Steven Feld
American ethnomusicologist (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Steven Feld (born August 20, 1949) is an American ethnomusicologist, anthropologist, and linguist, who worked for many years with the Kaluli (Bosavi) people of Papua New Guinea. He earned a MacArthur Fellowship in 1991.
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Born | (1949-08-20) August 20, 1949 (age 74) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Study of poetics, emotion, song, and dialogical theories developed from work in Bosavi, Papua New Guinea |
Awards | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994), Charles Seeger lecturer, Society for Ethnomusicology (2009) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anthropology, Linguistics, Ethnomusicology, Poetics |
Institutions | University of New Mexico, University of Texas, Austin, University of California, Santa Cruz, New York University, University of Pennsylvania |
Thesis | (1979) |
Doctoral advisor | Alan P. Merriam |
Website | www |
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