#visualethnomusicology — Public Fediverse posts

The previous month, I also reconnected with fellow ethnomusicologist–filmmakers at the conference "New Perspectives in Audiovisual Ethnomusicology: Between Archives and New Technologies" in Cagliari. I revisited an older project there – the database=> https://visual.ethnomusicology.net

Seeing so many exciting initiatives reminded me how much I miss making ethnomusicological films. The #RomaniChords project keeps me busy now, but I hope to return to it someday.

#HopaLide #VisualEthnomusicology

🧵10/11

The previous month, I also reconnected with fellow ethnomusicologist–filmmakers at the conference "New Perspectives in Audiovisual Ethnomusicology: Between Archives and New Technologies" in Cagliari. I revisited an older project there – the database=> https://visual.ethnomusicology.net

Seeing so many exciting initiatives reminded me how much I miss making ethnomusicological films. The #RomaniChords project keeps me busy now, but I hope to return to it someday.

#HopaLide #VisualEthnomusicology

🧵10/11

Those interested in the musical landscape of #HopaLide might also enjoy my earlier short film, "Rooted Musicians from #Klenovec". I recently had the pleasure of presenting it in Bratislava at a photo exhibition by Claude and Marie-José Carret – dear friends and photographers whose work lies at the heart of the film.

You can watch it here =>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0G9lB8JXM

#VisualEthnomusicology #Photography #DocumentaryPhotography

🧵9/11

Those interested in the musical landscape of #HopaLide might also enjoy my earlier short film, "Rooted Musicians from #Klenovec". I recently had the pleasure of presenting it in Bratislava at a photo exhibition by Claude and Marie-José Carret – dear friends and photographers whose work lies at the heart of the film.

You can watch it here =>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q0G9lB8JXM

#VisualEthnomusicology #Photography #DocumentaryPhotography

🧵9/11

First, my article on the making of the ethnographic film Hopa lide and the question of Romani representation in documentary cinema has been published in Visual Anthropology Review.

The article explores collaborative filmmaking as a response to dominant portrayals of Roma and examines how audiovisual practice can generate anthropological knowledge. Free access for #ResearchGate users.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/397568906_The_documentary_film_Hopa_lide_The_making_of_Romani_representation

#HopaLide #VisualEthnomusicology

🧵2/11

First, my article on the making of the ethnographic film Hopa lide and the question of Romani representation in documentary cinema has been published in Visual Anthropology Review.

The article explores collaborative filmmaking as a response to dominant portrayals of Roma and examines how audiovisual practice can generate anthropological knowledge. Free access for #ResearchGate users.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/397568906_The_documentary_film_Hopa_lide_The_making_of_Romani_representation

#HopaLide #VisualEthnomusicology

🧵2/11

*Annual reminder*

Call for Diego Carpitella Scholarship is open again!

Interested in #VisualEthnomusicology and/or having an idea for #EthnographicFilm on music? Apply to join this ever-growing family of #VisualEthnomusicology filmmakers!

Deadline: 15/04/2026

https://www.cini.it/en/cini_news/call-for-applications-diego-carpitella-2026/

#Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnography #VisualAnthropology

*Annual reminder*

Call for Diego Carpitella Scholarship is open again!

Interested in #VisualEthnomusicology and/or having an idea for #EthnographicFilm on music? Apply to join this ever-growing family of #VisualEthnomusicology filmmakers!

Deadline: 15/04/2026

https://www.cini.it/en/cini_news/call-for-applications-diego-carpitella-2026/

#Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnography #VisualAnthropology

For those who understand #Slovak, I had the pleasure of talking with Romano fórum about my long-term research among Romani musical communities in Slovakia – specifically about my film #HopaLide, my project on #RomaniChords, the myth of Romani #MusicalBlood, and – last but not least – why Roma should have a stronger voice in researching their own culture.

Read the full interview here 👉
https://romanoforum.dennikn.sk/etnomuzikolog-peter-nuska-romovia-nemaju-hudbu-v-krvi-ale-ich-akordy-su-fenomenalne/

#RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic #Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology

For those who understand #Slovak, I had the pleasure of talking with Romano fórum about my long-term research among Romani musical communities in Slovakia – specifically about my film #HopaLide, my project on #RomaniChords, the myth of Romani #MusicalBlood, and – last but not least – why Roma should have a stronger voice in researching their own culture.

Read the full interview here 👉
https://romanoforum.dennikn.sk/etnomuzikolog-peter-nuska-romovia-nemaju-hudbu-v-krvi-ale-ich-akordy-su-fenomenalne/

#RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic #Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology

For those who understand #Slovak, I had the pleasure of talking with Romano fórum about my long-term research among Romani musical communities in Slovakia – specifically about my film #HopaLide, my project on #RomaniChords, the myth of Romani #MusicalBlood, and – last but not least – why Roma should have a stronger voice in researching their own culture.

Read the full interview here 👉
https://romanoforum.dennikn.sk/etnomuzikolog-peter-nuska-romovia-nemaju-hudbu-v-krvi-ale-ich-akordy-su-fenomenalne/

#RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic #Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology

For those who understand #Slovak, I had the pleasure of talking with Romano fórum about my long-term research among Romani musical communities in Slovakia – specifically about my film #HopaLide, my project on #RomaniChords, the myth of Romani #MusicalBlood, and – last but not least – why Roma should have a stronger voice in researching their own culture.

Read the full interview here 👉
https://romanoforum.dennikn.sk/etnomuzikolog-peter-nuska-romovia-nemaju-hudbu-v-krvi-ale-ich-akordy-su-fenomenalne/

#RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic #Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology

For those who understand #Slovak, I had the pleasure of talking with Romano fórum about my long-term research among Romani musical communities in Slovakia – specifically about my film #HopaLide, my project on #RomaniChords, the myth of Romani #MusicalBlood, and – last but not least – why Roma should have a stronger voice in researching their own culture.

Read the full interview here 👉
https://romanoforum.dennikn.sk/etnomuzikolog-peter-nuska-romovia-nemaju-hudbu-v-krvi-ale-ich-akordy-su-fenomenalne/

#RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic #Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology

If you start watching the film now [ => https://hopalide.nuska.me/] you can join us online for the Q&A [=> https://zoom.us/j/93906311513?pwd=1DfTZAisy9SBSRFVz11mFK9ajqQgxL.1]

😉

#HopaLide #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies

If you start watching the film now [ => https://hopalide.nuska.me/] you can join us online for the Q&A [=> https://zoom.us/j/93906311513?pwd=1DfTZAisy9SBSRFVz11mFK9ajqQgxL.1]

😉

#HopaLide #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies

If you start watching the film now [ => https://hopalide.nuska.me/] you can join us online for the Q&A [=> https://zoom.us/j/93906311513?pwd=1DfTZAisy9SBSRFVz11mFK9ajqQgxL.1]

😉

#HopaLide #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies

If you start watching the film now [ => https://hopalide.nuska.me/] you can join us online for the Q&A [=> https://zoom.us/j/93906311513?pwd=1DfTZAisy9SBSRFVz11mFK9ajqQgxL.1]

😉

#HopaLide #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies

If you start watching the film now [ => https://hopalide.nuska.me/] you can join us online for the Q&A [=> https://zoom.us/j/93906311513?pwd=1DfTZAisy9SBSRFVz11mFK9ajqQgxL.1]

😉

#HopaLide #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies

Upcoming #HopaLide screening alert!

Join us on 27 Oct, 12:00 (CET) for the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage in #Belgrade

If Belgrade is too far from where you live (like for me), watch the film online [👉 https://hopalide.nuska.me/] and then – at 13:30 – connect to an online discussion via Zoom [👉 https://zoom.us/j/93906311513] with Ivan Đorđević, Dragan Ristić and myself.

More info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1325024375759451/

#Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic

Upcoming #HopaLide screening alert!

Join us on 27 Oct, 12:00 (CET) for the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage in #Belgrade

If Belgrade is too far from where you live (like for me), watch the film online [👉 https://hopalide.nuska.me/] and then – at 13:30 – connect to an online discussion via Zoom [👉 https://zoom.us/j/93906311513] with Ivan Đorđević, Dragan Ristić and myself.

More info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1325024375759451/

#Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic

Upcoming #HopaLide screening alert!

Join us on 27 Oct, 12:00 (CET) for the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage in #Belgrade

If Belgrade is too far from where you live (like for me), watch the film online [👉 https://hopalide.nuska.me/] and then – at 13:30 – connect to an online discussion via Zoom [👉 https://zoom.us/j/93906311513] with Ivan Đorđević, Dragan Ristić and myself.

More info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1325024375759451/

#Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic

Upcoming #HopaLide screening alert!

Join us on 27 Oct, 12:00 (CET) for the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage in #Belgrade

If Belgrade is too far from where you live (like for me), watch the film online [👉 https://hopalide.nuska.me/] and then – at 13:30 – connect to an online discussion via Zoom [👉 https://zoom.us/j/93906311513] with Ivan Đorđević, Dragan Ristić and myself.

More info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1325024375759451/

#Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic

Upcoming #HopaLide screening alert!

Join us on 27 Oct, 12:00 (CET) for the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage in #Belgrade

If Belgrade is too far from where you live (like for me), watch the film online [👉 https://hopalide.nuska.me/] and then – at 13:30 – connect to an online discussion via Zoom [👉 https://zoom.us/j/93906311513] with Ivan Đorđević, Dragan Ristić and myself.

More info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1325024375759451/

#Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology #RomaniStudies #RomaniMusic

Music and Sound after Covid-19

📍Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini
📅 8 July 2025

A one-day international seminar exploring post-pandemic creativities, technologies, and soundscapes. Organised by the Intercultural Institute for Comparative Music Studies & the Institute of Music.

https://www.cini.it/en/eventi/music-and-sound-after-covid-19-new-creativities-new-technologies-new-soundscapes-in-a-period-of-crisis/

#Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology #SoundStudies #Covid #PostCovid #MusicResearch #Venice #Cini

Music and Sound after Covid-19

📍Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini
📅 8 July 2025

A one-day international seminar exploring post-pandemic creativities, technologies, and soundscapes. Organised by the Intercultural Institute for Comparative Music Studies & the Institute of Music.

https://www.cini.it/en/eventi/music-and-sound-after-covid-19-new-creativities-new-technologies-new-soundscapes-in-a-period-of-crisis/

#Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology #SoundStudies #Covid #PostCovid #MusicResearch #Venice #Cini

#CFP

AAWM Journal: Film & Multimedia Submissions

Now accepting #Documentary films, visual essays, and multimedia works exploring analytical and cultural dimensions of global music/sound worlds.

Include subtitles + 1,500 word reflection. Ongoing call.

https://journal.iftawm.org/

#Ethnomusicology #MusicResearch #VisualEthnomusicology #EthnographicFilm #EthnographicFilmmaking

#CFP

AAWM Journal: Film & Multimedia Submissions

Now accepting #Documentary films, visual essays, and multimedia works exploring analytical and cultural dimensions of global music/sound worlds.

Include subtitles + 1,500 word reflection. Ongoing call.

https://journal.iftawm.org/

#Ethnomusicology #MusicResearch #VisualEthnomusicology #EthnographicFilm #EthnographicFilmmaking

Already packing for #RAI, checking this year's incredible selection of #Ethnomusicology Film Competition =>

https://raifilm.org.uk/festivals/2025/#ethnomusicology-film-competition

#HopaLide will be screened this Thursday in the Watershed Cinema (09:40 am).

If there are any #Bristol -based #VisualAnthropology fans (or indeed wanderers from elsewhere), let me know, I have two guest tickets available.

Can't wait already!

#VisualEthnomusicology #EthnographicFilm

Already packing for #RAI, checking this year's incredible selection of #Ethnomusicology Film Competition =>

https://raifilm.org.uk/festivals/2025/#ethnomusicology-film-competition

#HopaLide will be screened this Thursday in the Watershed Cinema (09:40 am).

If there are any #Bristol -based #VisualAnthropology fans (or indeed wanderers from elsewhere), let me know, I have two guest tickets available.

Can't wait already!

#VisualEthnomusicology #EthnographicFilm

So it's now official: my latest ethnographic film #HopaLide has been selected for the #RAI FILM Festival in Bristol. What pleasure to be part of this traditional #VisualAnthropology event!

You can either attend the screening on the 12th of June in the Watershed Cinema (starting at 09:40 in the morning – I'll be there!) or watch the film between the 16th of June and – 16th of July online (in the company of over 90 ethnographic films from 36 countries!)

#VisualEthnomusicology #EthnographicFilm

So it's now official: my latest ethnographic film #HopaLide has been selected for the #RAI FILM Festival in Bristol. What pleasure to be part of this traditional #VisualAnthropology event!

You can either attend the screening on the 12th of June in the Watershed Cinema (starting at 09:40 in the morning – I'll be there!) or watch the film between the 16th of June and – 16th of July online (in the company of over 90 ethnographic films from 36 countries!)

#VisualEthnomusicology #EthnographicFilm

I am happy to have the opportunity to present #HopaLide at this year's #Ethnografilm, possibly the most fun #VisualAnthropology festival in the world.

Over 100 #EthnographicFilms (s), most of the people in the audience are filmmakers, and this is all set in the atmosphere of springtime #Paris. What else to wish for?

Thanks to the #CzechCentre in Paris for supporting my stay (again)!

#VisualEthnomusicology #VisualEthnography #EthnographicFilmmaking

I am happy to have the opportunity to present #HopaLide at this year's #Ethnografilm, possibly the most fun #VisualAnthropology festival in the world.

Over 100 #EthnographicFilms (s), most of the people in the audience are filmmakers, and this is all set in the atmosphere of springtime #Paris. What else to wish for?

Thanks to the #CzechCentre in Paris for supporting my stay (again)!

#VisualEthnomusicology #VisualEthnography #EthnographicFilmmaking

Call for Diego Carpitella Scholarship is open again!

Apply to join this ever-growing family of #VisualEthnomusicology people!

Deadline: 15/04/2025

https://www.cini.it/en/institutes-and-centres/comparative-music-studies/eyes-on-music-projects-on-visual-ethnomusicology

#Ethnomusicology #VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnography #EthnographicFilm

Call for Diego Carpitella Scholarship is open again!

Apply to join this ever-growing family of #VisualEthnomusicology people!

Deadline: 15/04/2025

https://www.cini.it/en/institutes-and-centres/comparative-music-studies/eyes-on-music-projects-on-visual-ethnomusicology

#Ethnomusicology #VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnography #EthnographicFilm

...and finally, a little photo follow-up for this busy #HopaLide November!

Here's the picture from the seminar of the Czech Association for Social Anthropology.

We really wondered whether anyone would show up for an event commencing at 17:00 on Friday. And yet, there was a lovely crowd both on-site and online.

A big hand to the #CASA association (especially Alžběta Wolfová) for putting this event together!

[photo by Alžběta Wolfová]

#VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnomusicology

... and here's also a little photographic follow-up from the latest #HopaLide screening @ Academy of Romani Studies in Prague.

I enjoyed the discussion very much, and I was especially grateful for the feedback from my Romani colleagues...

November with #HopaLide continues; there are more screenings coming – one in #Cagliari (#Sardinia, #Italy) and #Prague (#Czechia). Just scroll-up this thread for details...

#RomaniStudies #VisualEthnomusicology #EthnographicFilm

... and here's also a little photographic follow-up from the latest #HopaLide screening @ Academy of Romani Studies in Prague.

I enjoyed the discussion very much, and I was especially grateful for the feedback from my Romani colleagues...

November with #HopaLide continues; there are more screenings coming – one in #Cagliari (#Sardinia, #Italy) and #Prague (#Czechia). Just scroll-up this thread for details...

#RomaniStudies #VisualEthnomusicology #EthnographicFilm

November with #HopaLide

There are so many exciting opportunities to watch my latest film a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ with Romani musicians from Slovakia that I need to make a whole thread about them! Check these out, as there may be one close to you!

🧵1/6

#RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies #Roma #Slovakia #VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnography #VisualEthnomusicology #Ethnomusicology #Documentary

November with #HopaLide

There are so many exciting opportunities to watch my latest film a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ with Romani musicians from Slovakia that I need to make a whole thread about them! Check these out, as there may be one close to you!

🧵1/6

#RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies #Roma #Slovakia #VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnography #VisualEthnomusicology #Ethnomusicology #Documentary

November with #HopaLide

There are so many exciting opportunities to watch my latest film a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ with Romani musicians from Slovakia that I need to make a whole thread about them! Check these out, as there may be one close to you!

🧵1/6

#RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies #Roma #Slovakia #VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnography #VisualEthnomusicology #Ethnomusicology #Documentary

November with #HopaLide

There are so many exciting opportunities to watch my latest film a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ with Romani musicians from Slovakia that I need to make a whole thread about them! Check these out, as there may be one close to you!

🧵1/6

#RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies #Roma #Slovakia #VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnography #VisualEthnomusicology #Ethnomusicology #Documentary

November with #HopaLide

There are so many exciting opportunities to watch my latest film a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ with Romani musicians from Slovakia that I need to make a whole thread about them! Check these out, as there may be one close to you!

🧵1/6

#RomaniMusic #RomaniStudies #Roma #Slovakia #VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnography #VisualEthnomusicology #Ethnomusicology #Documentary

#CFP (& Call for Films!)

The 4th International Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology

16–18 July 2025, Shanghai (China)

Deadline: 28/02/2025

https://audiovisualethnomusicology.com/cfpf/

#Ethnomusicology #VisualEthnomusicology #AudiovisualEthnomusicology #VisualAnthropology #EthnographicFilm

... I'm also grateful for the opportunity to share my latest film, #HopaLide, with my #RomaniStudies colleagues. It's always great to share this kind of work among colleagues and friends who work on similar topics worldwide and hear their feedback!

[btw, more screenings coming this month!]

#VisualEthnomusicology #VisualEthnography #EthnographicFilm #VisualAnthropology

... I'm also grateful for the opportunity to share my latest film, #HopaLide, with my #RomaniStudies colleagues. It's always great to share this kind of work among colleagues and friends who work on similar topics worldwide and hear their feedback!

[btw, more screenings coming this month!]

#VisualEthnomusicology #VisualEthnography #EthnographicFilm #VisualAnthropology

Here's another video on #RomaniChords, the topic of my #MSCA research project, which has just started...The video was presented at the #GypsyLoreSociety Annual meeting in Sofia last week.

Much like the previous video, it's based on 7 pictures [this time pictures in motion!] and is conceptualised as an introduction to the topic for anthropologists and Romani studies scholars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lihBLvy256U

#Ethnomusicology #RomaniStudies #MusicTheory #Anthropology #VisualEthnomusicology

Here's another video on #RomaniChords, the topic of my #MSCA research project, which has just started...The video was presented at the #GypsyLoreSociety Annual meeting in Sofia last week.

Much like the previous video, it's based on 7 pictures [this time pictures in motion!] and is conceptualised as an introduction to the topic for anthropologists and Romani studies scholars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lihBLvy256U

#Ethnomusicology #RomaniStudies #MusicTheory #Anthropology #VisualEthnomusicology

Here's the poster for the upcoming screenings of Etnofilm Čadca.

For the first time this year, this 40-year-old festival changes its modus operandi, and besides Čadca, it brings #EthnographicFilm to other cities in #Slovakia, including Žilina, #Nitra, #Bratislava and #BanskaBystrica.

My latest film, #HopaLide, has been scheduled for November 12th at 15:00 in #Zilina. I'm heading there for a Q&A.

Will I see you there?

https://www.etnofilm.sk/en/

#VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnomusicology

Here's the poster for the upcoming screenings of Etnofilm Čadca.

For the first time this year, this 40-year-old festival changes its modus operandi, and besides Čadca, it brings #EthnographicFilm to other cities in #Slovakia, including Žilina, #Nitra, #Bratislava and #BanskaBystrica.

My latest film, #HopaLide, has been scheduled for November 12th at 15:00 in #Zilina. I'm heading there for a Q&A.

Will I see you there?

https://www.etnofilm.sk/en/

#VisualAnthropology #VisualEthnomusicology