Matt Sakakeeny (NHC Fellow, 2023–24)

Fellowship Work Summary, 2023–24

Matt Sakakeeny outlined his entire book Music is Life: Coming-of-Age in the Margins of America, and then drafted the introduction and two chapters. He wrote the article “Music, Sound, Politics” for the Annual Review of Anthropology, to be published in fall 2024. He finished the “Introduction” to the special issue “Amplify” for the journal American Anthropologist, coedited with Alex Chavez. He also finished his article in that special issue, “Textures of Black Sound; Life and Death in New Orleans,” 126.2 (2024).