INGRID BIANCA BYERLY

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION:

 

MAY 1996:Ph.D. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke.

Field of Dissertation Specialization: Ethnomusicology

Dissertation Title: “THE MUSIC INDABA: Music as Mirror, Mediator and Prophet

In the South African  Transition from Apartheid to Democracy.”

 

MAY 1994:M.A. CULTURAL  ANTHROPOLOGY. Department of Cultural  Anthropology, Duke.

Field of Thesis Specialization: Sociolinguistics

Thesis Title: style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>POLYPHONIC VOICES IN A COMPLEX SOCIETY:

Reviewing History and Identity in South Africa”.

Course Credits:


Theories of Cultural Anthropology

History of Anthropology

Anthropology as Applied Profession

Ethnography of Communication

Sociocultural Anthropology

Comparative Methods

 

Language and Society

Cognitive Anthropology

Cognitive Psychology

African Studies: The Idea of Africa

History of Apartheid in South Africa

Future Democracy in South Africa

 


APRIL 1985: RSA (Royal Society of the Arts, Post-Graduate) Teaching Diploma:  England

Certificate In Teaching International Students, and English As A Foreign Language.

 International House, London.

Major Areas:

Principles of Language Teaching and Learning

Techniques for Development of Competence in Communication

Monolingual and Multilingual Classes

Educational Techniques for Intercultural Classes

Language Analysis

Phonetic Systems

 

DEC 1982: B.A. HONOURS (LITERATURE)

University Of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

Major Thesis:

Social and Revolutionary Writings of the Romantic Era in Britain

Coursework:

Middle English: Translation and Literary Appreciation

Shakespeare and his Age: The Complete Plays

Twentieth Century Literature

Twentieth Century Literary Theory

 

DEC 1980: B.A. Degree

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.


Majors:

English Literature

Afrikaans and Nederlands.

 

Course Credits:

Philosophy of Religions

Classical Life and Thought

History and Appreciation of Music


 

SPECIALIZED FIELD TRAINING:

MARCH 1995:FCC (Federal Communications Commission) CERTIFICATION:

RADIO PRESENTATION IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

Training, written and audio audition of the Federal Communications Commission.

WXDU 88.7FM RadioStation, Durham, North Carolina

 

1989:Zulu Language Course. University of Witwatersrand Adult Education Program

1987-8: Educators Instructional Training: Courses to teach the Educational Theories and Strategies for

Basic Instructors' Course and the Advanced Instructors' Courses:

Education and Training Division: Standard Bank of South Africa, Johannesburg

 

1986-1987: Video Production Training: Scriptwriting, Camera and Editing

Head of Video Production and Training Department: Wim Spronk,

Education and Training Division, Standard Bank of South Africa

 

 

HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

July 2004: Invited to deliver Keynote Address at International Conference on ‘Composing Apartheid’ South Africa.

May 2002-Named a "Most Influential Professor" by the students of Duke University. Honored by President Nan Koehana at Seniors Graduation Reception, Duke University.

DUKE BIDDLE-SEMANS FELLOWSHIP (with DOLLY RATHEBE)

for the Project So Long Dolly: The Biography of Dolly Rathebe’: to record (on audio and video)  the life history of a township jazz legend.

2000-2001: AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES FELLOWSHIP

For writing of ethnomusicology manuscript entitled "Things Come Together: Musical Codes, Characters and Collaborations in Apartheid South Africa".

1997-1998:
WENNER-GREN RICHARD CARLEY HUNT AWARD (American Anthropological For post-doctoral fieldwork, research and writing on dissertation project "Mirror, mediator and Prophet: The Music Indaba of Late-Apartheid South Africa". Journal article appeared in Ethnomusicology, 1998.
November 1996:
CHARLES SEEGER PRIZE: Awarded for Most Distinguished Paper presented by a Doctoral Candidate in 1995. Annual conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Los Angeles, California. Award Ceremony in Toronto, Canada in November 1996.
July 1995:
HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL DOCTORAL PRESTIGE SCHOLARSHIP (South Africa) for final dissertation write-up. R40 500 (equiv. $12 000)
1991-94:
ERNEST OPPENHEIMER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP renewals: Awards of R10,000 renewed annually from grade transcripts and faculty recommendations.
1991-94 DUKE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP:
Award amount:: $18,000 per annum
July 94 SIGMA Xi AWARD:
For fieldwork expenses in South Africa towards doctoral dissertation.
June 94 ALEANE WEBB AWARD:
For equipment and materials during fieldwork visit to South Africa.
June 94 DUKE GRADUATE SCHOOL TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP:
For South African fieldwork.
June 93 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AWARD:
For summer research in South Africa.
1990-91 ERNEST OPPENHEIMER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:
Towards Master's Degree at Duke.
1990 FULBRIGHT AWARD:
for graduate studies in USA: (Declined in order to attend Duke specifically).
June 89 NATIONAL PANASONIC VIDEO PRODUCTION AWARD:
Individual Winner. Awarded in London, England for production, script, camera and editing. Educational Documentary When Nations Meet: a video on Global Intercultural Communication.
1981-2 SACEE BURSARY (South African Council of English Education):
Awarded for the purpose of a BA Honours Degree in English Literature.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Teaching and Research

2001-Present Visiting Assistant Professor and Research Scholar, Joint Appointments between the Department of Cultural Anthropology, the Pre-Major Advising Center and the Graduate School Duke University.

2000-2001- Visiting Research Scholar: Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University

ACLS Fellowship Scholar (Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies)

Spring 1999- Visiting Assistant Professor: Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University Fall 2000

Fall 1998: Visiting Assistant Professor: Department of Music, UNC Chapel Hill

Fall 1997: Visiting Assistant Professor: Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University

1997-1999- Affiliated Research Scholar: Department of Music, Duke University

Summer 95: Summer Session Lecturer: Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University.

Summer 95: Presentation of radio series entitled The Music Indaba Program Featuring the history and development of South African music. WXDU Durham. (FM 88.7)

1989/199*0 Voice Recordings: Chosen as The Voice for the first Bank-by-Phone system, South Africa.

Complete system instructions, user-interface and adaptations recorded in English and Afrikaans. Electronic Banking Division, Standard Bank of South Africa.

Summers of Course Director: (Promotion) Intercultural Studies and English as a Foreign Language

89, 90 & 93 International Regent Summer Course, Oxford, England. .

Jan 1988 - Senior Lecturer: (Promotion) Intercultural Communication and Business Courses, July 90 and Coordinator of Employees' Jabulani cultural performances of music & dance: Education and Training Division, Standard Bank of South Africa.

Jan 1986 - Lecturer: English and Communications. Video Production, Scriptwriting & Interviewing.

Jan 1988 Education and Training Division, (ETD) Standard Bank of South Africa.

Summers of Course Teacher: Intercultural Studies and English as a Foreign Language. 1985/6/7/8 International Regent Summer Course, Oxford, England.

May 1985- Teacher of English, Dance and Music to French children in Belgium.

July 85 (Au Pair/Governess) Koksijde, Belgium.

Jan 1985 - Piano teacher. Thompson Music School, East Finchley, London. March 85

Jan 1983 Teacher: English, Afrikaans, music & drama to multi-racial classes

July 1984 St. Barnabas College, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Jan 1981- Teacher of English, French & Afrikaans:

Dec 1982 Menlo Park High School, Pretoria.

1980 Teaching/Grading Assistant Department of English, University of South Africa.

PUBLICATIONS and EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

PRESENT WRITING PROJECTS

  1. "TO A CERTAIN DEGREE: THE ART OF GRADUATING: A book for college students on approaches to learning, and strategies for success.
  2. "THINGS COME TOGETHER: The Music Indaba of Late-Apartheid South Africa". Manuscript on music as communicator and educator in South Africa.
  3. 2005- DECOMPOSING APARTHEID: How Things Came Together. Keynote Address at International Conference Composing Apartheid South Africa). In Publication as concluding chapter of edited book from the conference. (ed. Grant Olwage) University of the Witwatersrand Press.
  4. 2003- MUSIC IS THE WEAPON OF THE FUTURE: Fifty Years of African Popular Music (Review of Book by Frank Tenaille). In Notes Volume 60, Number 2, December 2003
  5. 2001- SO LONG DOLLY: The Biography of Dolly Rathebe A recorded biography (on video and audio) of the life of the South African township music legend. Project funded by a Duke-Semans Fellowship. (Written Biography to follow).
  6. 2000- THE LIFE AND WORKS OF ERNESTINE FRIEDL A recorded biography (on video and audio) of the life history of anthropologist Ernestine Friedl, Project funded by the Wenner-Gren Society for Anthropological Research for their Archives.
  7. 1998: MIRROR, MEDIATOR AND PROPHET: The Music Indaba of late-Apartheid South Africa Ethnomusicology (Winter)1998 Vol 42 no. 1-44. Winner of the 1996 Charles Seeger Prize.
  8. 1996: "SO YOU WANT TO GRADUATE Ingrid's Rumination." Department of Cultural Anthropology Newsletter, Volume 3, Number 4. pp. 2-5. Duke University.
  9. May 1996: THE MUSIC INDABA: Music as Mirror, Mediator and Prophet in the South AfricanTransition from Apartheid to Democracy. Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University Abstract in Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume 57, Number 5, 1996 Dissertation available through UMI Dissertation Services UMI Number: 9628771
  10. May 1994 POLYPHONIC VOICES IN A COMPLEX SOCIETY: Reviewing History and Identity in South Africa. Master's Thesis, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University
  11. 1993: "Education and Emancipation Through Music Fieldwork Report.: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, Volume 6, no 1. Dec. Fall 1993, Center for International Studies, Duke University.

VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES

  1. 1987-88 WHEN NATIONS MEET A Documentary on South African and International Student Integration at a National and International Level. 52 Minutes. PAL Format Winner of "National Panasonic Videomaker's Award": Individual Winner. London, England. June 1989.
  2. 1988-9 ""DOES EVERY COUNTRY A Video Letter Poem: Composed between South African students (Johannesburg) and International students (Oxford). 19 minutes. PAL Format.

PRESENTATIONS and CONFERENCES:

  1. July 2004 ""DECOMPOSING APARTHEID: How Things Came Together KEYNOTE ADDRESS at International Conference ""Composing Apartheid. Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
  2. May 2002: Invited Speaker: ""Musical forms in the Transition of Ideology and Power
  3. In seminar ""Culture, Art and Knowledge (Prof. Alexei Yurchak) University of California, Berkeley.
  4. October 1999: Television Guest Appearance on WUNC Television "Talkback Live", on research for "The Art of Scholarship and the Craft of Graduating: Getting Away with Fervor". 20 October 1999
  5. October 1999: Invited Chair. Session: Music: Community and Global Africa, In Conference "Leadership & Community: Icons from the Past, Models for the Present" October 7-9 1999, Department of African and African-American Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
  6. April 1998: Panel Chair. Session: Traditional Ethnomusicological Models MACSEM 98, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Society for Ethnomusicology The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  7. April 1997: Alternative Rock in the Late-Apartheid Transition to Democracy. Paper presented at the conference "Re-presenting Rock. 4-6th April 1997. Duke University . February 1997 "Successful Mentoring Relationships" Panel Member Graduate and Professional Women's Network Duke Women's Center, Duke University.
  8. September 1996 "The Mission of Music in Late-Apartheid South Africa" 1996-1997 Cultural Anthropology Colloquia, Duke University
  9. October 1995 THE MUSIC INDABA: Musical Collaboration as Mediator and Prophet in the South African Transition from Apartheid to Democracy' - Paper for Presentation at the Society for Ethnomusicology, Los Angeles, October 1995.
  10. May 1995 Educating Through Underground Music: The Late-Apartheid and Late-Soviet Eras: A Comparative Study." Lectures and Presentations in Russia for 'Kabinet, The Russian Journal of Arts and Sciences Sessions delivered in collaboration with Dr. Alexei Yurchak at the Borey Art Gallery, Pushkinskaia Art Clinic (St. Petersburg) and Russian State Humanitarian University (Moscow)
  11. May 1995: "Educating the Youth of Totalitarian States Through Music": Radio Interview on Radio Baltica.St. Petersburg, Russia. In collaboration with Dr. Alexei Yurchak.

PROFESSIONAL LECTURING IN SOUTH AFRICA - BUSINESS SECTOR

DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF BASIC AND ADVANCED INSTRUCTORS' COURSES: Education and Training Department, Standard Bank of South Africa, 1986-1990. Teaching workshops and promotions-based examinations for training managers held in training centers in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Durban Port Elizabeth, East London and Thaba 'Nchu.

DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF BUSINESS EMPLOYEE TRAINING Education and Training Department, Standard Bank of South Africa, 1986-1990.

Management and Education Courses Taught:

Intercultural Communication

Public Speaking

Goal Setting and Problem Solving

Management Skills

Leadership Strategies

Self-Development

Study Skills

Motivation Skills

Instructional Design

Courseware Development

Stress and Time Management

Creativity and Whole Brain Training

Public Speaking

Presentation Skills

Group Dynamics

PUBLIC LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS (SOUTH AFRICA)

1986-90: Guest Lecturing Courses:

Intercultural Communication, Public Speaking, Video Production and Scriptwriting.

Hosting Institutions: Mensa South Africa, Institute Of Personnel Management, Eastcape Training Center, First National Bank, Chamber Of Mines. South African Child Welfare