Andrew Normann

Andy Normann is an ethnomusicologist who works on South African and African Americans musics. His current project is on contemporary South African hip-hop and examines the role of the music industry both to post-industrial urban redevelopment and to the contesting and negotiation of post-apartheid political subjectivity. Andy’s masters thesis examined the role of hip-hop within community activism and resisting processes of gentrification and displacement in Detroit. His work takes place at the intersection of ethnomusicology, black studies, urban geography, and political theory. Other interests include cultural policy and the anthropology of politics and labor in the creative industries.
 

Andy holds a Bachelor’s degree in music composition from West Chester University of Pennsylvania,  masters’ degrees in music composition and ethnomusicology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and is currently a PhD student in ethnomusicology at the University of Texas at Austin. As a teaching Assistant, he has worked on courses including Music of African Americans, History of Rock, Black Music and the Politics of Space, Music of Sub-Saharan Africa, Afro-Caribbean Ensemble, Exploring Global Popular Music, and Exploring Music of World Cultures. In his free time, Andy enjoys cooking, playing bass, and record collecting.