PhD, University of Alberta; B.Mus., Queen’s University at Kingston
My current project tracks the relationship between art and activism in song in South India, from the music of political theater and revolutionary film, to emergent genres like alternative rock. I’m also researching different ways in which musical and culinary practices intersect, an area that I’ve recently explored with students in a seminar on gastromusicology.
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Engaging With Portland’s Music Scenes
Portland Music Scenes, a course taught by Associate Professor of Music Kaley Mason, allows our students to engage with the city and its residents while learning the tools of ethnomusicology. Students recently took a field trip to the Portland Japanese Garden, where students watched Yumi Torimaru, instructor in shamisen, perform as part of the duo Takohachi X.
Asian Studies is located in room 214 of Fields Center for the Visual Arts on the Undergraduate Campus.
email eas@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7427
fax 503-768-7434
Director Kabir Mansingh Heimsath
Asian Studies
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219
