(pic: alexander münch)
i am currently in mannheim (germany) working full-time and focusing on the following projects & activities (last updated 15.07.2018):
- running two bachelor degree programs at the popakademie baden-württemberg
- head of the library at the popakademie baden-württemberg
- chair of the aec working group “diversity, identity, inclusiveness“
projects
i have very limited resources for other projects.
current research & teaching projects
- eurovision song contest in the post-soviet area
- what is world music
- history of film music
- introduction to popular music studies
- musics of the world
- popular music history survey
- fieldwork methodology
current publication projects
- co-authored aec-handbook on diversity in higher music education – writing stage
- a co-authored book on popular music in the current Russia-Ukraine conflict – writing stage
- an edited book project on popular music in Germany – writing stage
- an article on the world music degree program and transculturality – in press
- an article on russian popular music and religion – in press
at the moment i am not accepting any more publication projects.
personal projects
- parenting
- teaching myself 5-string banjo
- teaching myself cajon basics
- photography (and some dark room dabbling)
- fishing
- cooking
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