Dr. Daniel Fisher

Biography

Daniel Fisher is an Affiliated Associate Professor in the Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley, with an emphasis on ethnomusicology. His research encompasses a range of ethnographic projects that delve into the indeterminate aspects of social and material worlds, offering insights into their unfinished and plastic nature. His analytical work focuses on the political and epistemic undertones of the world’s undecidability. Fisher's conceptual interests involve sound, image, fire, and emergent materials, all within the ecological and social frameworks of urban life. Currently, he is engaged in ethnographic archival projects anchored in long-term research in Australia and North America, concentrating on Indigenous urbanism and environmental infrastructure. His recent explorations include urban fire ecologies, climate change transformations, and the mediatization of stories and market logics related to carbon exchange. He is also the author of "Voice Doubles" (2016), examining sound, voice, and audio media, particularly in relation to Australian perspectives on mediation. As the director of the Experimental Ethnography Lab, he leads teaching and research endeavors dedicated to ethnographic media forms. He has affiliations with UC Berkeley's Department of Anthropology, Macquarie University, and Queen's University, Belfast.

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