The above screening and seminar took place at SOAS on 16/5/17. It is a
fairly good overview of my current work in applied ethnomusicology.

Here’s the description from the SOAS website:

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Kit Ashton is a musician, and completed his CHASE-funded
PhD in Music at Goldsmiths in 2021. The title of his thesis is:

” Êcliaithe Man Tchoeu [Light Up My Heart]:
Applied Ethnomusicology and the Revitalisation of the Endangered Language of Jèrriais ”

This seminar at SOAS proposes that music should be considered as a
potentially important element of this ‘total concept’, and focuses on the
way it can shape cultural identity and language ideology, with reference
to ongoing work in Jersey.

‘Mathinnyi’ is a short ethnographic film, made during Kit’s MA, which
explores the Jersey context from a personal perspective – providing
insights into the island, the community and the language. Kit was born
and raised in Jersey, and is the founder and lead singer of Jèrriais
pop-folk band Badlabecques.

The film is followed by a presentation and an interactive discussion on
the following topics:

Music as a strategy for language revitalisation

Methodologies for measuring language change

Film as a research tool