Steven Feld
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Music
At UNM since Fall 2003

Anthropology Courses taught at UNM
Anthropology of World Beat (Also listed as Music 436/536)
Anthropology of Music and Sound (Also listed as Music 448/548)
New Guinea Representations
Expressive Culture
Anthropology of the Senses

Education
BA cum laude, highest honors, 1971, Hofstra (Anthropology)
PhD 1979, Indiana (Anthropology/Linguistics/Ethnomusicology)
Dissertation title: Sound and Sentiment

Fieldwork
1976-7, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998-9 Papua
New Guinea; since 2000, briefer research visits to Greece, Italy,
France, Finland, Denmark, Norway. New Project since 2004 in Accra, Ghana

Selected Publications: Books
1.Sound and Sentiment, 1982/1990, U. Pennsylvania Press
2.Music Grooves (with Charles Keil), 1994, U. Chicago Press
3.Senses of Place (edited with Keith Basso), 1996, SAR Press
4.Bosavi-English-Tok Pisin Dictionary (with Bambi Schieffelin)
1998, ANU Press
5.Jean Rouch: Ciné-Ethnography (editor/translator) 2003, U.
Minnesota Press

Selected Publications: CDs
1.Voices of the Rainforest (1991, Rykodisc)
2.Rainforest Soundwalks (2001, EarthEar)
3.Bosavi: Rainforest Music from Papua New Guinea (2001,
Smithsonian Folkways)
4. Bells and Winter Festivals of Greek Macedonia (2002,
Smithsonian Folkways)
5.The Time of Bells Volumes 1 & 2 (2004, VoxLox)

Documentary Sound Art Recordings
1. CD: Suikinkutsu: A Japanese Underground Water Zither. VoxLox 106 (Recordist/Producer).
2. CD: The Time of Bells, 4: Soundscapes of Italy, Denmark, Finland, Japan, Iraq/USA. VoxLox 206 (Recordist/Producer).
3. CD: Meditations for John Coltrane. Accra Trane Station. VoxLox 107 (Producer/Performer).

Project Sites with Additional Information
Bosavi People's Fund
VoxLox
Groovology

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