Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2015
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Excerpt: I never imagined that I would help produce a documentary film based on my ethnographic fieldwork. Meeting documentary filmmaker Shara Lange during new faculty orientation at the university where we were both newly hired eventually led to our film Banjo Romantika (2013)—a full-length feature based on my research on bluegrass music in the Czech Republic, in which I play a key role as writer, producer, and on-screen character. Taking part in this film project has led me to consider how film enriches relationships with field colleagues, providing new opportunities for teaching and learning. I find that collaborations like ours can reframe and extend ethnomusicological work in productive ways.
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Bidgood, Lee. 2015. Collaboration, Fieldwork, and Film. Sounding Board. http://ethnomusicologyreview.ucla.edu/content/collaboration-fieldwork-and-film ISSN: 1090-1868
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