Klisala Harrison is a prize-winning music anthropologist (ethnomusicologist) with expertise in the social impact of music on poverty, development, health and well-being, and climate change. She is Associate Professor of Music Anthropology at Aarhus University in Denmark. Harrison has edited three monographs on applications of music research in society and culture (in English and Mandarin); her articles appear in academic journals including Applied Arts & Health, Ethnomusicology, the Yearbook for Traditional Music, MUSICulture, Music and Science, and Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Her most recent book is Music Downtown Eastside: Human Rights and Capability Development through Music in Urban Poverty (Oxford University Press, 2020).
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Klisala Harrison is a music anthropologist with expertise in music and arts policy related to poverty, development, health and well-being, and climate change.