Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile
Daniel B. Reed
Director, Archives of Traditional Music
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Assistant Professor
Folklore and Ethnomusicology Department
Interests:
music and religion, identity, performance, music and culture in West AfricaEducation:
- Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology and Folklore at Indiana University, 1999
Background:
Daniel Reed is an assistant professor of ethnomusicology and folklore and director of Indiana University's Archives of Traditional Music, the largest university-based ethnographic sound archives in the United States. The archive's holdings cover a wide range of cultural and geographical areas, and include commercial and field recordings of vocal and instrumental music, folktales, interviews and oral history, as well as videotapes, photographs and manuscripts. A performing musician, Reed has fieldwork experience in the United States, Ivory Coast, Mali and Guinea.
