Eric J. Schmidt's blog

Attending to Localized Internet Practices in Fieldwork

Submitted by Eric J. Schmidt on March 14, 2017 - 12:00am

This article was originally written in April 2016.

Review | Music, Culture and Conflict in Mali by Andy Morgan

Submitted by Eric J. Schmidt on March 10, 2014 - 12:35pm

Music, Culture, and Conflict in Mali: Music, Mausoleums, Ancient Manuscripts, Literature, Film, Theatre and Islamism in Mali by Andy Morgan. Copenhagen, Denmark: Freemuse, 2013.

Interview: Christopher Kirkley, Sahel Sounds, and Guerrilla Ethnomusicology

Submitted by Eric J. Schmidt on January 26, 2014 - 1:36am

Christopher Kirkley is an archivist, artist, curator, and occasional DJ who runs the project Sahel Sounds.

Tags:

applied ethnomusicology

Africa

archiving

ethnography

CD Review: Wallahi le Zein!

Submitted by Eric J. Schmidt on September 24, 2012 - 10:07am

Wallahi le Zein! Wezin, Jakwar, and Guitar Boogie from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

Nigerien Radio On A Nigerian Radio

Submitted by Eric J. Schmidt on August 15, 2012 - 10:02am

One of my first purchases after arriving in Niamey, Niger was a radio, imported from Nigeria (one of the major centers of manufacturing in West Africa) and labeled in English.

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Niger

Africa

radio

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Freetown Soundscape: Chosan’s Love Song to Sierra Leone

Cellphone video footage captured one of my trips across Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital city, in the back of a khekhe (a covered motorized tricycle). My husband, Jerry, was candidly explaining that we were traveling through...

Mantle Hood papers now available online

The Ethnomusicology Archive is happy to announce that the Mantle Hood Papers are available online on UCLA Library Digital Collections. This collection focuses on Hood's early papers and correspondence (1950s) and was donated to the Archive in 2011 by...