Lyndsey Copeland, Carleton University

Research

Indigenous music South Africa Participatory ethnographic research Community archiving Indigenous movements Khoisan ("first people")Cultural performance heritage Cultural revival and conservation

Latest funding

Sounding Indigenous in South Africa: Music and Performance Heritage in Khoisan Revival
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$74,972

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Sounding Indigenous in South Africa: Music and Performance Heritage in Khoisan Revival

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Copeland, Lyndsey

Keywords: Indigenous music; South Africa; Participatory ethnographic research; Community archiving; Indigenous movements; Khoisan ("first people"); Cultural performance heritage; Cultural revival and conservation

$74,972

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Indigenous music Dear Professor Copeland, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on indigenous music connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Sounding Indigenous in South Africa: Music and Performance Heritage in Khoisan Revival" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]