Panel Discussion | Music as Method
Join us for our final session as part of our ‘Method as Method’ theme. We are excited to welcome three brilliant creatives to contribute to the discussion: Luke Bacchus, John Pfumojena, and Cheraine Donalea Scott. Each creative will deliver a short presentation about their work and how it relates to the theme, after which we will lead a Q&A discussion. This is a wonderful opportunity to ask any questions you may have about their praxis, method, and musical endeavours!
The Unit is Submarine: Exploring Kamau Braithwaite’s ideas of the ‘submarine union’ of the Caribbean through music
Bio: Luke Bacchus is a musician and researcher, who graduated from UCL with an MA in Caribbean and Latin American Studies in 2024. A jazz musician by trade, his research focuses on the music of the Caribbean and using this as a lens through which to understand Caribbean history and wider culture. As a child of Guyanese parents, he uses his research as a means of understanding his own heritage. He writes and performs music inspired by his research and endeavours to connect the music and academic worlds to share more knowledge about Afro-Caribbean music.
‘Si Vis Pacem, Prepare to Sing’
Bio: John Pfumojena FRSA is an accomplished Zimbabwean composer, actor trainer, theatre director, practice researcher, and Founder/Artistic Director of Meet My Ancestors Theatre Company, specialising in intercultural music and theatre collaboration. His innovative practice integrates the rich oral and ensemble traditions of Southern Africa with contemporary performance methods, pushing the boundaries of decolonised music and theatre practice. John is a recent Visiting Fellow at Exeter College and a former Visiting Fellow at TORCH – The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, University of Oxford, where he initiated and collaborated on landmark musical and cultural dialogue projects. His music composition work has received critical acclaim for productions such as Tangle Theatre’s ‘Richard the Second’, National Theatre of Scotland’s ‘Enough of Him’, and Good Chance Theatre’s ‘The Jungle’ for which he has been awarded the prestigious OBIE Special Citation Award – NYC. His discography features the collaborative album Sounds Of Refuge with Mohamed Sarrar and Phoenix Rise with Sunny Jain. John Pfumojena is a Visiting Practitioner at LAMDA – London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and Solent University.
“Social Listening”
Bio: Dr. Cheraine Donalea Scott is a Lecturer in Media and Music at Royal Holloway, University of London. She holds a PhD from the Department of Media, Culture, and Communications at New York University. Her research focuses on how Black cultural innovations manifest and shape everyday social life in Britain through the intersections of sound and visual culture. Her work has been published in international journals such as Dialogues in Urban Research, Soundings, and Surface Design. She also co-hosts a monthly radio show, The New Nationwide Project, on Repeater Radio, where she engages in discussions about 21st-century popular culture.
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Date:
28 February 2025, 13:00
Venue:
Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Speakers:
Luke Bacchus,
John Pfumojena FRSA,
Dr. Cheraine Donalea Scott (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Organising department:
The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Organisers:
Dr Chantelle Lewis (University of Oxford),
Holly Cooper (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
raceandresistance@torch.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Race & Resistance
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Holly Cooper
