Ideas from the Field

An Ecosystems Approach to Building in Tech

Perspectives that channel the clamor of cultures into the rhythm of startups.

MUSICAL WORKS

With experience in music, anthropology, and startup growth, I’ve curated these key perspectives to building startups:

  1. Longevity demands a humanist approach

  2. Community engagement is the most reliable interface for risk

  3. Value to stakeholders is the crux of consistent communication

RESEARCH JOURNAL

Deezer

Disney Music Group

IMAX

Column Five

Deezer Disney Music Group IMAX Column Five

information economies

Journalist
Information & Identity Profiteering

Situating music’s political role and describe how digital streaming services shape our identities.

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Gamified Persuasion in the Metaverse

Just as the idea of play, rewards, and positive experience extends beyond the realm of gaming, so should the insights from engaging gamification.

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Music Activism vs. Market Capitalism

Can artists struggle against the systems they serve?
 Dope Saint Jude: A case-study of hip hop’s activist potential in queer Africa.

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Neoliberalism in the Music Industries

Culture, commodity, copyright, conglomeration, censorship… the creative industries: a literature review.

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Sounding The Ineffable

Using sound to challenge the Western essential form of knowledge and force a thoughtful consideration of non-lexical, experiential knowledge-types.

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Isomorphisms between Time and Tone

Relating musical temporal and tonal structures across cultures: explore the differences between them and their points of connection.

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music

Journalist
Music as a Marker for Globalization

Localizing global flows through musical listening: 31 in-depth interviews across rural and urban Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

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Field in Kenya

It takes 21 hours of travel to arrive at the reception hut of our campsite. I had just started the first day of a 3-month field study across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

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McGill Interview

After I returned from my year abroad, my department at McGill asked to do a promo interview here, which I’m recreating in this journal.

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LEICA ROLLS

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