Personal profile
Biography
I am an Australian ethnomusicologist known for my contributions to the study of Asian music, with a particular focus on Indonesia and Southeast Asia
Research interests
Music-cultures of Sumatra and Southeast Asia generally; performing arts archives, historical ethnomusicology, organology, performativity, public arts policy, children's music, youth orchestras
Community service
I serve on the editorial board of The University of Chicago monograph series Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology and have served on the boards of the journals Musicology Australia, Acta Musicologica, Ethnomusicology Forum, Wacana Seni: Journal of Arts Discourse, Journal of Musicological Research, and others.
Monash teaching commitment
Guest lectures
Research area keywords
- Southeast Asian Arts
- Ethnomusicology
- Youth Orchestras
- Organology
- Performativity
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Revitalising the Musical Arts of Indonesia's Lampung Province
Kartomi, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Barendregt, B. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Martiara, R. (Partner Investigator (PI))
ARC - Australian Research Council, Monash University
1/01/16 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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The Changing Identity and Sustainability of the Music-Cultures and Worldviews of the Riau Islands' Sea Nomads and Sedentary Malays
Kartomi, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Mora, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Benjamin, G. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Chou, C. (Partner Investigator (PI))
ARC - Australian Research Council
3/01/12 → 31/05/16
Project: Research
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Female body percussion music as a contribution to cultural identity in western Aceh before and after the conflict and tsunami
Kartomi, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
ARC - Australian Research Council, Monash University
4/01/10 → 31/03/13
Project: Research
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From Muslim devotions to global niveau: the art of body percussion music as expression of cultural memory in Aceh and the diasporas
Kartomi, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
ARC - Australian Research Council, Monash University
1/01/06 → 31/08/09
Project: Research
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Sound Footings: creating a web-based research infrastructure of major music archives
Kartomi, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Burrows, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rogers, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Tunley, D. (Chief Investigator (CI))
ARC - Australian Research Council, Monash University
1/01/06 → 31/12/06
Project: Research
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Malay Music Culture of Urang Pulo: Identity and Dilemma
Palawi, A. & Kartomi, M., 2025, 1st ed. Jakarta Indonesia: BRIN Publishing. 237 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Pesona Budaya Aceh: Kreasi Bunyi dan Ekspresi Gerak dalam Tradisi Berkesenian Masyarakat Aceh
Translated title of the contribution :The Charm of Acehnese Culture: Creative Sound and Expressions of Dance in the Artistic Traditions of Acehnese Society Research output: Book/Report › Book › Other
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Inter-court relations in the Spread of Nobat and Gamelan as legitimacy symbols in the Malay world (c.Thirteenth to Twentieth centuries)
Kartomi, M., 2024, Performing Arts and the Royal Courts of Southeast Asia, Volume One. Santaella, M. A. (ed.). 1st ed. Leiden Netherlands: Brill, p. 183-213 31 p. (Brill's Southeast Asian Library; vol. 11).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Lives in musicology: Reflections on my life as an ethnomusicologist, Australian, and Global Citizen
Kartomi, M., 2022, In: Acta Musicologica. 94, 1, 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other
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The ancestral Gamolan xylophone and its recent transformation in Indonesia's Lampung Province, Sumatra: 1980s-2000s
Kartomi, M., 2022, In: The Galpin Society Journal: for the study of musical instruments. 75, p. 110-126 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Corresponding Member of the American Musicological Society
Kartomi, M. (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Election to learned society
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Cultural Award for Traditional Indonesian Arts (Anugerah Kebudayaan dan Maestro Seni Tradisi AKPM)
Kartomi, M. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: National/international honour
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Don and Joan Squires Award for Voluntary Services to Musicology
Kartomi, M. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: National/international honour
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Activities
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Australasian Music Research (Journal)
Kartomi, M. (Guest editor), Pear, D. (Guest editor) & Dreyfus, K. (Guest editor)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Ethnomusicology Forum (Journal)
Kartomi, M. (Guest editor) & Dreyfus, K. (Editor in chief)
2004 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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TAASA Review (Journal)
Kartomi, M. (Guest editor)
1999Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility