Although the challenges experienced by students and lecturers at tertiary education institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic are generally well known, there is space for the identification of and reflection on teaching strategies adopted in specific disciplinary contexts. The purpose of this chapter is to examine responses to the emergency remote teaching (ERT) circumstances by ethnomusicology lecturers at South African institutions. Through interviews with these lecturers, I document their innovations and reflections in their transition to online teaching. I group the interview findings according to general observations about teaching during the pandemic as well as more specific disciplinary responses, such as an increase in reflectiveness about teaching, concerns about fieldwork methodology training, and creative use of curriculum stipulations. Interpreting the interview findings through the pedagogical lenses of the local, place, and ecological thinking, I argue that the creativity and flexibility shown by these lecturers demonstrates a particular ability to adjust their teaching according to their students’ needs within the specific institutional as well as societal environments.