Ana-María Alarcón-Jiménez
AMAJ I completed a PhD in Ethnomusicology at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. My dissertation investigated Galician musical practices in the coastal town of Ortigueira, Galicia. It specifically dealt with the social construction and social production of the International Festival of the Celtic World of Ortigueira. In addition to my focus on the broad research area of music, power, and space, my research interests include issues of music, aesthetics, and resistance. I worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute of Ethnomusicology (INET) of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa from 2011 to 2016. I am co-founder and coordinator of the Group of Ethnomusicology at the Catalan Institute of Anthropology (ICA). I held a Junior Postdoctoral Research position at the University of Barcelona (ARTSOUNDSCAPES Project) between March 2019-2021. I was recently awarded one of the prestigious Premis Barcelona 2020 to develop a project on the impact of Covid and musical practices in the city of Barcelona. I have published in prestigious journals such as Ethnomusicology Forum and History and Anthropology, among others.
I am the treasurer and webmaster of the Society for Ethnomusicology Section on the Status of Women
ANACRÓNICA In the creative side, I am interested in sound art, electroacoustic music, new and experimental music. I play the bassoon and enjoy finding new techniques to play it and diversify its sound palette.