Dr Kirsty Gillespie
Areas of expertise
- Anthropology 1601
- Musicology And Ethnomusicology 360306
- Linguistics 4704
- Language Studies 4703
- Pacific Peoples Culture, Language And History 4513
Research interests
- Pacific/Oceanic music
- Music of Papua New Guinea
- Intangible cultural heritage
- Applied ethnomusicology
- Museum studies
Biography
Kirsty is Honorary Research Fellow at the Queensland Museum (QM) and former Senior Curator in Anthropology at the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville, part of the Queensland Museum Network (a joint appointment with James Cook University).
Prior to joining the QM in December 2016, Kirsty was a Research Fellow in the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland (UQ). During her time at UQ Kirsty worked on a cultural heritage program in the Lihir Islands of Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the context of large-scale gold mining.
Kirsty has been conducting research on aspects of Papua New Guinean culture since 2003. Her doctoral thesis, a comprehensive study of the musical practices of the Duna people of Hela Province, PNG, was awarded by the Australian National University in 2008. The research was subsequently published in the book 'Steep Slopes: Music and Change in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea' (ANU Press, 2010).
For a complete list of publications see Kirsty's ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5337-4370
Publications
- Gillespie, K & San Roque, L 2011, 'Music and Language in Duna Pikono', in Alan Rumsey & Don Niles (ed.), Sung Tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands: Studies in Form, Meaning, and Sociocultural Context, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 49-63.
- Gillespie, K 2010, Steep Slopes: Music and change in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, ANU ePress, Canberra.
- Gillespie, K & Taylor, T 2009, 'On identity-contemporary music research in the asia pacific region: Introduction', The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 75-79.
- Gillespie, K 2009, '"Behind Every Tree"?: Ethnomusicology in Papua New Guinea', in Elizabeth Mackinlay, and Brydie-Leigh Bartleet and M Barney (ed.), Musical Islands: Exploring connections between Music, Place and Research, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 20-33.
- Gillespie, K 2007, 'Laip Senis: Music and Encounter in a Papua New Guinean Community', Research in Anthropology & Linguistics, vol. 7, no. 2007, pp. 69-80.