Dr George Reid

Contact

Email: ku72562@kingston.ac.uk
Location: Kingston Hill
Faculty: Kingston School of Art
School: School of Arts
Department: Department of Performing Arts

About

I am currently a ludomusicologist and lecturer in musicology and music technology at Kingston University, KSA. My main interests and skillsets in both research and teaching practice lie in music for multimedia, and video game audio in particular.

In addition to my academic interests – and frequently integrating with them – I am also a composer of electronic and experimental music, chiptune in particular, and I am an avid pixel artist.

Academic responsibilities

Lecturer in Music

Qualifications

Ph.D in Musicology
Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
MA by Research
BA (Hons) in Music Technology, First Class

Teaching and learning

Qualifications and expertise

Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)

Undergraduate courses taught

Music Technology BA (Hons)

Postgraduate courses taught

Music MA

Research

My interdisciplinary research is currently situated in the burgeoning field of ludomusicology, and I am particularly interested in the ways in which the timbral qualities of early video game music – known as 'chiptune' – have become reappropriated as a means of shaping identity and community. From an auto-ethnographic perspective, I am currently researching how musical aesthetics such as these relate to the affirmation of queer subjectivity.

In addition to ludomusicology, my research interests also include the relationship between multimedia and nostalgia, and the presence of remediation in the context of music fandom.

Areas of specialism

Ludomusicology
Popular Musicology
(Sub)cultural & Fan studies
Affect Theory
Media Theory