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Dr Thomas Graves

@thomasgraves.bsky.social

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Music researcher focussed on South Asia, musical emotion/affect, moral emotion, music & Islam. Open Research Library Assistant at LSE. AFHEA, he/him. PhD thesis: etheses.dur.ac.uk/15586

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Dr Thomas Graves @thomasgraves.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I’ve been neglecting BlueSky posting - here’s one from 3 weeks ago - the Analytical Approaches to World Music biennial conference, where @raagameister.bsky.social and I presented our early ideas on Man Kunto Maula and raga. #musicresearch #indianmusic #musicanalysis

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Dr Thomas Graves @thomasgraves.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today I presented my paper “Presentation, presence, and the present: the many meanings of hāzirī at Chishti dargahs and qawwālī performances in South Asia” at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology conference at @kingsmusic.bsky.social #ethnomusicology #musicresearch #spirituality

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Dr Thomas Graves @thomasgraves.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Exciting day! Today my copy of Music, Mortality, Memory arrived. You can buy the book here: lnkd.in/ey8qVZtZ You can read a pre-publication version of my chapter on Durham’s Open Access repository here: lnkd.in/eb4XbQMa #musicresearch #book #death #anthropology #ethnomusicology #greenopenaccess

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Dr Thomas Graves @thomasgraves.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Had a great time yesterday at #OxFOS talking about my work with Annayah Prosser and Madeleine Pownall on open reaearch and positivism creep! Lots of interesting stuff on open qualitative research and AI. Photos by Domi Smithson and Annayah Prosser #openresearch #library #Oxford

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Dr Thomas Graves @thomasgraves.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Had a lovely Friday evening attending Prof Rachel Harris’ RAI Blacking lecture on ways of listening and maqam across borders. Enjoyed watching some wonderful musical fusion between Turkish baglama and Uyghur dotar & satar, and seeing some friends i havent seen in a while!

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