Research field (5)：
Aesthetic practices
, Local studies
, Museology
, Cultural properties
, Cultural anthropology and folklore
Research keywords (8)：
Ethnomusicology
, Cultural Anthropology
, Music
, Performance
, Education
, Japan
, Taiwan
, Philippines
Papers (23)：
Kim Rockell. Sharing Ainu Wisdom Through Music: Intercultural Encounters in Performance in Education (PIE). JALT PIE SIG Mask and Gavel. 2026. 11. 47-60
Yuko Nishimura, Claudia Arana, Kim Rockell, Mitsuhiro Kokita. Fish Skin, Community Branding, and the Ainu of Hokkaido. Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Komazawa University. 2025. 19. 1-32
Teaching Language Through Music: Reflections of a Professional Musician. MindBrainEd Think Tanks: Integrating Music and Performance in the Language Classroom. 2025. 11. 2. 42-51
Kim Rockell. An Intercultural Lens on the Japanese Noh Theater Play Takasago. CMU Journal of Science. 2024. 28. 2. 52-62
Kim Rockell. Noh, Zen and Now. GLOCAL Conference Proceedings. 2023. 4. 130-150
ROCKELL,Kim Forrester. Research Award Recipient Fieldwork Report. NZASIA Newsletter. 2011. 22
Books (2)：
Migrant Contributions to the Tainan Soundscape: A Preliminary, Online Study of Migrant, Filipino Musicians. In Fiorella Allio & Yen Ting-yu, Art and material culture in the Tainan Area
International Center for Tainan Area Humanities and Social Sciences Research, Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government 2022 ISBN:9789860701524
Critical inquiries in the sociolinguistics of globalization
Multilingual Matters 2019 ISBN:9781788922845
Lectures and oral presentations (37)：
Singing Siraya: Revitalizing a Dormant Language through Music in Tainan, Taiwan.
(The 29th PAAL International Conference 2025)
Maximizing Digital Performance Resources (MDPR) in the Liberal Arts Classroom
(Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Social Sciences and Intelligence Management (SSIM 2024). Chaoyang University of Technology. Taichung, Taiwan. 2024)
Linking Japan to the world through the Performing Arts: Collaborative ethnography and intercultural exchange
(Paper presented at the Australia and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education (ANZARME) 46th Annual Symposium 2024 ‘Whaowhia te kete mātauranga - Fill the basket of knowledge’. The University of Auckland School of Music. Auckland, New Zealand. 2024)
English language Noh theatre as a site of intercultural learning
(Paper presented at the 27th Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics PAAL international conference. Korea University. Seoul, Korea 2024)
Staying in the Loop: Bringing Music into Japanese Liberal Arts Classrooms with an Accessible, Affordable, Application
(Paper presented at MusEd’24 the Malaysia Music Education Conference (MAME) Sustainable Music Education (online) 2024)
2010 - 2013 University of Cantebury College of Arts Doctoral of Philosophy in Music (Ethnomusicology)
2007 - 2009 University of Cantebury College of Arts Master of Arts in Music (Ethnomusicology) with first class honors
1990 - 1992 The University of Queensland School of Music Bachelor of Music (Performance Classical Guitar) honors
Work history (6)：
2023/01 - 現在 Komazawa University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Professor
2022/04 - 現在 Tokyo College of Music Music Liberal Arts Lecturer
2019/04 - 2023/03 Komazawa University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor
2013/04 - 2019/04 The University of Aizu Center for Language Research Associate Professor
2010 - 2011 The University of Canterbury School of Music Lecturer/Tutor
1995 - 1997 Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music (CQCM) Australia Music Tutor
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Committee career (5)：
2019/04 - 現在 Komazawa University Curriculum Committee Faculty of Arts and Sciences Foreign Languages Division I Curriculum Committee
2016/04 - 2019/04 University of Aizu Information Systems and Technology Center ISTC Committee
2014/04 - 2017/04 University of Aizu President of Support Association for International Students at the University of Aizu SAISUA
2015/04 - 2017 University of Aizu University of Aizu Faculty Housing Committee. Web master and Building D representative
2014/04 - 2016 University of Aizu University of Aizu Community Affairs Planning Committee
Awards (3)：
2024/04 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research Research on fish skin and sustainability in the fashion industry
2020/04 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research Linking Japan to the world through the Performing Arts: Collaborative ethnography and intercultural exchange
2010 - University of Canterbury Michael Toovey Memorial Prize Graduate Student Award
Association Membership(s) (5)：
International Musicological Society (IMS)
, Australian & New Zealand Association for Research In Music Education (ANZARME)
, The Society for Research in Asiatic Music
, Oxford University Alumni (Associate Member)
, Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand (IRMTNZ)
