Gavin D. Douglas Curriculum Vitae
Address 605 Park Ave. Greensboro N.C. USA 27405 email: [email protected]
Academic Training 2001 PHD (Ethnomusicology) — University of Washington Dissertation: State Patronage of Burmese Traditional Music
1993 MMUS (Musicology/Ethnomusicology) — University of Texas at Austin Thesis: Popular Music in Canada: Globalism and the Struggle for National Identity
1991 BA (Philosophy) — Queen’s University
1990 BMUS (Performance Classical Guitar) — Queen’s University
Academic Appointments 2020 (Aug)- Professor, Ethnomusicology (Music) Adjunct Professor (Anthropology)
2008-2020 Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology College of Visual and Performing Arts. UNC Greensboro 2016-2019 Head, Musicology/Ethnomusicology Area, School of Music, UNC Greensboro 2012-2016 Head, Music Studies Department (Musicology/Ethnomusicology/Theory) School of Music, Theatre and Dance. UNC Greensboro 2002-2008 Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology School of Music. UNC Greensboro
Publications (Books) 2010 Music in Mainland Southeast Asia: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Translated into Chinese, 2015.
Publications (Peer reviewed) Forthcoming “Metta, Mudita, and Metal: Dhamma Instruments in Burmese Buddhism,” Yale Journal of Music and Religion. Forthcoming “Kindred Spirits: Shifting Identities in Burmese Performing Arts” in Exploring Ecologies of Human and Animal Relations in the Performing Arts of Southeast Asia. Gavin D Douglas —Curriculum Vitae, Pg. 2
Patricia Hardwick and Made Mantle Hood, editors (currently contracted with NIAS Press and under review) 2020 “Music in Myanmar (Burma): Expressing Commonalities and Differences,” in Global Music Cultures. Bonnie Wade and Patricia Campbell, eds. New York: Oxford University Press. 2019 “Sound Authority in Myanmar,” in Hearing Southeast Asia: Sounds of Hierarchy and Power in Southeast Asia. Nathan Porath, ed. Singapore: NIAS Press. Pp: 283-306. 2019 “Burma/Myanmar: History, Culture, Geography,” in The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Janet Sturman J. ed. Sage Publications, Inc. 2019 “Burma/Myanmar: Contemporary Performance Practice,” in The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Janet Sturman, ed. Sage Publications, Inc. 2019 “Human/Other Relations in Burmese Performing Arts: Dissolving the Boundaries of Self” Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Performing Arts of Southeast Asia. Patricia Matusky and Wayland Quintero (eds). Department of Sabah Museum, Sabah, Malaysia. Pp: 253-256. 2017 “Buddhist Soundscapes in Myanmar: Dhamma Instruments and Divine States of Consciousness.” Proceedings of the 4th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Performing Arts of Southeast Asia. Mohd Anis Md Nor and Patricia Matusky (eds.) Denpasar, Bali: Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI). Pp: 11-15. 2015 “Buddhist Music.” In Oxford Bibliographies Online: Music, New York: Oxford University Press.
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2005 “Burmese Music and the World Market,” Anthropology Today. Vol. 21. No. 6: 5-9. 2005 “Who’s Performing What? State Patronage and the Transformation of Burmese Music,” in Burma at the Turn of the Twenty First Century. Monique Skidmore, ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Pp. 229-247. 2005 “Myanmar (Burma),” in The Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Vol 4. John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver and Peter Wicke, eds. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. Pp: 196-202. 2003 “The Myanmar University of Culture: For Patriotism and National Unity,” Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore. Vol. 141 (September): 261-281. 2003 “The Sokayeti Performing Arts Competition of Burma/Myanmar,” The World of Music. Vol. 45 (1): 35-54. 1998 “Nation Building Through Burmese Traditional Music,” SEASPAN: The Northwest Regional Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies. Vol. XII, no. 1.
Publications (Other) 2020 “Opening a Window in the Music Building” UNC Greensboro Chapter, American Association of University Professors. State of the Campus Essays. 2020 Book review, Forbidden Songs of the Pgaz K’Nyau. Suwichan Phattanaphraiwan (“Chi”). Trans. by Benjamin Fairfield for Ethnomusicology Translations, no. 8. Asian Music. 51 (1). 139-141. 2018 Book review, The Lisu: Far from the Ruler. Michele Zack. Journal of Folklore Research. http://www.jfr.indiana.edu/review.php?id=2251 2018 Book review, Listening to War. Martin Daughtry. Ethnomusicology. Vol 62, no. 1. 139-144. 2017 Music Cultures of the World. Online Course Text. UNCG Online. (approx. 40 pages of text). 2016 “Foreword” to Understanding Indian Classical Music. By Gaurang Doshi. www.sarodsitar.com 2016 “Foreword” to The Riff from Mandalay: Burma Kipling and Western Music. By Andrew Selth. NY: Routledge. 2015 Book review, Music, Politics and Violence. Susan Fast and Kip Pegley. Eds. Ethnomusicology. Vol 59, no. 1. 2012 Recording review, Birmanie: Musique du théâtre classique/Burma: Classical Theatre Music in Asian Music. Vol 43, no. 1: 143-145. 2011 Book review, Music and Conflict, John Morgan O’Connell and Salwa El-Shawan Castelo- Branco, eds. in Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. Vol 68, no. 1: 109-112. 2011 Recording review, Music of Myanmar: Buddhist Chant in the Pāli Tradition. Celestial Harmonies. 14219-2. Ethnomusicology. Vol. 54, no. 4: 160-162. 2011 Book review, Theorizing the Local: Music, Practice, and Experience in South Asia and Beyond. Richard Wolf ed. American Ethnologist Vol. 38, no.2: 390-391.
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2010 Recording review Essay, “Maha Gita: Harp and Vocal Music of Burma, Nai Htaw Paing Ensemble: Mon Music of Burma and Princess Nicotine: Folk and Pop Music of Myanmar (Burma),” Journal of American Folklore. Vol 122, no. 487: 113-116. 2008 Film review, “The Flute Player and Monkey Chant” (film biographies of Cambodian genocide survivors, their children and their music). Asian Educational Media Service. Vol 30, Fall. 2006 Book review, Louisiana Hayride: Radio and Roots Music Along the Red River, by Tracey E. W. Laird. Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. Vol. 62, no. 3: 704-706.
Scholarly Presentations 2019 “The Transforming Self: Human and Animal in Burmese Performance,” Society for Ethnomusicology annual meeting. Bloomington, IN. November 2019. 2019 “Music, Politics, and Fieldwork in Myanmar,” Life@Elon. Elon University, October 2019. 2019 “The Sound World of Myanmar Buddhism” International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) International conference in Bangkok, Thailand. July 2019. 2019 “Music, Sound, and Power from Burma to Myanmar,” Guest Scholar Vassar College, NY. February 18, 2019. 2018 “Animal/Human Relations in Burmese Performing Arts,” ICTM Performing Arts of Southeast Asia. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. August 2018. 2018 “The Rohingya Crisis: Migration, Performance and Identity,” Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter. New Orleans, LA. March 2018. 2017 “There Is No Such Thing as Music: Some Reflections on International Study and Music” Keynote address. Phi Beta Delta International Scholars Honor Society. UNCG. April 27, 2017. 2017 Music, Sound, Dictatorship, Democracy. University of Arizona, Guest Scholar. Apr 14, 2017 2017 “The Animal Within: Human/Non-Human Interactions in Burmese Performing Arts. Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter. Charleston, SC. March 2016. 2016 “The Music of Zomia: State Resistance in Highland Myanmar” Society for Ethnomusicology, Annual Meeting. November 2016. 2016 “Dhamma Instruments and the Cultivation of Divine States of Consciousness.” Biennial Burma Studies Conference. DeKalb. Illinois. Oct 6-9. 2016. 2016 “Buddhist Soundscapes,” ICTM Study Group. Performing Arts of Southeast Asia. Penang Malaysia. August 2016. 2016 “The Lady’s Piano.” Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter. San Fernando, Trinidad. March 2016. 2016 “Fieldwork in Burma/Myanmar.” Invited Lecture. University of Pittsburgh. Feb 3, 2016. 2016 “Thoughts on Chinese Opera.” Greensboro Opera Companions. Jan 28, 2016.
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2015 “Generation Wave: Hip Hop and Democracy in Myanmar” Discussion Panel Elections, Floods, Ethnic & Religious Conflict in Myanmar. Guildford College. Oct 26, 2015. 2015 “The Sound of Politics: Music and the Struggle for Democracy in Myanmar The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Distinguished lecture series. Natalie L Haslam Music Center. October 19, 2015 2015 “Zomian Music: State Making and Unmaking in Highland Southeast Asia.” Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter. Knoxville, TN. March 2015. 2015 “The Sound of Political Change in Myanmar,” Music, Media and Culture Lecture Series. Memorial University of Newfoundland. March. 2015. 2015 “Music, Sound and Political Authority in Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi as Musician and Muse,” Edward R. Murrow Golden K Kiwanis Club. January 2015. 2014 “The Soundscape of Buddhism: Dhamma Instruments and the Cultivation of Divine States of Consciousness.” Society for Ethnomusicology, Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Nov 2014. 2014 “Musical Voices of Myanmar.” invited presentation, University of Washington, Dept. of Ethnomusicology. October 3, 2014. 2014 “The Sounds of Buddhism in Myanmar: Dhamma Instruments and the Cultivation of Divine States of Consciousness.” Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter. Gainesville, FL. March 2014. 2013 “Dhamma Songs: Sacred and Secular Musical Fusion in Buddhist Myanmar.” Plenary session address, International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) International conference in Shanghai, China. July 2013. 2013 “Aung San Suu Kyi, Music and Political Change in Myanmar.” Invited talk for the NC State University PMC lecture series. March 2013. 2012 “Sacred and Secular Musical Fusion in Buddhist Myanmar.” presentation for the Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. 2012. 2012 “Performing Ethnicity in Burma/Myanmar.” Invited presentation at the Asian Art Museum, Seattle. Funded by the Gardner Center and the Gates Foundation. Oct 2012. 2012 “Music and Buddhism in Myanmar.” Invited presentation at the University of Washington. Co-sponsors: UW School of Music, UW Jackson School for International Studies. Friday, Oct 2012. 2012 “The Dhamma Gita of Maung Ko Ko: Sacred and Secular Musical Fusion.” presentation for the International Burma Studies Group. Dekalb, Il. Oct 2012. 2012 “The Intersection of Music and Politics in Myanmar/Burma.” Invited talk for the Music and Dance Club of Allamance Community College. Feb 2012. 2011 “Performing Ethnicity in Southern Shan State, Burma/Myanmar.” Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Philadelphia, PA. Nov 2011 . 2011 “The Dhamma Gita of Maung Ko Ko.” Presented at Celebrating the Legacy of Gitalulin U Ko Ko (1928-2007): Symposium and Concert. Yangon, Myanmar, Jun 2011.
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2011 “Ozis in the Myelat: The Performance of Ethnicity in Southern Shan State.” Burma/Myanmar, International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) International conference in St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. July 2011. 2011 “Policies for Forgetting, Protests for Remembrance: Music and the Negotiation of History in Burma/Myanmar.” Paper presented at The Art of Public Memory. UNCG. Greensboro, NC. April 2011. Works in Progress Sound and Power from Burma to Myanmar. Book Project •This book explores the role of sound/music in the negotiations of political, ethnic and religious identities in late 20th -early 21st century Myanmar.
“Dhamma Gita: Buddhist and secular musical fusion in Myanmar” •Investigation into lay Buddhist musical activity.
“U Khin Zaw and the Construction of an Official Burmese Music Theory” •This work explores the contributions (1940-60s) made by librarian, archivist and director of the Burma Broadcasting Service, U Khin Zaw in formulating a coherent theory of Burmese music.
Fieldwork Experience 2019 Music/Sound in Buddhist monasteries and pagodas. Mandalay, Myanmar 2018 Jataka tales in Myanmar; Guitar cultures of Myanmar 2013 Research among gong and bell makers in Mandalay. Research on the soundscapes of Buddhist pagodas and monasteries. 2010 Research among the Pa-O, Danu, and Shan ethnic minorities in NE Myanmar. 2005 Burma: research focusing on Burmese Guitar and Saung Gauk playing styles. 2003 Burma, Cambodia and Thailand: specific focus on the new Myanmar University of Culture (June/July) and disabled musicians of Cambodia. 1998-99 Ten months in Burma (Myanmar) working under the guidance of various Burmese musicians (Gita Lulin Maung Ko Ko, Sandaya U Yee Nwe, Hne U Mya Gyi, Saung Saya Inle Myint Maung, and Sein Kyaw Kyaw Naing): research included private lessons, audio and video documentation, interviews, library work, etc. 1998 Three months in Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar) working under the private tutelage of Burmese pianist/composer Gita Lulin Maung Ko Ko.
Teaching: UNC Greensboro, 2002-present Undergraduate and General Education Sound Listening (freshman seminar) Introduction to Musicology/Intro to Music and Culture (freshman/sophomore intro class) Music Cultures of the World (general education, non-major) Music in America (upper lever music major) Modern Asia Through its Music (upper lever undergraduate, international studies) Experiencing Musical Cultures: Spring Break trip to China
Selected Topics in Ethnomusicology (upper lever undergraduate and graduate 4xx-6xx)
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Music in Southeast Asia Celtic Music Music and Conflict
Graduate Seminars: Music and Identity Popular Musics of the World Ethnomusicology: Theory and Method Music and Politics Music in Southeast Asia Music and Nationalism Music and Peace: Music and War
UNCG Anthropology Department: Modern Asia Through Its Music (junior/senior) Music, Sound, and Power (junior/senior)