Giancarlo Ranzani

Scholar | Guitarist | Educator

Guest Lectures & Seminars


 I welcome opportunities to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. 
The areas in which I am keen to offer my contribution include Afro-Atlantic musical traditions and their learning ecologies, as well as how these can be translated into structured activities – helping to narrow the gap between embodied practices and their academic codification. I seek collaboration with academic communities and educators driven by an interest in interdisciplinary approaches that integrate performance, research, and pedagogy. 
I base my teaching approach to these subjects on my music experience as a performer, my educational background, and my work as a researcher. Drawing on theoretical models such as phenomenology, 4E cognition, situated learning, and landscapes of practice,  I describe musical practice, learning, and teaching as dynamic systems. 

I am  available to present and discuss these topics via guest lectures, seminars, or workshops and from a practical or theoretical perspective. I am also available to support the study of individual students or cohorts whose studies are heading towards the spheres of knowledge and practice in which I hold expertise. 
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Understanding grows through the convergence of multiple perspectives.