Bio

Dominika Moravčíková is a graduate student in the Department of Musicology at Charles University, Prague. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in musicology and film studies at Palacký University, Olomouc. As an associate of the department of digitalization of sound at the Czech Museum of Music in Prague, she collaborated on the exhibition ‘Rusalka’ in New York, organized by the Czech Center New York. She contributed as a researcher to the virtual exhibition of old manuscripts ‘…and the Word became Music’ organized by the National Library of the Czech Republic. Dominika Moravčíková is currently conducting research on nationalism and the representation of national minorities on the Slovak folklore talent show ‘The Earth is Singing’, as well as ethnographic research on the folklore revival movement in Slovakia. Her research interests include Slovak folklore in media, musical sound on talent TV, music revivalism and local identity.