Emily Williams Roberts
@ethnomusicemily.bsky.social
Ph.D. Candidate in Ethnomusicology @ UChicago
Ethnomusicologist and Disability Advocate
Ask me about my dog. Or my cat.
Ethnomusicologist and Disability Advocate
Ask me about my dog. Or my cat.
I'm a Deaf music scholar, and one of my proudest works so far is my master's thesis on Bluegrass! It has many stories, not just data. The only thing I am not proud of about it is that I had not yet claimed the word "Deaf" for myself. Dissertation in progress!
trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes...
trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes...
“PULL UP A CHAIR!”: ACCOMMODATION, PARTICIPATION, AND DISABILITY IN OLD TIME AND BLUEGRASS JAM SESSIONS
Bluegrass and old-time are genres founded on Appalachian music traditions, as mediated through the early recording industry. While initially considered performance genres, the styles have become the f...
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February 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I'm a Deaf music scholar, and one of my proudest works so far is my master's thesis on Bluegrass! It has many stories, not just data. The only thing I am not proud of about it is that I had not yet claimed the word "Deaf" for myself. Dissertation in progress!
trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes...
trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes...