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Francois MOUILLOT, Prof

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Ethnic-based Inequalities in the Hong Kong Music Industries

20082025

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Dr. Mouillot holds a PhD in Communication Studies from McGill University. He is a cultural and media theorist whose research interests include cultural scenes, cultural infrastructures, popular and experimental music, do-it-yourself and improvisation studies, health humanities, digitization/AI in artistic practices, and identity construction in industrialized minority contexts (with extensive ethnographic experience in Hong Kong S.A.R., the province of Québec in Canada, and the Basque region), as well as disability studies. He led the Hong Kong Live Music Study, the first survey of the cultural and social value of the live music sector and of its infrastructures (venues, concert organizations and promotional agencies) across all music genres in Hong Kong, and he is principal investigator for a HK UGC-funded project on ethnic-based inequalities in the Hong Kong music industries.
 
He has co-edited the book Fractured Scenes - Underground Music Making in Hong Kong and East Asia (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021), and he has articles in the journals Convergence, Popular Communication, Perfect Beat, Organised Sound, Perfect Beat, and Cinéma & Cie., among others. His work has been translated into French, Portuguese and Chinese.

Research Interests

Media Studies

Cultural Studies

Music

Minority Studies

Asian Studies

Cultural Infrastructures

Digital Cultures

Health Humanities

Disability Studies

Do-It-Yourself Practices

 

Chinese Name

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Education/Academic qualification

Media Studies, PhD, Distribution Ambiances Magnétiques Etcetera and Constellation Records: DIY Record Labels and the Montreal Experimental Music Scene, McGill University

Award Date: 12 Feb 2018

Global Cultures, Master, University of Guelph

Award Date: 10 Jun 2009

Music, Bachelor

Award Date: 15 Feb 2007

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  3. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  4. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  5. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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