David-Emil Wickström

David-Emil Wickström (born 1978 in Bergen, Norway) studied Scandinavian studies, musicology and ethnomusicology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the University of Bergen. In 2003 he completed his candidatus philologiae degree in ethnomusicology from the University of Bergen with a thesis on the revival of Norwegian traditional vocal music and the Ragnar Vigdal tradition. After spending 18 months doing fieldwork in the popular music scene of St. Petersburg from 2004 to 2006 he was employed as a phd fellow and a research assistant at the University of Copenhagen. There he successfully defended his dissertation on Post-Soviet popular music in St. Petersburg and Berlin. He currently administrates the Bachelor degree program “Pop Music Design” at the Pop Academy Baden-Württemberg – University for Popular Music and Music Business in Mannheim, Germany and is editor-in-chief of the Norient academic online journal.

Call For Articles: Performing Exotica

By David-Emil Wickström on April 29, 2013

By David-Emil Wickström on 29 April 2013 in ACADEMIC

When drawing on music from far away places musicians have often focused on “otherness” and “difference”. The 3rd volume of the Norient Academic Online Journal (NAOJ) aims to explore these representations that have emerged in the 21st century.

Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged 3. Norient Academic Journal, call for articles, David-Emil Wickström, Jeroen De Kloet, Jesse Wheeler, Julio Mendivil, naoj v3, norient academic online journal, Oliver Seibt, Thomas Burkhalter | 1 Response

The Norient Academic Online Journal

By David-Emil Wickström on October 8, 2012

By Norient and David-Emil Wickström on 8 October 2012 in ACADEMIC

The Norient academic online journal offers peer-reviewed cross-cultural (case) studies of diverse aesthetical approaches to music and sound in our increasingly transnational and digitalized world.

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First Volume of the Norient Academic Online Journal

By David-Emil Wickström on May 23, 2012

By David-Emil Wickström on 23 May 2012 in ACADEMIC

From bikutsi over funk carioca and gospel to the urban soundscapes of mp3-blogs this issue presents four fascinating articles spanning fieldwork in Germany, Ghana, Cameroon, Brazil and the virtual mp3-blogsphere.

Posted in ACADEMIC, XFEATURED | Tagged cosmopolitanism, Global Ghettotech, naoj v1, norient academic online journal, reflexive ethnography | Leave a response

Beginner’s Guide to Scandinavia – Review

By David-Emil Wickström on February 6, 2012

By David-Emil Wickström on 6 February 2012 in BLOG

Scandinavia evokes a wide range of connotations. For some these include breathtaking landscapes and a life close to nature, however for others these connotations include high taxes, a nanny state and despite expensive alcohol prices alcohol abuse. A CD review.

Posted in BLOG | Tagged Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia, Compilation, Denmark, Dibbukim, Faroe Islands, Finnland, Greenland, Iceland, Jan Beitohaugen Granli, Jazz, Kaizers Orchestra, Larz-Kristerz, Meshuggah, Nordic countries, Norway, Popular Music, Reijo Taipale, Review, Röyksopp, Scandinavia, Sweden, Traditional music | Leave a response

Submission guidelines for the Norient Academic Online Journal

By David-Emil Wickström on January 30, 2012

By David-Emil Wickström on 30 January 2012 in ACADEMIC

In order to maintain a consistent style within the Norient Academic Online Journal here you can find the submission guidelines.

Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged norient academic online journal, style sheet | 1 Response

My reggery – Reggae, Ska and Ska-punk in St. Petersburg

By David-Emil Wickström on June 29, 2010

By David-Emil Wickström on 29 June 2010 in ACADEMIC

David-Emil Wickström, by drawing on his fieldwork in St. Petersburg, discusses the emergence and practice of reggae and ska in St. Petersburg (Russia) from the perspective of transcultural flows.

Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Ackee Ma-Ma Urban Reggae Band, Europe, Leningrad, Post-Soviet popular music, Reggae, Reggistan, Russia, Ska, Ska-punk, St. Petersburg, Svoбода/Svoboda, Transcultural flows, Ulf Hannerz | 2 Responses