Professor Tia DeNora FBA considers everyday musical engagement as a way of regulating emotion, holding focus, managing pain and promoting social connection.
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Professor of Sociology of Music, University of Exeter
Tia DeNora considers everyday musical engagement as a way of regulating emotion, holding focus, managing pain and promoting social connection (including the sense of connection).
Modern and Contemporary African and African Diaspora Art; Classical and traditional African Art; Postcolonial theory and Art criticism; Art and politics
The sociology of music; popular music history, music policy & the analysis of music business & culture
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