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Donald L Brenneis

Donald L Brenneis

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

Anthropology Department

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Areas of expertise: Anthropology, Linguistics, Ethnomusicology, Sound, Folklore, Folk Music


Biography, Education and Training

Donald Brenneis is a linguistic and social anthropologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.  He studied anthropology as an undergraduate at Stanford and received his Ph.D. from Harvard. His work has focused on the social life of communicative practices—linguistic, musical, performative, and textual.  He worked in a South Asian diasporic community in Fiji over a 20-year period, examining the relationships among language, music, conflict, law, and politics—and cons... more »


Areas of expertise: Folk Music, Border Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Cultural Studies, Ethnography, Mexico, Popular Music, Performance


Biography, Education and Training

Rodríguez began his education at home and in his community learning Mexican folk dance and music. In 1974 he began his first music apprenticeship with Artemio Posadas learning son huasteco and son jarocho. By the age of 18 he was working full-time as a mariachi music in the South Bay Area. During the 1980s and 90s Rodríguez was also sought after to perform and do workshops at folk festivals in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. In 1992, he returned to his studies, transferring ... more »

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