REVIEW | Decomposed

Authors

Keywords:

political ecology, ecology, production, distribution, consumption

Abstract

Book review

Author Biography

Mark Holmes Pedelty, University of Minnesota

Mark Pedelty is a Professor of Communication Studies and Anthropology at the University of Minnesota and Fellow at the Institute on the Environment. His two most recent books are Ecomusicology: Rock, Folk and the Environment (Temple University Press, 2012) and A Song to Save the Salish Sea: Musical Performance as Environmental Activism (Indiana University Press, 2016). Dr. Pedelty has conducted ethnographic field research in El Salvador, Mexico, British Columbia, and Washington State. He also directs music videos, composes, and performs for Ecosong.net. Pedelty teaches courses in environmental communication, research methods, and music.

References

Bibliography

Allen, A.S., 2012. ‘Fatto di Fiemme’: Stradivari’s violins and the musical trees of the Paneveggio. Available at: https://www.ecomusicology.info/wp-content/uploads/Allen/Fiemme/26_Allen.pdf Accessed 18 November 2020.

Dawe, K., 2015. "Materials matter: Towards a political ecology of musical instrument making." In Allen, A. and Dawe, K. Current Directions in Ecomusicology. New York: Routledge, 117-129.

Johnson, B. and Cloonan, M., 2013. Dark side of the tune: Popular music and violence. Farnham: Ashgate.

Maxwell, R., Raundalen, J. and Vestberg, N.L. eds., 2014. Media and the ecological crisis. New York: Routledge.

Paulson, S., Gezon, L.L. and Watts, M., 2003. Locating the political in political ecology: An introduction. Human Organization, 62(3): 205-217.

Robbins, P., 2012. Lawn people: How grasses, weeds, and chemicals make us who we are. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Von Glahn, D., 2013. Music and the Skillful Listener: American Women Compose the Natural World. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.

Walker, P.A., 2007. Political ecology: where is the politics?. Progress in Human geography, 31(3): 363-369.

Witt, S., 2015. How music got free: The end of an industry, the turn of the century, and the patient zero of piracy. London: Penguin.

Videography

Trump, M., 2012. Musicwood. DVD. Helpman Productions.

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Published

11-12-2020