Jim Hickson

The musics of Africa and the Islamic world, musical circulation and diffusion, music and identity formation, the "world music" industry, sound archives, organology, ethnomusicology.

“The One-Stringed Fiddle Recontextualised: Performing and Translating an African Musical Instrument in the West.” Examining the way the African musical instruments are represented in the West, through the lens of museums and the world music sphere. Supervised by Prof. Jason Stanyek.

“Examining the Success of Malian Music As World Music”. 2022. African Music 11(3): 55-70. https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v12i1.2430.

““There’s a Great Human Story to be Told”: The Music and Practices of Ostinato Records.” 2024. Yearbook of Traditional Music. 55 (2): 281-286. https://doi.org/10.1017/ytm.2023.22.