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WHAT WE DO:
The Anthropology of Music

LECTURE SERIES
& MASTER CLASS

every other year

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LECTURES,
CONCERTS,
EXHIBITIONS

and other events

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RESEARCH
PROJECTS

to explore

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Collect music

THE
AMA



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LECTURE SERIES
& MASTER CLASS 2024

We are delighted to announce Professor Martin Stokes, King Edward Professor of Music at King's College London as our lecturer of the 4th Anthropology of Music Lecture Series, which will take place from 26 to 29 June 2024 at the University of Mainz.
 
 

Listening Beyond Landscape: Air, Water, Rubble Starting on Wednesday, June 26, 5 pm at the AMA Lounge (Central Library), Prof. Martin... {{title}} {{excerpt}} AoM LS/MC 2024: Listening beyond Landscape In the series of three public lectures, I will discuss both recent and ancient thinking about... Call for Papers - AoM LS/MC 2024 We are happy to invite applications to the 4th edition of the Anthropology of Music...

LECTURE SERIES
& MASTER CLASS 2024

We are delighted to announce Professor Martin Stokes, King Edward Professor of Music at King's College London as our lecturer of the 4th Anthropology of Music Lecture Series.

Listening Beyond Landscape: Air, Water, Rubble Starting on Wednesday, June 26, 5 pm at the AMA Lounge (Central Library), Prof. Martin... {{title}} {{excerpt}} AoM LS/MC 2024: Listening beyond Landscape In the series of three public lectures, I will discuss both recent and ancient thinking about... Call for Papers - AoM LS/MC 2024 We are happy to invite applications to the 4th edition of the Anthropology of Music...
 

EVENTS

We regularly organize workshops, symposiums, and concerts.

Check out the links for information on upcoming and past events.

WDR Zeitzeichen: Ali Farka Touré WDR Zeitzeichen looks at historical topics from antiquity to the present, Europe and the world, and historical personalities and inventions. African... Globalwize Radioshow #461 A brand new episode of African Presence Special with Globalwize host Jean Trouillet and African Music Archives (AMA) Director Hauke Dorsch... {{title}} {{excerpt}} {{title}} {{excerpt}} {{title}} {{excerpt}} Listening Beyond Landscape: Air, Water, Rubble Starting on Wednesday, June 26, 5 pm at the AMA Lounge (Central Library), Prof. Martin Stokes from Kings College London presents... {{title}} {{excerpt}} {{title}} {{excerpt}} 18.01.2024 Denkpause! in der neuen AMA-Lounge Seit Beginn des Wintersemesters 2023/24 ist sie da: die AMA-Lounge - direkt neben den neuen Räumlichkeiten in der Universitätsbibliothek. Am 18.... 10.01.2024 - Performance and Discussion with Derya Yıldırım On January 10th 2024, the AMA will host a solo Saz performance by Anatolian folk musician Derya Yıldırım. Following Derya’s performance,... 10.11.2023 Vintage Soundsystem. Musik und Diskurs #4 mit Günter Gretz In der Reihe "Musik und Diskurs" von Vintage Soundsystem unterhalten sich Hauke Dorsch (Archiv für die Musik Afrikas/Universität Mainz) und Jean... Globalwize Radioshow #434 For this latest instalment of the Globalwize radio show, duly titled "IslandBreeze", Kathrin Thomas takes us on a two-hour tour... {{title}} {{excerpt}} Globalwize Radioshow #428 Keeping the energy alive with another ‘African Presence’ special broadcast, we get a two-hour introduction to the Afrobeats genre delivered... Globalwize Radioshow #426 This episode of the Globalwize radio show presented by WeltBeat host and selector Jean Trouillet is another ‘African Presence‘ special with... Video - “Copyright, Care and African Music Archives” A short video with statements by participants of the international workshop “Copyright, CARE and African Music Archives: Tensions between Artists’ Interests... 21.-23.09.2022 Workshop “Copyright, Care and African Music Archives” The workshop brings together archivists, scholars, lawma­kers, lawyers, business people and musicians. Participants will focus on the tensions between increasing the... 01.12.2020 „Fairtrade Music? Afrikanische Musik auf dem Weltmarkt“ Schon seit einiger Zeit erfährt Musik aus den Ländern des afrikanischen Kontinents eine erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit auf dem globalen Musikmarkt. Wie werden... 13.11.2019 Gyedu-Bley Ambolley and his Sekondi Band Konzert und Künstlergespräch mit Gyedu-Blay Ambolley und Markus Coester. Gyedu-Bley Ambolley, dessen Musikstil auf einzigartige Weise Highlife, Funk, Soul und RnB... 30.11.2019 Fairtrade Music? Afrikanische Musik in Rhein-Main Beim globalen Handel mit Waren ist Fairness ein Thema, aber wie steht es um die Zusammenarbeit im Kultursektor? Roundtable-Diskussion zum Thema... 27.01.2020 Emotional communication with Cecilia Durojaye In her presentation, Cecilia Durojaye will give an overview of her study that explores emotional communication using the dùndún (‘talking drum’)...
 

EVENTS

Due to the ongoing pandemic, we do not organize any events at the moment. However, we hope that we will be able to announce new events soon.

Until then please find some reviews of former events in this section.

WDR Zeitzeichen: Ali Farka Touré WDR Zeitzeichen looks at historical topics from antiquity to the present, Europe and the world, and historical personalities and inventions. African... Globalwize Radioshow #461 A brand new episode of African Presence Special with Globalwize host Jean Trouillet and African Music Archives (AMA) Director Hauke Dorsch... {{title}} {{excerpt}} {{title}} {{excerpt}} {{title}} {{excerpt}} Listening Beyond Landscape: Air, Water, Rubble Starting on Wednesday, June 26, 5 pm at the AMA Lounge (Central Library), Prof. Martin Stokes from Kings College London presents... {{title}} {{excerpt}} {{title}} {{excerpt}} 18.01.2024 Denkpause! in der neuen AMA-Lounge Seit Beginn des Wintersemesters 2023/24 ist sie da: die AMA-Lounge - direkt neben den neuen Räumlichkeiten in der Universitätsbibliothek. Am 18.... 10.01.2024 - Performance and Discussion with Derya Yıldırım On January 10th 2024, the AMA will host a solo Saz performance by Anatolian folk musician Derya Yıldırım. Following Derya’s performance,... 10.11.2023 Vintage Soundsystem. Musik und Diskurs #4 mit Günter Gretz In der Reihe "Musik und Diskurs" von Vintage Soundsystem unterhalten sich Hauke Dorsch (Archiv für die Musik Afrikas/Universität Mainz) und Jean... Globalwize Radioshow #434 For this latest instalment of the Globalwize radio show, duly titled "IslandBreeze", Kathrin Thomas takes us on a two-hour tour... {{title}} {{excerpt}} Globalwize Radioshow #428 Keeping the energy alive with another ‘African Presence’ special broadcast, we get a two-hour introduction to the Afrobeats genre delivered... Globalwize Radioshow #426 This episode of the Globalwize radio show presented by WeltBeat host and selector Jean Trouillet is another ‘African Presence‘ special with... Video - “Copyright, Care and African Music Archives” A short video with statements by participants of the international workshop “Copyright, CARE and African Music Archives: Tensions between Artists’ Interests... 21.-23.09.2022 Workshop “Copyright, Care and African Music Archives” The workshop brings together archivists, scholars, lawma­kers, lawyers, business people and musicians. Participants will focus on the tensions between increasing the... 01.12.2020 „Fairtrade Music? Afrikanische Musik auf dem Weltmarkt“ Schon seit einiger Zeit erfährt Musik aus den Ländern des afrikanischen Kontinents eine erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit auf dem globalen Musikmarkt. Wie werden... 13.11.2019 Gyedu-Bley Ambolley and his Sekondi Band Konzert und Künstlergespräch mit Gyedu-Blay Ambolley und Markus Coester. Gyedu-Bley Ambolley, dessen Musikstil auf einzigartige Weise Highlife, Funk, Soul und RnB... 30.11.2019 Fairtrade Music? Afrikanische Musik in Rhein-Main Beim globalen Handel mit Waren ist Fairness ein Thema, aber wie steht es um die Zusammenarbeit im Kultursektor? Roundtable-Diskussion zum Thema... 27.01.2020 Emotional communication with Cecilia Durojaye In her presentation, Cecilia Durojaye will give an overview of her study that explores emotional communication using the dùndún (‘talking drum’)...

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WDR Zeitzeichen: Ali Farka Touré WDR Zeitzeichen looks at historical topics from antiquity to the present, Europe and the world, and historical personalities and inventions. African... Globalwize Radioshow #461 A brand new episode of African Presence Special with Globalwize host Jean Trouillet and African Music Archives (AMA) Director Hauke Dorsch... {{title}} {{excerpt}} {{title}} {{excerpt}} {{title}} {{excerpt}} Listening Beyond Landscape: Air, Water, Rubble Starting on Wednesday, June 26, 5 pm at the AMA Lounge (Central Library), Prof. Martin Stokes from Kings College London presents... {{title}} {{excerpt}} AoM LS/MC 2024: Listening beyond Landscape In the series of three public lectures, I will discuss both recent and ancient thinking about water and its relationship to landscape,... Call for Papers - AoM LS/MC 2024 We are happy to invite applications to the 4th edition of the Anthropology of Music Lecture Series and Master Class (AoM–LS/MC)... Da spielt die Musik! Tonträger im allgemeinen, aber besonders die frühen Formate, also v.a. Schellackplatten, vermitteln einen Einblick in den Musikkonsum in afrikanischen Ländern während... {{title}} {{excerpt}} {{title}} {{excerpt}} 18.01.2024 Denkpause! in der neuen AMA-Lounge Seit Beginn des Wintersemesters 2023/24 ist sie da: die AMA-Lounge - direkt neben den neuen Räumlichkeiten in der Universitätsbibliothek. Am 18.... 10.01.2024 - Performance and Discussion with Derya Yıldırım On January 10th 2024, the AMA will host a solo Saz performance by Anatolian folk musician Derya Yıldırım. Following Derya’s performance,... Globalwize Radioshow #434 For this latest instalment of the Globalwize radio show, duly titled "IslandBreeze", Kathrin Thomas takes us on a two-hour tour... {{title}} {{excerpt}} Video - “Copyright, Care and African Music Archives” A short video with statements by participants of the international workshop “Copyright, CARE and African Music Archives: Tensions between Artists’ Interests...

LATEST NEWS

concerning the AoM Lecture Series / Master Class, new projects, upcoming events, record of the month, …

Check here for latest updates and new posts

WDR Zeitzeichen: Ali Farka Touré WDR Zeitzeichen looks at historical topics from antiquity to the present, Europe and the world, and historical personalities and inventions. African... Globalwize Radioshow #461 A brand new episode of African Presence Special with Globalwize host Jean Trouillet and African Music Archives (AMA) Director Hauke Dorsch... {{title}} {{excerpt}} {{title}} {{excerpt}} {{title}} {{excerpt}} Listening Beyond Landscape: Air, Water, Rubble Starting on Wednesday, June 26, 5 pm at the AMA Lounge (Central Library), Prof. Martin Stokes from Kings College London presents... {{title}} {{excerpt}} AoM LS/MC 2024: Listening beyond Landscape In the series of three public lectures, I will discuss both recent and ancient thinking about water and its relationship to landscape,... Call for Papers - AoM LS/MC 2024 We are happy to invite applications to the 4th edition of the Anthropology of Music Lecture Series and Master Class (AoM–LS/MC)... Da spielt die Musik! Tonträger im allgemeinen, aber besonders die frühen Formate, also v.a. Schellackplatten, vermitteln einen Einblick in den Musikkonsum in afrikanischen Ländern während... {{title}} {{excerpt}} {{title}} {{excerpt}} 18.01.2024 Denkpause! in der neuen AMA-Lounge Seit Beginn des Wintersemesters 2023/24 ist sie da: die AMA-Lounge - direkt neben den neuen Räumlichkeiten in der Universitätsbibliothek. Am 18.... 10.01.2024 - Performance and Discussion with Derya Yıldırım On January 10th 2024, the AMA will host a solo Saz performance by Anatolian folk musician Derya Yıldırım. Following Derya’s performance,... Globalwize Radioshow #434 For this latest instalment of the Globalwize radio show, duly titled "IslandBreeze", Kathrin Thomas takes us on a two-hour tour... {{title}} {{excerpt}} Video - “Copyright, Care and African Music Archives” A short video with statements by participants of the international workshop “Copyright, CARE and African Music Archives: Tensions between Artists’ Interests...