UROP Project
Empowering Women through Drumming
women, feminism, music, activism, social rights
Research Mentor: Abby Dr. Abby Rehard, she/her
Department, College, Affiliation: Music, Music
Contact Email: ar18w@fsu.edu
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Department, College, Affiliation: Music, Music
Contact Email: ar18w@fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor):
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Faculty Collaborators:
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: Music, anthropology, sociology, women's studies
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: No, the project is remote Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10 hours/week, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Not participating in the roundtable
Number of Research Assistants: 1
Relevant Majors: Music, anthropology, sociology, women's studies
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: No, the project is remote Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10 hours/week, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
Not participating in the roundtable
Project Description
My current research centers on an all-women's maracatu drumming group based in Brazil and how their work is in dialogue with current feminist movements within that country. I want to expand my research to explore how all-women drumming spaces across Brazil and the United States and how they may foster empowerment (or not) by collecting more data on the number of such groups, women's experiences participating in these groups, and other scholarly literature written about safe, music-making spaces for women.Research Tasks: Tasks will include literature review, data collection, data analysis, and possibly conducting interviews.
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: A research assistant for this project needs to be able to read and synthesize scholarly articles about music, be highly organized with managing citations, and have effective written and oral communication skills.