Mag.art. Hande SAĞLAM, PhD
(Head of Archive)
Born in Istanbul in 1968, has lived in Vienna since 1993.
She obtained her bachelor’s degree in composition and music theory at Bilkent University in Ankara/Turkey, and a master's degree in music theory at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), and PhD in ethnomusicology at the same university on Alevi and Sunni characteristics of the Âşık tradition in Sivas/Anatolia.
From 2005-2015, Hande Sağlam worked at the Institute for Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology (IVE) on research projects about music and minorities and archiving methods of audiovisual field research recordings. In 2015 she took over the archive management of the IVE. From 2016 to January 2022 she was deputy head of the IVE.
In 2022, Hande Sağlam received funding from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Program (2232-International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers) and worked for two years on her research project "Transmission of Knowledges: The Master-Apprentice Relationship in the Aşık Tradition" in Turkey.
Main research interests:
Music from Turkey, the Âşık tradition in Anatolia, bi- or multi-musicality, cultural/collective memory, intercultural music education, the music of minorities (especially the Turkish immigrants in Austria), archiving methodologies and methodologies of field research.
Engagement on an international level (selection):
Secretary of the ICTMD Study Group on Music and Minorities (since 2017),
Chairperson of the Austrian National Committee of the ICTMD (2019-2021),
Member of the editorial board of Musicologist - International Journal of Music Studies
Conducted Research Projects:
Digitization project of the Folklore Archive of Ankara State Conservatory, funded by Hacettepe University (2024- present)
Transmission of Knowledges: The Master-Apprentice Relationship in the Âşık Tradition, funded by the Co-Funded Brain Circulation2 Scheme European Commission Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Program (2022-2023)
Towards an Alliance for Distributed Ethnomusicology Data - Ethnomusicology Data and Music Information Retrieval, funded by ASEA - Uninet (2018-2020)
Music without borders - Multilingualism in music (bi- or multimusicality) and understanding the "other", the "unfamiliar", funded by Sparkling Science, bmwfw, (2015-2017)
Music, religion, integration - Muslims in Styria, funded by Zukunftsfonds Steiermark - Exciting Science (2013-2015)
Mediathek traditionelle Musik: the safeguarding, digitization and indexing of the audiovisual collections of the Institute for Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology, funded by mdw (2010-2015)
Bi-musicality and intercultural dialog. Inventory of the "bi-musical" potential of students at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, funded by mdw, (2009-2010)
Embedded Industries. Cultural entrepreneurs in different immigrant communities of Vienna, funded by WWTF, (2007-2009)
Immigrant music cultures in Vienna. A survey of musical identity and acculturation, funded by ÖAW (2005-2006)
Teaching experience (selection):
State Conservatory of Mimar Sinan University: - Ethnomusicology Department: "Current Studies in Ethnomusicology", "Research Projects in Ethnomusicology".
University of Vienna - Department of Musicology: "Transcription and Analysis", "Introduction to Music from Turkey", "Makam Music in Turkey"
mdw: "Introduction to Field Research", "Field Research Practice" "Field Research at Viennese Schools", "European Folk Music"
Kärntner State Conservatory "Introduction to Ethnomusicology"
Contact: +43/1/711 55 4210 | Room: AW U 0230
e-mail: saglam@mdw.ac.at
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