Dr. Caroline Bithell

Biography

Caroline Bithell is a Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Manchester in the Department of Music. Her academic background includes music, social anthropology, and modern medieval languages, with degrees from the University of Oxford (BA Hons, MA) and the University of Wales (PhD). She has published extensively, including books with Oxford University Press and has engaged in research focused primarily on global music cultures through ethnomusicological and musicological perspectives. Her recent work has delved into traditional music and dance, especially in post-Soviet Georgia, and her monograph 'Performing Georgia: National Folklore, Polyphonic Masterpieces and Intercultural Musicking in the Caucasus' is forthcoming. She has been involved in various international professional networks and her research has considerably influenced the understanding of community music therapy and music revival movements.

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