Student Support Officer

Marcel Swiboda

BA, Warwick, MA and PhD, Leeds

My current research interests are primarily oriented towards a re-figuring of some of the key conceptual developments in post-structuralism in relation to music and sound-based practices. Inspired by the neo-materialist philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, my work seeks in particular to explore a number of the aesthetic, ethical and political implications deriving from their work in relation to African-American vernacular musical cultures, with the main focus on jazz, as well as ‘free’ or ‘non-idiomatic’ musical approaches. My future research will further develop these ideas in relation to practices of improvisation, in an attempt to pragmatically ‘sound’ some of the ethical and political claims of contemporary Cultural Studies.

Tel

+44 (0)113 343 5089

Fax

+44 (0)113 245 1977

Email

Fine.art.studentsupportofficer@leeds.ac.uk

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