Steven Feld | |
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| Born | August 20, 1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Study of poetics, emotion, song, and dialogical theories developed from work in Bosavi, Papua New Guinea |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994), Charles Seeger lecturer, Society for Ethnomusicology (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology, Linguistics, Ethnomusicology, Poetics |
| Institutions | University of New Mexico, University of Texas, Austin, University of California, Santa Cruz, New York University, University of Pennsylvania |
| Thesis | (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan P. Merriam |
| Website | www |
Steven Feld (born August 20, 1949) is an American ethnomusicologist, anthropologist, and linguist, who worked for many years with the Kaluli (Bosavi) people of Papua New Guinea. He earned a MacArthur Fellowship in 1991.