Petr Nuska
Petr Nuska
Mgr. et Mgr. Petr Nuska, PhD. 
E-mail: nuska@eu.cas.cz
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2239-7072
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Research interests
Ethnomusicology, Anthropology of Music, Visual Anthropology & Ethnomusicology, Ethnographic and Documentary Film, Roma and Romani Music
Education
2022 PhD in Ethnomusicology & Visual Culture. Durham University. Thesis: “Roma-ness in Music, Music in Roma-ness: The Musical Craft of Slovak Roma in Klenovec & Kokava”
2015 Mgr. (MA) in General Anthropology. Charles University in Prague. Thesis: “Transgenerational Transfer of Musical Skills among Professional Romani Musicians in Klenovec and Kokava”
2015 Mgr. (MA) in New Media Studies. Charles University in Prague. Thesis: “The ‘DSLR Revolution’ and Its Impact on Documentary and Ethnographic Filmmaking”
Current project
2024– Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships: Romani Chords: Uncovering Romani Practice for Harmonic Accompaniment with Sonic, Visual and Ethnographic Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.3030/101105060
Past projects
2021 Visual and Sound Arts Residency (International Visegrad Fund). Project: Collaborative Video Making with Romani Musicians from Kokava.
2020–2022 Diego Carpitella Fellowship in Visual Ethnomusicology (Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Italy). Project: Blood, Sweat & Tearful Music.
2015–2016 Principal Investigator of GA UK no. 310315 (Grant Agency of Charles University). Transmission of Romani Musical Skills in Klenovec (Slovakia).
Selected publications
2022 Romani Ethnicity Performance in Klenovec: The Pariahdom Boundary and Its Markers. Romani Studies 33(2). https://doi.org/10.3828/rost.2022.12
2018 The DSLR Revolution and Its Impact on Documentary and Ethnographic Filmmaking. Visual Ethnography 7(2): 24–44. https://doi.org/10.12835/ve2018.1-0111
2019 Thinking of the ‘Future of Visual Anthropology’ from the Future. In CVAC Times 2. Lisa-Elen Meyering, Nelli Stavropoulou, Seren Nolan, Antonia Miejluk Eds. Pp. 23. 2019, University of Durham.
2016 Intergenerational Transmission of Romani Musical Knowledge and Skills in Klenovec and Kokava. In Crossing Bridges: Music, Intergenerational Transmission and Transformation. Zuzana Jurková, David Vebruč Eds. Charles University.
Selected filmography
2022 Hopa lide (ethnographic documentary, 90 mins).
2021 Rooted Musicians from Klenovec (ethnographic documentary, 17 mins).
2020 Normal (experimental, 7 mins).
2018 High Five, Sister! (with A.C. Köhler; ethnographic documentary, 8 mins).
2013 Turning Seventeen (with A. Suszko & P. Borecký; ethnographic documentary, 11 mins).
Teaching
2018–2022 Ethnomusicology Film Club. Durham University.
2020 World Music Traditions. Durham University.
2019 Introduction to Ethnomusicology (marking). Durham University.
2019 Practical Crash Course in Ethnographic Filmmaking. University of Constantinus the Philosopher. Nitra (Slovakia).
2017 GLEN – Global Learning and Education Network (Tutor). Berlin.
2017 The Camera as an Ethnographic Tool. University of West Bohemia. Plzeň (Czechia)
2016 Shootback Program. Mathare Youth Sports Association. Nairobi.
2019 Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2017–2018 Durham University Learning and Teaching Award
