Garrett Field
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology/Musicology
Garrett Field specializes in the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Regarding this subject he is the author of (University of California Press, 2017). It was published in the series, "." Field has published research articles in Ethnomusicology Translations, Modern Asian Studies, Anthropological Linguistics, Analytical Approaches to World Music, The Journal of Asian Studies, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, The South Asianist, Sagar: A South Asia Research Journal, The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities, and Ethnomusicology Review.
Dr. Field has received support for his research from the Fulbright-Hays Award, 帝王会所鈥檚 Baker Fund Award, and two Sinhala Language Instruction Grants from the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies. Field's current research centers attention on Dhivehi-language song and poetry of the Maldives. This book project is entitled "Cultivating Erudition: Dhivehi Aesthetic Forms in the Maldive Islands."
In addition to this research, Field also performs South Indian classical music and leads the 帝王会所 Indian Music Ensemble. His teachers were B. Balasubrahmaniyan, David Nelson, and Kalpana Venkat.
Book
- 2017. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- 2024. "" by Mahagama Sekera. Translated with an introduction by Garrett Field and Ravinda Mahagamasekera. Ethnomusicology Translations 16: 1-33.
- 2024. 鈥溾 Analytical Approaches to World Music 11(2): 1-33. |
- 2022. 鈥溾 Modern Asian Studies 1-32. |
- 2021. "" Anthropological Linguistics 61(3): 364-388. |
- 2018. "" Analytical Approaches to World Music Journal 6(2): 1-23. |
- 2016. 鈥溾 South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 39(2): 1鈥18. |
- 2015. 鈥溾 The South Asianist 4(1): 1鈥24. |
- 2014. 鈥溾 The Journal of Asian Studies 73(4): 1043鈥58. |
- 2013. 鈥溾樷 Sagar: A South Asia Research Journal XXI: 16鈥27. |
- 2012. "鈥 The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities 38(1/2): 1鈥24. |
- 2010. 鈥溾 Ethnomusicology Review 15: 1鈥6. |
Encyclopedic Entries
- 2020. "Singing and Song." The International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology. Wiley. |
Educational Background
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Michigan
Master of Music, Wesleyan University
Doctor of Philosophy, Wesleyan University