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Doctor of Philosophy (Griffith University), Master of Music (University of Queensland)
Dr Gavin Carfoot is a Senior Lecturer in Music at the Queensland University of Technology. Prior to this he was a Lecturer in Popular Music at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (2003-2013). He has worked extensively in popular music curriculum and assessment at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His collaborative work in popular music education and community service learning won a Griffith Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2012, and he has recent publications in the Oxford Handbook in Artistic Citizenship, Routledge Research Companion to Popular Music Education, Arts-Based Service Learning with First Peoples (Springer), Popular Music and Popular Communication. As a songwriter and producer, Gavin’s musical career has taken him from performing with touring swing bands to working with pop artists from television shows such as Australian Idol and X Factor.
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- 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
- Carfoot, G. & Bartleet, B. (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
- Sound Mobility: Smartphones and Tablets as Ubiquitous Polymedia Music Production Studios
PhD, Principal Supervisor
- 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)
- The slow death of Everett True: A metacriticism (2016)