education and ESL teaching
- Alexander technique and music performance
- Popular Music in Papua New Guinea
- World music and diversity in music education
- Pakeha performance identity in New Zealand
- Scottish piping in New Zealand
- Film Music
Other Musical and Community Activities
- establishing the University of Otago Gamelan Group in 1995
- forming and playing in a Japanese Koto Ensemble
- more recently establishing a Japanese Taiko Group
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