University of Salford

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Jostine Loubser is a Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, and holds a B.Mus(Musicology & Performance) from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa and an M.Mus (Ethnomusicology) from Goldsmiths' College, University of London. Jostine was appointed as lecturer within Salford's Music Directorate in 2001, and currently teaches ethnomusicology, international music (world music) & popular music composition.

Her love of music and dance from around the world is shown in her involvement in the Muslim World Music Project; a research project led by the ARChive of Contemporary Music and the Arts Initiative of Columbia University. An annual event that combine performances, workshops, seminar papers & web-streaming, the aims of the project include audience development and the archiving of Muslim Music from around the world.

As member of the steering committee of the BMEF (Black & Minority Ethnic Forum) Jostine she plays a key role in the organisation of the Black History Month celebrations for the university. She also leads PDP (Professional Development Planning) for the music directorate, and to this end organises an annual event comprising of around 30 Master classes, entitled Professional Development Week. She is also the level 5 / year 2 year tutor for the BA (Hons) Popular Music & Recording degree.

Jostine's research interests include concepts of memory, identity & ethnicity, and she is currently in the 'writing -up' stages of her PhD. Entitled In the Shadow of the Mountain: Identity, meaning & the ‘Creation’ of Cape Town Jazz, she examines cultural identity and the musicological representation of cultural identities through the analysis of selected pieces of Cape Jazz. Touching on issues such as forced and created identities, restrictive government policy, the capetonian love of play, nation building & concepts of memory, she shows how musicians have succeeded in mapping themselves in creating tunes that are infused both with historical weight and contemporary sonic gestures.

In her spare time Jostine plays capoeira under Mestre Valdir da Silva (Capoeira Conviver), has been known to be brave enough to perform for Mixed-Movement (Contact Theatre) and is a keen pianist in the city's jam sessions.

Her papers and publications include:

Publications

The transcription and analysis of 29 women’s songs. Published in Râio de vellâon, râio de canto: cantor a los animals, una poâetica andina de la creaciân, Denise Arnold & Juan Yapita de Dios, 1998

Papers Delivered

Cognition & Knowledge: of Pleasure & Apartheid, Musical Knowledge: British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE), St John's College, Oxford, April 2010

Jazz and Cultural Identity: Mapping the personal, Mediating Jazz: Popular Music Research Centre, University of Salford, RNCM, November 2009

Jazz and Cultural Identity: Mapping the personal, New Directions, New Voices : Southern African Music Research Conference. School of Music & Conservatory, North-West University: Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa, September 2006

A Different Identity: Music in Cape Town, Postgraduate Conference Series, University of Salford, September 2004

Teaching Popular Music: Methods and Approaches, The International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) Conference: Popular Music Studies: Where Now? 2002

Music and Trans: Observations on the Effective use of Music during an ‘informal’ Church Service. Holy Trinity Brompton, Goldsmith’s College, University of London, Post-graduate Seminar Series, 1996

The Function of Rhythmic Structures contained in Javanese Gamelan, Goldsmith’s College, University of London, Post-Graduate Seminar Series, 1995

Current Active Research