Mark H Pedelty

Personal profile

Mark Pedelty is a Professor of Communication Studies, Affiliate Professor of Anthropology, and Fellow at the Institute on the Environment. His research deals with music and sound as environmental communication. Dr. Pedelty published "A Song to Save the Salish Sea: Musical Performance as Environmental Activism" (Indiana University Press, 2016), a book about environmentalist musicians and movements in Washington State and British Columbia. As part of a linked project, Pedelty produces, directs, and composes music videos for Ecosong.Net, watershed districts, and environmental nonprofits. These productions have earned numerous film festival awards and official selections. In 2012 Dr. Pedelty published “Ecomusicology: Rock, Folk, and the Environment” (Temple University's Music Matters Series, 2012). His fieldwork in Mexico and Central America resulted in two earlier books (Routledge, 1995, and University of Texas Press, 2004). Pedelty has published numerous articles about music, media, and environment. Pedelty teaches environmental communication, musical communication, ethnographic methods, media studies, and global seminars in the UK and Latin America. Dr. Pedelty's community engagement, research, and teaching are dedicated to University of Minnesota's land grant mission to sustainably steward our public lands, waters, and resources.

Research interests

music
environment
communication
movements
Mexico
Pacific Northwest
media production

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Projects

1 Active
3 Finished

Field-to-Media: Applied Ecomusicology for a Changing Cli

Pedelty, M. H.

UNIV OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

1/1/18 → 12/31/20

Project: Research project

"On the Road Again:" A Music Video and Campaign Concerning Road Salts in the Upper Mississippi Watershed

Pedelty, M. H.

Mississippi Watershed Mgmt. Organization

8/30/17 → 8/29/18

Project: Research project

You Can Build a Raingarden

Pedelty, M. H.

Minnehaha Creek Watershed District

2/1/16 → 12/14/16

Project: Research project

The Raingarden Renaissance: A Documentary

Pedelty, M. H.

Minnehaha Creek Watershed District

4/13/10 → 12/31/12

Project: Research project

Research Output

Field to Media: Applied ecomusicology in the Anthropocene

Pedelty, M., Dirksen, R., Hatfield, T., Pang, Y. & Roy, E., Feb 1 2020, In : Popular Music. 39, 1, p. 22-42 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Environmental communication pedagogy: A survey of the field

Hamilton, J. & Pedelty, M., Jan 1 2017, Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice. Taylor and Francis, p. 36-44 9 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

1 Scopus citations

Further afield: Performance pedagogy, fieldwork, and distance learning in environmental communication courses

Pedelty, M. & Hamilton, J., Jan 1 2017, Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice. Taylor and Francis, p. 88-101 14 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Of Poets and Prizes or 'Bob and Woody's Excellent Adventure'

Pedelty, M. H., 2017, 9 p. Milwaukee, WI : Society for Ethnomusicology.

Research output: Other contribution

Public Lands, Virtual Classroom: Teaching a Digitally Networked Field Course

Pedelty, M. H., 2017, Innovative Learning and Teaching: Experiments Across the Disciplines. Alexander, I. & Poch, R. (eds.). University of Minnesota Center for Educational Innovation, p. 2-10 8 p. (Making a Difference Series).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Open Access