Over the course of the past thirty years I have done fieldwork in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Some of these projects turned out to be relatively minor ones, such as a fieldtrip to the Riobamba area in Ecuador in 1988, a study of labor migration in the Ghanaian gold mines in 1989 (undertaken jointly with anthropologist Carola Lentz), or several trips to countries such as Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Below are links to four major research projects - and a selection of photographs, videos, fieldnotes, or sound recordings - of the 1970s and 1980s.
CAMEROON 1975-1976
NIGER 1979
SOUTH AFRICA 1981-1987
LESOTHO 1982
THE HISTORY OF MODERN AURALITY
MUSIC AND SUFISM IN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MUSIC AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
I have done fieldwork in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Some of these projects turned out to be relatively minor ones, such as a fieldtrip to the Riobamba area in Ecuador in 1988, a study of labor migration in the Ghanaian gold mines in 1989 (undertaken jointly with anthropologist Carola Lentz), or several trips to countries such as Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Below are links to a number of major research projects - and a selection of photographs, videos, fieldnotes, or sound recordings - completed between the 1970s and 1990s. Among my current projects are the history of modern aurality in Europe; the continuation of fieldwork on music and Sufism in Sumatra, Indonesia; and a study of music and intellectual property law.