Eleda Fernald

Eleda Fernald

She/Her/Hers

Oberlin College

Eleda Fernald

Project

Pedagogy and Gender Inclusivity in Percussive Traditions

  • Indonesia
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  • India
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  • Italy
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  • United Kingdom
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  • Japan
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  • Brazil

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By personally studying percussion with excellent Balinese gamelan, tabla, samba school, taiko, and pandeiro musicians, I was introduced to each tradition’s teaching approach and their evolving, complex relationships to identity-based exclusivity.

Eleda Fernald traveling with the Watson Foundation
Eleda Fernald traveling with the Watson Foundation
Eleda Fernald traveling with the Watson Foundation
Eleda Fernald traveling with the Watson Foundation
Eleda Fernald traveling with the Watson Foundation
Eleda Fernald traveling with the Watson Foundation
Eleda Fernald traveling with the Watson Foundation
Eleda Fernald traveling with the Watson Foundation
Eleda Fernald traveling with the Watson Foundation
Eleda Fernald traveling with the Watson Foundation
Eleda Fernald traveling with the Watson Foundation

2023 Fellows