Layan NijemDecolonizing Southeast Asian Sound Archives (DeCoSEAS) is thrilled to announce the recipients of the Southeast Asia Visiting Fellowship 2024.
Meet the four fellows who have been chosen to realize their research projects in one of the audio-visual collections located in other Southeast Asian institutions. The fellows will commence their three-month research (with intermission) in March 2024 with an estimated end between June and August 2024. They will be hosted by DeCoSEAS partners: Citra Research Center, UP Center for Ethnomusicology, Penang House of Music, and Irama Nusantara Foundation.
Eva Cuenza (the Philippines)
Eva Cuenza finished her Bachelor of Music (Musicology) degree, magna cum laude, from the University of the Philippines at Diliman. She concentrated on the Maguindanao kulintangan performance under the tutelage of Prof. Aga Mayo Butocan. Her performance minors are voice with Sir Jonathan Velasco and piano with Prof. Mita Antonia Fernandez. Read more
Research Project:
Gong Overtones – A comparative exploration of gamelan music practices between the Philippines and Indonesia
Gardika Gigih (Indonesia)
Gardika Gigih Pradipta is an Indonesian composer, pianist, and soundscape researcher. After studying composition at the Indonesian Institute of Arts, Gardika’s interest in the intersection of music, society, and culture led him to pursue a Master’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology. His works span numerous genres, from concerts to contemporary improvisation, film scoring, and sound ethnography. Read more
Research Project:
Dari Akar ke Mekar – Studying Filipino Traditional Music Cultures and Its Inspiration Towards Filipino Contemporary Composer
Jarrod Sim (Singapore)
Jarrod Jansz Sim received his PhD in Anthropology from the Australian National University. He also holds an MA in Anthropology (UCL), and an MA in Fine Art (UAL). He was previously a tutor in Anthropology at the University of Melbourne. His doctoral project explored the relationship between sound, landscape, and movement in indigenous Taiwan. Read more
Research Project:
Yesterday Once More – Nostalgia and the Senses in the Musical Archive
Zikri Rahman (Malaysia)
Muhammad Zikri Bin Abdul Rahman is currently the Program Coordinator for Pusat Sejarah Rakyat, an independent archival research centre focusing on Malaysia and Singapore’s people’s history. In 2011, he co-founded Buku Jalanan; a rhizomatic network of street library movement that focuses on decentralizing and democratising the modes of knowledge production. Read more
