Ethnomusicology Today
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
2023 SEM Conference Overview
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss the 2023 SEM Conference with local arrangement committee co-chairs, Dr. Anna Hoefnagels (Carleton University) and Dr. Judi...
Episode 13 - Deforestation and Drumming in Haiti with Rebecca Dirksen
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss environmentalism and Haitian music culture with Rebecca Dirksen. By investigating how colonialism and deforestation are r...
2021 Pre-Conference Symposium - Celebrating the Musical Legacy of HBCUs
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On October 27, the Society for Ethnomusicology will open its 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting with a pre-conference symposium Celebrating Historically Blac...
Episode 12 - Collective Sound-making in Argentina with Eduardo Herrera and Michael O’Brien
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Eduardo Herrera and Michael O’Brien discuss their research into collective music making in Argentina. Grounded in a discussion of A...
Episode 11 - Prefiguring and Indigenous Identity in Nigerian Film Music with Emaeyak Sylvanus
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Emaeyak Sylvanus about his article, “Prefiguring as an Indigenous Narrative Tool in Nigerian Cinema: An Ethnomusicologi...
2019 Pre-Conference Symposium - Latin American Brass Bands
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Javier León and Ed Wolf about the upcoming SEM 2019 pre-conference symposium: “Heritage and the Politics of Inclusion ...
Episode 10 - Musical Participation and Global Health in the Gambia with Bonnie McConnell
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss with Bonnie McConnell how community-oriented and participatory-based musical performances impact global health initiatives...
Episode 9 - Performative Ecology in Micronesia with Brian Diettrich
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss performative ecology with Brian Dietrich, whose article, “’Summoning Breadfruit’ and ‘Opening Seas:' Toward a Perf...
Episode 8 - Embodying Air Guitar with Sydney Hutchinson and Byrd McDaniel
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with two scholars, Sydney Hutchinson and Byrd McDaniel, whose respective articles on competitive air guitar were recently publ...
Episode 7 - Japanese Chindon-ya and Anti-Nuclear Power Protests with Marié Abe
28 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Marié Abe, whose article "Sounding Against Nuclear Power in Post-3.11 Japan: Resonances of Silence and Chindon-ya," was ...
Episode 6 - Listening with the Body with Juan Diego Diaz
28 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss the aesthetics of spiritual possession with Juan Diego Diaz, whose article "Listening with the Body: An Aesthetics of Spiri...
Episode 5 - Global Tabla Industry with Allen Roda
30 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss the complex ecosystem of the global tabla industry with Allen Roda, whose article "Ecology of the Global Tabla Industry," w...
Episode 4 - Bollywood Dance Economies with Anna Morcom
25 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss post-1990’s Indian dance culture with Anna Morcom, whose article “Terrains of Bollywood: (Neoliberal) Capitalism and t...
Episode 3 - Copyright and Indian Popular Music with Gregory Booth
21 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss intellectual property rights within the context of the Indian popular music industry with Gregory Booth, whose article "Co...
Episode 2 - Swedish Klezmer and Jewish Identity with David Kaminsky
24 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss Swedish chamber klezmer bands with David Kaminsky, whose article “Just Exotic Enough: Swedish Chamber Klezmer as Postnat...
Episode 1 - Tribute Bands and Historical Consciousness with John Paul Meyers
16 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss the rock-and-roll tribute band phenomenon with John Paul Meyers, whose article “Still Like That Old Time Rock and Roll: ...