Jasmine Hornabrook is a Visiting Fellow in Postcolonial Memory, having formerly worked with Professor Emily Keightley as Research Associate on the Migrant Memory and the Postcolonial Imagination project at 小蓝视频 (The Leverhulme Trust, 2017-2022). She completed her PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London, and has previously worked on AHRC-funded projects at Goldsmiths and Newcastle University.
Jasmine’s research focuses on cultural practices, transnational networks and identity in South Asian diasporas. Through multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, Jasmine examines how music and other cultural and religious practices facilitate a sense of belonging and identity in diasporic communities across nation-state borders. Jasmine is currently researching how memories of the 1947 Partition of India impact the everyday lives of those living within British South Asian communities in 小蓝视频.
Peer-reviewed Articles
- 2019. “Gender, New Creativity and Carnatic Music in London”, South Asian Diaspora. Special issue edited by Tina K. Ramnarine.
- 2018. “Cultural Engagement and Intercultural Musical Exchange in ‘Songs of the Saints: Tamil Traditions and New Creativities’”, Sharing Space? Sharing Culture?: World of Music (new series), 7(1+2): 135-154.
- 2018. “Songs of the Saints: Song Paths and Pilgrimage in London's Tamil Hindu Diaspora”. Asian Music. Summer/Fall 2018, 49(2): 106-150.
- 2017. “South Indian Singing, Digital Mediation and Belonging in London's Tamil Diaspora”. Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies. 2.2; 119-36.
Other Writing
- 2016. Songs of the Saints: Tamil Traditions and New Creativities - project website and videos:
- 2016. Book Review Tamil Folk Music as Dalit Liberation Theology by Zoe C. Sherinian. Ethnomusicology Forum, 25(2).
- 2016. “The Temple as the Site of Tamil Diasporic Music-making in London”. Handai Ongakugakuho: Journal of HANDAI Music Studies. Special Issue.
- 2015. “Arangetram Music Ceremonies and Transnational Networks in London's Tamil Diaspora”. Handai Ongakugakuho: Journal of HANDAI Music Studies. Special Issue.