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Bronze Musical Instruments in the History of Music in Thailand and Southeast Asia Paper read at the 14th International Conference on Thai Studies, “Thailand at a Global Turning Point“. April 29 - May 1, 2022, Centre for Southeast Asian... more
The Sanskrit term kangsa appears in dated inscriptions in Old Khmer in the seventh century; Old Cham in the ninth, tenth and twelfth centuries; and in Old Javanese from the ninth century, thereby establishing a firm reference for a... more
This paper discusses how Igorots of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines negotiate their indigeneity through performance in an urban center like Baguio City. Baguio City, a highly urbanized city located in Benguet... more
Papre read at the 10th International Conference of East Asian Music Archaeology, East Asia Music Archaeology Academy, South China Normal University, Guang Zhou, PROC, October 11-14, 2018 Chronologically, three bronze music cultures may... more
Thai Summary of Nicolas 2009 Gongs, Bells and Cymbals. In Janejira Benjapong, compiler and Sujit Wongthes, editor. 2012. Southeast Asia Music : Development of Southeast Asia Music Research Project for Southeast Asia Music Museum of... more
An excerpt from one of my contributions to the yet unpublished book "Karoo Cosmos". This narrative is of great ethnographic value among other things because is one of the few indigenous accounts of the use and function of rock gongs in an... more