Javier Rivas is an anthropologist, educator, and cultural manager whose work explores how music and sound are constructed, theorised, and transmitted within academic, non-profit, and governmental institutions.
He holds a PhD in Music, Anthropology, and Education from King’s College London, where he developed a pioneering ethnography of higher music education and institutional sound studies in Catalonia. Javier teaches critical theory, cultural management, and contemporary music at KCL, and is also a Visiting Lecturer and Researcher at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC). Alongside his academic career, Javier is an experienced cultural organiser, managing the national charity Water City Music and the King’s Music Academy, KCL’s award-winning music outreach programme.
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