Siv B. Lie
Hello ! I am an assistant professor of music at the University of Maryland, College Park . I specialize in Romani musics, language and semiotics, race and ethnicity, citizenship, and the commemoration of genocide.
My research in ethnomusicology and linguistic anthropology explores relationships between cultural production, race, and politics. I focus on how Romani (also known as “Gypsy”) groups use music and language to advance their own sociopolitical and economic interests. My recent book, Django Generations: Hearing Ethnorace, Citizenship, and Jazz Manouche in France (University of Chicago Press, 2021), shows how music and language shape senses of ethnoracial and national belonging among French Manouche population