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Lyndsey Hoh Copeland serves as Assistant Professor of Music and Culture at Carleton University with cross-appointments at the Institute of African Studies and Department of Sociology and Anthropology within the School for Studies in Art and Culture. Holding a D.Phil. and M.Phil. from Oxford University and a B.Mus. from the University of Southern California, she bridges ethnomusicology, anthropology, and sound studies through community-engaged scholarship.
Her educational background includes:
- D.Phil. (Oxford University)
- M.Phil. (Oxford University)
- B.Mus. (University of Southern California)
Prof. Copeland's research critically examines African popular music, racialized listening practices, sound-environment interactions, and virtual performance genres. Her work deconstructs essentialist tropes in African music discourse through analyses of metaphors like 'hotness' and 'sweat,' while innovating in sensory anthropology through studies of public sound installations and audio pornography. She emphasizes decolonial approaches and community co-creation in all projects.
Her publication trajectory reveals interdisciplinary convergence between ethnomusicology and environmental humanities, with recent work expanding into sensory studies of touch and ecological sound design. This evolution demonstrates growing methodological sophistication in analyzing sound as a political, cultural, and ecological force across African and Indigenous contexts.
Her recognition includes:
- 2020 Early Career Prize (British Forum of Ethnomusicology)
Prof. Copeland directs the SSHRC-funded 'Sounding Indigenous in South Africa' project (2023-2026), collaborating with Khoisan communities and researchers from Nelson Mandela University, Rhodes University, and Carleton University. Her funding portfolio includes awards from the Connaught Fund, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Fulbright Program, Wenner-Gren Foundation, and Oxford's Clarendon Fund. This work prioritizes community ownership of cultural archives for political mobilization and heritage conservation.
The 'Sounding Indigenous' initiative establishes a transnational research collective documenting Khoisan performance practices through community-archived audio materials and open-access publications, creating infrastructure for Indigenous-led cultural sovereignty in Southern Africa.
