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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
Field-to-Media: Applied Ecomusicology for a Changing Cli
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
Mississippi Watershed Mgmt. Organization
8/30/17 → 8/29/18
Project: Research project
You Can Build a Raingarden
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
2/1/16 → 12/14/16
Project: Research project
The Raingarden Renaissance: A Documentary
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
4/13/10 → 12/31/12
Project: Research project
Research Output
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
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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
"We Live in the Lake": Ecomusicology as Community Pedagogy
Pedelty, M. H., 2017, In : Journal of music history pedagogy. 8, 1, p. 72-85 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities
Environmentalist Music in Global Perspective
Mark H Pedelty (Speaker)Nov 2 2016
Activity: Talk types › Submitted presentation or panel
Invited presentation on sound and environment
Mark H Pedelty (Speaker)Apr 6 2016
Activity: Talk types › Invited presentation
What Does Environmental Justice Sound Like?”
Mark H Pedelty (Keynote speaker)May 30 2015
Activity: Talk types › Invited presentation
Embracing Dystopia, Communicating Opportunity: Musical Performance as Environmental Communication
Mark H Pedelty (Speaker), Joy Hamilton (Speaker), Luke Youngvorst (Speaker)Nov 20 2015
Activity: Talk types › Submitted presentation or panel
Fellowships, Honors, and Prizes
Climate Action Film Contest, General Public Vote 3rd Place
Mark H Pedelty (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Institute for Advanced Study Faculty Fellows, Fall 2009
Ritu Bhatt (Recipient), Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark (Recipient), Jean M Langford (Recipient), Jenny Schmid (Recipient), Mark H Pedelty (Recipient), Nancy Luxon (Recipient) & Teresa Gowan (Recipient), Sep 1 2009
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Mountain Seven Summits Film Festival, Best Music Video
Mark H Pedelty (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Mountain Sierra Nevada Film and Art Festival, Co-Winner, Best Music Video
Mark H Pedelty (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Sustainability Shorts Film Festival, Best Call to Action
Mark H Pedelty (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)