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Jason Mullen

PhD Program, Ethnomusicology | Economic Ethnomusicology; Theories of Reciprocity and Exchange; Timbre and Popular Music
  • School of Music

My work explores musical commodities at the intersection of market and non-market exchange.

I am particularly interested in the articulation of production and consumption, where sound and sonic registers are my guide. With fieldwork in factories, warehouses, and call centers, my research has focused on the fetishization of musical products. At the University of Florida, I am the instructor of the course Popular Music in America and the founding director of the Popular Music Ensemble—an ensemble open to all University of Florida students coming from any musical background. I am also a member of the Alachua Guitar Ensemble. I hold an MM in guitar performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a BM from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. jasonmullen@ufl.edu

  • Graduate Student