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Kirsty Gillespie has conducted research in music and language in the Pacific since 2003. She received her PhD from the Australian National University in 2008, with a dissertation entitled 'Steep Slopes: Song Creativity, Continuity and Change in Duna, Papua New Guinea'. This interdisciplinary project was completed under the supervision of Professors Howard Morphy, Alan Rumsey, and Stephen Wild. Gillespie is currently involved in an Australian Government-funded project led by Distinguished Professor Nicholas Evans that focuses on documenting Pacific Creole languages, including Tok Pisin, Solomons Pijin, and Bislama. She is also an active member of the International Council for Traditions in Music and Dance (ICTMD) and will co-chair the upcoming 48th World Conference to be held in Wellington, New Zealand, in 2025.
Australian Government • Australia
Working on the project 'Modelling Pacific Creole Languages' which involves documenting languages Tok Pisin, Solomons Pijin, and Bislama.
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