Professor of Anthropology (PhD: U of California, Los Angeles, 1962)
Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway (SBSG) 3334
(949) 824-7602
email: rgarfias at uci dot edu
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Professor Garfias has been actively engaged in the area of public policy and the arts as a member of the National Council on the Arts as well as with numerous state and local arts agencies. In these areas his primary concern is with ethnicity and cultural diversity. He continues long-term research on the analysis of complex music systems, including the Turkish Ottoman Classical system.
Selected Publications"Dance Among the Urban Gypsies of Romania."
Yearbook for Traditional Music 16 (1984): 84-96.
"The Development of the Modern Burmese Hsaing Ensemble."
Asian Music XVI-I (1985): 1-28.
"Thoughts on the Process of Language and Music Acquisition."
Music and Child Development: Proceedings of the 1987 Biology of Music Making Conference. Eds. F. Wilson and R. Roehmann. St. Luois: MMB Music Inc., 1989.
"Cultural Diversity in the Arts in America."
Public Money and the Muse: Essays on Government Funding for the Arts. Ed. Stephen Benedict. The American Assembly, Columbia University. New York: Norton, 1990.