Petr Nuska
Petr Nuska
QUALIFICATIONS
2022 Ph.D., Ethnomusicology & Visual Culture, University of Durham
2015 Mgr., General Anthropology, Charles University in Prague
2015 Mgr., New Media Studies, Charles University in Prague
2012 Bc., Culture Studies, Charles University in Prague
PRINCIPAL RESEARCH INTERESTS
Visual Ethnomusicology; Visual Anthropology; Computational (Ethno)Musicology; Romani Studies; Romani Music
RESEARCH PROFILE
I am a visual ethnomusicologist – an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersections of anthropology, visual studies and music studies.
I am currently creatively torn between two national Academies of Sciences: at the Czech academy, I work as a part-time researcher in ethnomusicology, and at the Slovak one, I implement my Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship on the mystery of Romani chords.
I am passionate ethnographic and documentary (and sometimes experimental) filmmaker. I am also the founder of the research database visual.ethnomusicology.net.
When I am not researching music, I like to make music.
Selected Filmography
2023 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 Annika Capelan Köhler) | Ethnographic documentary | 8 mins
2015 How to Colour Reality! (with Jakub Sedláček & Anna Pačesová) | Documentary | 7 mins
2013 Turning Seventeen (with Aga Suszko & Pavel Borecký) | Ethnogr. documentary | 11 mins
Journal Articles
2022 Romani Ethnicity Performance in Klenovec: The Pariahdom Boundary and Its Markers. Romani Studies 33(2): 247–278.
2018 The DSLR Revolution and Its Impact on Documentary and Ethnographic Filmmaking. Visual Ethnography 7(2): 24–44.
Book Chapters
2019 Thinking of the ‘Future of Visual Anthropology’ from the Future. In: Meyering, Lisa-Elen – Stavropoulou, Nelli – Nolan, Seren – Miejluk, Antonia (eds.): CVAC Times 2. Durham: University of Durham, p. 23.
2016 Intergenerational Transmission of Romani Musical Knowledge and Skills in Klenovec and Kokava. In: Jurková, Zuzana – Verbuč, David (eds.): Crossing Bridges: Music, Intergenerational Transmission and Transformation. Prague: Charles University Prague, Faculty of Humanities, pp. 67–81.
Conference and Workshop Organisation
2024 November, 7. Databáze lidových písní jako pedagogický nástroj [Database of folk songs as an educational tool]. Prague, Institute of Ethnology. (co-organisers Kratochvíl, Matěj – Vejvoda, Zdeněk)
