Newcastle University

Background

Goffredo Plastino graduated in Ethnomusicology from University of Rome "La Sapienza" in 1987 (where he studied with Diego Carpitella), and completed his PhD in Socio-Anthropological Sciences at the same university, in 1993. He has also received a Diplôme D'Études Approfondies in Social Anthropology and Ethnology at the l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales of Paris, in 1992.

Dr Plastino has undertaken fieldwork in Southern Italy and Spain, and has published on ethnomusicology, organology, rap, music and/in literature, opera, jazz, and photography.

Qualifications

* PhD in Ethno-Anthropological Sciences at University of Rome “La Sapienza” (1993)
* Diplôme D’Études Approfondies in Social Anthropology and Ethnology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris (1992)
* Firts Class Degree in Ethnomusicology, University of Rome “La Sapienza" (1987)

Previous Positions

* Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, University of Bari (1999-00)
* Assistant Professor of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Calabria (1993-97)
* Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, University of Calabria (1993-95)
* Lecturer in Organology and History of Musical Instruments, University of Calabria (1992-93)

Languages

* Italian
* English
* Spanish
* French (reading, some spoken)

Research Interests

* Mediterranean folk and popular musics
* Neapolitan song
* Jazz / Improvisation
* Progressive rock (mainly Italian rock progressivo)

Other Expertise

* Photography

Current Work

as author

a book on music and violence in Italy

as co-editor

Jazz Worlds World Jazz
a book edited with Philip V. Bolhman (University of Chicago)

Neapolitan Postcards. The Canzone Napoletana as Transnational Subject
a book edited with Joseph Sciorra (City University of New York)

Future Research

* Neapolitan song
* Contemporary Neapolitan musics
* Italian rock progressivo in the 70's

Research Roles

* Editor of Italian Treasury in the Alan Lomax Collection (Rounder Records), an annotated compact disc series culled from a previously unedited collection of recordings made in Italy in 1954-55 by Alan Lomax, with Diego Carpitella

Postgraduate Supervision

as main supervisor:

* Mohd Hassan Abdullah (topic: the Malaysian kompang; PhD completed in 2005)
* Simon Keegan-Phipps (topic: the educational institutionalization of folk music in contemporary England; PhD completed in 2008)
* Stella Voskaridou (topic: analysis of the soundtracks in movies related to Greek mythology)

Undergraduate Teaching

* Ethnomusicology

and several cultural/historical options, including:

* Mediterranean Musics
* Music & Globalization
* Fieldwork
* Improvisation: Theories and analysis

Postgraduate Teaching

* Advanced Studies in Ethnomusicology

• Plastino G. Un sentimento antico. In: Plastino, G, ed. Alan Lomax, L'anno più felice della mia vita. L'anno più felice della mia vita. Un viaggio in Italia 1954-55, foreword by Martin Scorsese. Milan: il Saggiatore, 2008, pp.16-85.
• Plastino G. Lazzari felici: Neapolitan song and/as nostalgia. Popular Music 2007, 26(3), 429-440.
• Plastino G. Open Textures: On Mediterranean Music. In: Cooper, D., Dawe, K, ed. The Mediterranean in Music: Critical Perspectives, Common Concerns, Cultural Differences. Lanham; Toronto; Oxford: Scarecrow Press, 2005, pp.179-194.
• Plastino G, ed. Mediterranean mosaic: Popular music and global sounds. New York & London: Routledge, 2003.
• Plastino G. Fifteen fragments on my (field)work. British Journal of Ethnomusicology 2003, 12(1), 97-112.
• Plastino G. Come into Play: Dance, Music, and Gender in Three Calabrian Festivals. In: Magrini, T, ed. Music and Gender: Perspectives from the Mediterranean. Chicago, Illinois, USA: University of Chicago Press, 2003, pp.147-167.
• Plastino G. Tambores del Bajo Aragón. Zaragoza: PRAMES, 2001.
• Plastino, Goffredo. Mappa delle voci. Rap, raggamuffin e tradizione in Italia. Rome: Meltemi, 1996.
• Plastino, Goffredo. Lira. Uno strumento musicale tradizionale calabrese. Vibo Valentia: Monteleone, 1994.
• Plastino, Goffredo. Calabre. Musiques de fêtes. Maison des Cultures du Monde, Paris, 1993.
• Plastino G. Jazz Napoletano. A Passion for Improvisation. In: Bohlman, P.V., Plastino, G, ed. Jazz Worlds World Jazz. Chicago, USA: University of Chicago Press, 2013. In Press.
• Plastino G, Sciorra J, ed. Neapolitan Postcards. The Canzone Napoletana as Transnational Subject. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, 2013. In Press.
• Fabbri F, Plastino G, ed. Made in Italy: Studies in Popular Music. New York & London: Routledge, 2012. In Press.
• Plastino G. Processions by sea. The Naples music scene in the Seventies. In: Fabbri, F., Plastino, G, ed. Made in Italy. Studies in Italian Popular Music. New York & London: Routledge, 2012. In Press.