Ethnomusicology 2.0 | John Vallier | TEDxUofW

John Vallier, Assistant Professor and Ethnomusicology Curator at the University of Washington, talks about his team’s work in preserving and returning recordings of the Salish People of the Pacific Northwest. He emphasizes the importance of traditional music preservation can be for cultural preservation. John Vallier is the head of media and an ethnomusicology curator at the University of Washington Libraries. In these roles he oversees the Libraries’ Ethnomusicology Archives and audio/video makerspace: Media Arcade. As an affiliate professor of ethnomusicology John teaches on topics such as music of Seattle, remix studies, and sound of cinema for UW Honors, Cinema and Media Studies, and Ethnomusicology. Before coming to UW, John was an ethnomusicology archivist at UCLA, a composer for Activision, and a drummer for bands such as Swell and Santa Cruise Control. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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