1 JOSEPH M. KINZER Curriculum vitae

ACADEMIC TRAINING

2021 Harvard Extension School (Cambridge, MA): Learning ​ Design and Technology Certification. Concentration in course design in ​ ​ higher education.

2017 University of Washington (Seattle, WA): Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology. ​ Dissertation: “Bodies of Sound, Agents of Muslim Malayness: Malaysian Identity Politics and the Symbolic Ecology of the Gambus Lute.” Committee: Dr. Christina Sunardi (Chair); Dr. Philip Schuyler, Dr. Patricia Campbell, Dr. Laurie Sears, Dr. Meilu Ho, Dr. Christoph Giebel.

2012 Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL): Master of Music with ​ individualized concentrations in Ethnomusicology and Southeast Asia. Thesis: “Making the Other Relevant: Performing Identity through Expected Sounds in Metropolitan Malaysia.” Advisor: Dr. Jui-Ching Wang.

2009 Illinois State University (Normal, IL): ​ B.A. magna cum laude in Philosophy with Religious Studies minor. ​ ​ Thesis: “Comparing Doctrines of Non-Self in Advaita Vedanta and ​ ​ Buddhism.”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2020 Affiliate Faculty, Individualized Master of Arts Program, Antioch University Online. February 2020-Present.

+Graduate Student Mentor (Advisor) overseeing program progress and master’s thesis completion.

2019 Senior Curatorial Assistant, Archive of World Music, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. August 2019-Present.

2018 Instructor, ILS Performing Arts Academy, Seattle, WA. Jun 2018-June 2019.

2013 Teaching Assistant, Instructor, Co-Instructor, University of Washington

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2 School of Music, Seattle, WA. January 2013 - August 2017.

2011 Instructor, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. August 2011 - May 2012.

COURSES TAUGHT

Graduate Courses

Antioch University

Humanities Research Methods Seminar (Summer ‘20, Fall ‘20, Spring ‘21)

Global Pop as Social Criticism (TBD)

Undergraduate Courses

University of Washington

Variously as standalone lecturer, TA, and co-instructor:

American Popular Music (Winter ‘13, Spring ‘13, Fall ‘14, Summer ‘17)

Northern Illinois University

As standalone lecturer:

Music and Cultural Studies (Fall ‘11 and Spring ‘12)

PUBLICATIONS

Books

2021 Arab Lutes and Global Routes in the Music of Muslim Malaysia: Performance, Piety, and the Politics of Tradition. ​ Proposal reviewed with subsequent invitation for full manuscript submission, Routledge. Publication forthcoming.

Articles

2021 “Presenting the ‘Malay(sian) Gambus Prototype:’ Overlapping Agencies ​ ​ ​

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3 in Curating a Racial-National Musical Heritage.” Asian ​ Music, In Review. ​

2021 “Local Outreach as Archival Practice: Working with Communities to Invigorate Collections from the Inside Out.” Association for Recorded ​ Sound Collections (ARSC) Journal, In Review. ​

2021 “The Mysterious Side of Fauziah Gambus”: Novelty, Piety, and Self-Promotion in a Male-Dominated Malaysian Micro-Scene.” Ethnomusicology, In Review. ​ ​

2016 "The Agency of a Lute: Post-Field Reflections on the Materials of Music." Ethnomusicology Review Online Section: Notes From the Field.

2014 "Students Speak: Diversity in the Pedagogical Practices of Music in Higher Education." Symposium: An Online Journal and Forum for the College Music Society, editor of a collaborative piece.

Book Reviews

2017 The Dance That Makes You Vanish: Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia by Rachmi Diyah Larasati, 2013. Journal of ​ Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2017, 551-554.

2017 Javaphilia: American Love Affairs with Javanese Music and Dance by ​ Henry Spiller, 2015. Pacific Affairs Vol. 90, No. 2, June 2017, 402-403.

2014 Musical Journeys in Sumatra by Margaret J. Kartomi, 2012. Journal of ​ Asian Studies Vol. 73, No. 1, 2014, 288-290. ​ ​

Recording Reviews

2019 Laos. Musique des Khmou from the Musée d'ethnographie de Genève, ​ 2017. The World of Music, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2019, 140-142.

Miscellaneous

2020 “Singing the Story of Dhrangadhra: Women’s Voices in a Hindu Court Tradition.” Digital Exhibit Curated for Harvard Music Library.

2020 “A Trunk Full of Love Songs: Somali Songs, 1955-1991: The Maryan

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4 ‘Aryette’ Omar Ali Collection.” Article posted on the EKL Music ​ ​ Library’s Official Blog at Harvard University, February 14, 2020.

2014 "Hootenanny, Hootin' Annie, Will You Dance with Me?" Children's musical exercise based on Smithsonian Folkways recordings of the music of the American Folk Revival, published under Teaching Resources on the ​ ​ Smithsonian Folkways website.

2014 "Sing, Clap, and Play with Green Sally Up." Children's musical exercise based on Alan Lomax field recording, published under Teaching ​ Resources on the Association for Cultural Equity website. ​

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2017 Thelma Adamson Award for Best Paper Delivered at the 2017 Society for Ethnomusicology Pacific Northwest Chapter Meeting.

2015 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education. For dissertation research in Malaysia, 2015 2016.

2015 Fulbright Student Research Fellowship, Institute of International Education. For dissertation research in Malaysia, 2015-2016. Declined ​ offer.

2014 Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS) Research Grant, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Canada. For a research paper on Javanese female vocal (pesindhen) music. ​ ​

2013 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education. For Indonesian language study at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 2013-2014.

2013 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education. For Malay language study at the University of Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia, Summer 2013.

2012 Davis Fellowship, University of Washington School of Music. For ethnomusicology coursework, 2012-2013.

2011 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, U.S.

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5 Department of Education. For Malay language study at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2011-2012.

2008 Kennard Award, Illinois State University. For outstanding senior philosophy student, 2008-2009.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Lecture Demonstrations/Talks

2021 “Decolonizing Archival Practice.” Guest Lecture (with honorarium), Graduate seminar: Sound Archiving in Ethnomusicology, University of Washington, 21 February 2021.

2020 “Gender, Novelty, and Piety in Malay Traditional Genres.” Guest Lecture (with honorarium), Undergraduate course: Music of Asia, Seattle Pacific University, 13 November 2020.

2020 “The Migration of Musical Instruments Across Indian Ocean Trade Networks.” Guest Lecture, Graduate seminar: Music of the Middle East, Harvard University, 6 March 2020.

2020 “Introduction to the Archive of World Music.” Orientation Session, Graduate proseminar: Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Harvard University, 6 February 2020.

2018 “Contesting Malay Muslim Identity through Music in Malaysia.” Guest Lecture, Department of History, Modern Southeast Asia Course, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, 7 March 2018.

2018 “Islamic Revivalism and the Musical Politics of Urban Malaysia.” Guest Lecture, Department of Music, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, 15 February 2018.

2017 “Enculturating Indigeneity and Homeland in the Contested Ideological ​ Spaces of Borneo: Malay Identity and its Others.” Guest Lecture (with honorarium), Graduate Seminar: Enculturation, Transmission, and Education. University of Washington, 6 November 2017.

2017 “The Politics of Teaching Cultural Heritage in Malaysia: The Surprising

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6 Symbolic Power of the Gambus Lute” Guest Lecture, Undergraduate course: Introduction to World Music Course. University of Washington, 15 February 2017.

2017 “Teaching Cultural Heritage in Malaysia: Symbolic Politics in Instrumental Performance” Guest lecture, Undergraduate course: Music in Asia. University of Washington, 7 March 2017.

2015 “Teaching ‘Traditional’ Music in Higher Education” Guest Lecturer, World Music Pedagogy Course, Northern Illinois University, January 2015.

2015 “Exploring Institutions as Archives: The Ethnography of Tradition and ​ Music Education in Malaysia” Faculty of Music, University of Technology MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, 2 September 2015.

2010 “Complicating Ideas of Genre in African American Music Traditions: The Case of Bebop” Guest Lecture, Introduction to African American Music Course, Northern Illinois University, May 2010.

Workshop Presentations

2017 “Music and Alternative Forms of Literacy and Knowledge Production” Collaborative songwriting workshop with students from the American Ethnic Studies Course, University of Washington, 6 March 2017.

2017 “Coping through Music: Creating Musical Spaces to Cope with Mental Distress” Collaborative songwriting workshop with the Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) UW student organization, University of Washington, 12 May 2017.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY

Panels Chaired

2020 “Advancing Archival Strategies for the 21st Century: Revitalizing Heritage Materials in Three Locales.” Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting. Remote Conference, October 22-31 2020.

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Papers Presented

2020 “Curating Robust Archives through Local Ethnographic Research: Case Examples from Harvard’s Archive of World Music.” Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting. Remote Conference, October 22-31 2020.

2020 “Repatriation Strategies in the Digital Age: Crowdsourcing, Remixing, and Revitalization of Institutional Heritage Materials.” International Council on Traditional Music Southeast Asia Study Group Meeting, Bagan, Myanmar 28 July - 5 August 2020.

2020 Round table participant on careers in ethnomusicology. Society for Ethnomusicology New England Chapter Meeting, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts 4 April 2020. Meeting canceled. ​

2020 “Extravagant Displays and Bounded Categories in Contemporary ​ Urban Malay Heritage Productions.” Association for Asian Studies ​ ​ Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts 19-22 March 2020. Meeting ​ canceled.

2019 “Malay Music, Identity, and an Arab Lute: The Political Ecology of a Musical Instrument in Urban Malaysia.” Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado 21-24 March 2019.

2017 “Bridging Indian Ocean Worlds through the Materio-Symbolic Power of the Gambus Lute: An Urban Malaysian Case Study” Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 26-29 October 2017.

2017 “Pursuing Indigeneity and Homeland in Malay Music Traditions of East Malaysian Borneo” Society for Ethnomusicology Northwest Chapter Annual Meeting, Olympia, Washington, 4 March 2017.

2014 “Contemporary Malay Muslim Identities and Arab Aesthetics in Malaysian Performance Institutions” Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 13-16 November 2014.

2014 “Practice Makes Place: The Power and Tensions of Arab Aesthetics in Muslim Identity Formations” University of Dar Es Salaam Annual

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8 Ethnomusicology Symposium, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 17-18 July 2014.

2014 “Traces of the Past, Constructions of the Future in Sources on Gamelan Female Solo Vocal (Pesindhen) Music.” Society for Ethnomusicology ​ ​ Northwest Chapter Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1 March 2014.

2012 “Examining Conceptions of Self and Society in Trance Rituals of Malaysia.” Ohio State University/Indiana University Joint Annual Folklore and Ethnomusicology Graduate Conference, Columbus, Ohio, 17 February 2012.

2011 “Self, Society, and Meaning in Trance Ritual” Northern Illinois University Graduate Student Research Association (GSRA) Annual Conference, DeKalb, Illinois, 26 March 2011.

2010 “Culture Made Kitsch: Regaining Lost Cultural Heritage through the Power of Meaning in Hawai'ian Music.” Northern Illinois University "Rebel Music" Conference, DeKalb, Illinois, 1 December 2010.

2008 “Selfish Selflessness: An Examination of Possible Contradictions in Bodhisattva Compassion Doctrines.” Truman State University Annual Philosophy and Religion Conference, Kirksville, Missouri, 14 November 2009.

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

Section Editor, Malaysian Music Journal (Indexed in SCOPUS), 2019-Present. ​ ​

Paper prize committee member for the Historical Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology, 2019, 2020.

Reviewer, Asian Music, University of Texas Press, 2012. ​ ​

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

Disability Justice Alliance at Antioch University. Advocating for the rights and equitable treatment of students regardless of ability status, October 2020 - present.

Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Anti-Racism (DIBAR) Task Force Founding Member at the Harvard EKL Music Library, August 2020 - present.

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Library Emergency Response Team Member, Harvard University, February 2020 -present.

President, Ethnomusicology Student Association, University of Washington, September 2012 - June 2013.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2017 Media Arcade Staff, UW Libraries, September 2017 - December 2017..

2016 Interim Archivist, Ethnomusicology Archives, University of Washington, September 2016 - June 2017.

2015 Visiting Scholar, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 2015 - March 2016.

LANGUAGES

Malay: competent in reading, writing, and speaking at an advanced level. Indonesian: competent in reading, writing, and speaking at an advanced level. French: competent in reading at an intermediate level. English: native fluency. Arabic: beginner; novice.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Association for Asian Studies International Council for Traditional Music / Southeast Asia Study Group Association for Recorded Sound Collections Society for Ethnomusicology

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