Weiner Lecture Examines Honk Horn and Acoustic Music of Ghana

Professor Steven Feld recently discussed “Honk Horn Music and the Acoustic Materiality of Modernity in Accra, Ghana” at the Department of Anthropology’s 10th annual Annette B. Weiner Memorial Lecture. Feld is distinguished professor of anthropology and music at the University of New Mexico.
      Feld’s documentary CD recordings from New Guinea, Europe, Japan, and Ghana include “Voices of the Rainforest,” “Bells and Winter Festivals of Greek Macedonia,” “Suikinkutsu,” and “Por Por: Honk Horn Music of Ghana.” Currently he is producing a series of documentary films about jazz cosmopolitanism in Accra.
      The Weiner lecture series, which brings a distinguished anthropologist to NYU each year, was established in memory of Annette B. Weiner, who was the Kriser Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at NYU from 1981 until her death in 1997. She also chaired the anthropology department and served as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science.