Michael B. MacDonald
Michael B. MacDonald is a filmmaker, ethnomusicologist, and associate professor of music in the faculty of Fine Arts and Communications at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. His research focuses on youth and community studies, ethnographic film, and the critical pedagogy of music. He has published two books: “Playing for Change: Music Festivals as Community Learning and Development” and “Remix and Life Hack in Hip Hop: Towards a Critical Pedagogy of Music”, and is the director of FreireProject.org. Michael’s films are freely available at his personal website below.
Research Interests
Ethnographic film, VR ethnographic film, film ethnomusicology, critical youth and community studies, critical pedagogy, existential marxism, relational ontology.
Publications
MacDonald, M. (ed.) (2018). PHISH: Youth Education in the Counterculture, New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
MacDonald, M. (2016). Playing for Change: Music Festivals as Arts-based Community Learning and Development, New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
MacDonald, M. (2016). Remix and Life Hack in Hip Hop: Towards a Critical Pedagogy of Music, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
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Categories
KISMIF Conference 2018 – Aftermovie
