Dr Gavin Carfoot
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Creative Arts,
Music
Biography
Dr Gavin Carfoot is a songwriter, producer, music researcher, and Senior Lecturer in Music at the Queensland University of Technology. He has worked extensively in tertiary music education and published in a range of books and journals, including The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Music Education, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education, Popular Music, and Popular Communication.Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer (Music and Sound)
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Creative Arts,
Music
Keywords
Music, Songwriting, Music production, Popular music studies, Popular music education
Research field
Music
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Griffith University)
- Master of Music (University of Queensland)
Publications
- Carfoot, G. & Millard, B. (2019). Tertiary popular music education: Institutions, innovation and tradition. In Z. Moir, GD. Smith & B. Powell (Eds.), The Bloomsbury handbook of popular music education: Perspectives and practices (pp. 59–72). Bloomsbury Academic. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127478
- Carfoot, G., Millard, B., Bennett, S. & Allan, C. (2017). Parallel, series, and integrated: Models of tertiary popular music education. In Z. Moir, GD. Smith, M. Brennan, P. Kirkman & S. Rambarran (Eds.), The Routledge research companion to popular music education (pp. 139–150). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/96010
- Bartleet, B. & Carfoot, G. (2016). Arts-based service learning with Indigenous communities: Engendering artistic citizenship. In W. Bowman, D. Elliott & M. Silverman (Eds.), Artistic citizenship : artisty, social responsibility, and ethical praxis (pp. 339–358). Oxford University Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/96003
- Bartleet, B., Carfoot, G. & Murn, A. (2016). Exploring university-community partnerships in arts-based service learning with Australian First Peoples and arts organizations. In A. Power, D. Bennett, BL. Bartleet & N. Sunderland (Eds.), Engaging first peoples in arts-based service learning: Towards respectful and mutually beneficial educational practices [Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, Volume 18] (pp. 31–49). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/90171
- Carfoot, G., (2016). 'Enough is enough': songs and messages about alcohol in remote Central Australia. Popular Music, 35(2), 222–230. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/94961
- Bartleet, B., Sunderland, N. & Carfoot, G. (2016). Enhancing intercultural engagement through service learning and music making with Indigenous communities in Australia. Research Studies in Music Education, 38(2), 173–191. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/96002
- Carfoot, G., (2016). Musical discovery, colonialism, and the possibilities of intercultural communication through music. Popular Communication, 14(3), 178–186. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/95744
- Bartleet, B. & Carfoot, G. (2013). Desert harmony: Stories of collaboration between Indigenous musicians and university students. International Education Journal, 12(1), 180–196. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/69407
- Carfoot, G., (2008). Competition Hertz : the culture and practice of car audio competitions. Continuum, 22(5), 667–674. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/69415
- Carfoot, G., (2006). Acoustic, electric and virtual noise : the cultural identity of the guitar. Leonardo Music Journal, 16, 35–39. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/69422
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Gavin, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Exploring the Japanese tradition of 'Kuchishoga' as an intercultural music pedagogy for people with vision impairment and intellectual disability (2023)
- Sound mobility: Smartphones and tablets as ubiquitous polymedia music production studios (2023)
- Big hART's 30 Years of Practice: Cultural Justice and the Right to Thrive (2022)
- I'm With Muriel: Applying a Persona-Centred Songwriting Technique to the Creation of a New Australian Musical (2021)
- Sensemaking in the Recording Environment: Understanding the Role of the Record Producer (2020)
- Indie-Folk: Vintage Sensibilities in The 21st Century (2019)
- Nostalgia, Authenticity and the Culture and Practice of Remastering Music (2019)
- Popular Song and Narratology: Exploring the Relationship between Narrative Theory and Song Lyrics through Creative Practice (2019)
- Space, Time, Creativity, and the Changing Character of the Recording Studio: Spatiotemporal Attitudes Toward 'DIY' Recording (2018)
- The Family 'Playlist': Popular music, age and identity (2017)