I am an American public sector ethnomusicologist currently dividing my time between Bali and Jakarta, Indonesia.
In February 2015 I successfully defended my doctoral dissertation titled "Indie Music in Post-bomb Bali: Participant Practices, Scene Subjectivities" and based on ethnographic research in Indonesia (partially funded by a J. William Fulbright Foundation Scholarship). Wearing the theoretical cap of a phenomenologist, I explore music-related practices as the conduits by which core ideals of social and musical difference are created and shared. Attitudes toward creativity, music professionalism, social and environmental activism help to strengthen scene alliances and sustain an ot...
I am an American public sector ethnomusicologist currently dividing my time between Bali and Jakarta, Indonesia.
In February 2015 I successfully defended my doctoral dissertation titled "Indie Music in Post-bomb Bali: Participant Practices, Scene Subjectivities" and based on ethnographic research in Indonesia (partially funded by a J. William Fulbright Foundation Scholarship). Wearing the theoretical cap of a phenomenologist, I explore music-related practices as the conduits by which core ideals of social and musical difference are created and shared. Attitudes toward creativity, music professionalism, social and environmental activism help to strengthen scene alliances and sustain an ot...
