Musical Networks: Exchanges and Migrations

Directed by Adjunct Professor Paul Watt

Drawing on the most recent theorising of global history, this project examines networks and activities established between music and musicians in Australia and other countries, particularly in Asia. It will chart the flow of ideas, music-making, technology and cultural practice in and out of Australia, its dominions, and territories.

Outputs will include special-issue journals edited by distinguished scholars with expertise in global history, applied musicology and historical musicology. The research outputs will constitute the beginnings of a writing of a new history of music in Australia in new and innovative ways. It will signal a shift in thinking about Australia's place in the musical world.