Field traces

Author: Xiao Mei
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Xiao Mei, currently employed as a Researcher and Master's Supervisor at the Institute of Musicology, Chinese Academy of Arts; Vice President and Secretary-General of the Chinese Traditional Music Society; Ph.D. from the College of Music, Fujian Normal University, 2001. Master of Arts from the College of Music, China Conservatory of Music, 1987. Bachelor of Arts from the College of Music, Fujian Normal University, 1982.
Experience --
2001: Researcher at the Institute of Musicology, Chinese Academy of Arts
2000: Study at the Austrian National Sound Archive
1998: Director of the Exhibition Room at the Institute of Musicology, Chinese Academy of Arts
1995: Associate Research Fellow at the Traditional Music Research Room, Institute of Musicology, Chinese Academy of Arts
1996: Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Musicology, China Conservatory of Music
1990: Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Musicology, China Conservatory of Music
1988: Editor at the China Music Editorial Department, China Conservatory of Music
1987: Intern Research Fellow at the Institute of Musicology, China Conservatory of Music
Major Works --
Books: Music Culture Anthropology (co-authored), Guangxi Science and Technology Press; Echoes from the Field - Notes on Music Anthropology, Xiamen University Press; Ancient Music's Legacy - Chinese Musical Instruments (co-edited with Rong Hongzeng and Huang Yanfang), Hong Kong University Museum of Art.
Major Papers: Ontology of Music, Theories and Methods of Fieldwork, The Continuously Stable Music Structures in Ancient China, String and Wind, Drums and Gongs Play Magnificently - A Survey of Chinese Instrumental Art, The 20th Century and Musicology in China, Returning from the Grasslands - About Longdi, Three Women of National Music - Tradition and Contemporary, The Museum Without Walls - Building Chinese Music Resources in the Internet Age, Singing and Dancing to Pray for Rain - A Study and Review of Rainmaking Ritual Music in Western (Shaanxi) China, and dozens of other papers totaling hundreds of thousands of words.