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December 31, 2008 at 1:04 pm · Filed under Music, Sociology/Anthropology
Somehow I missed this the first time around…the following announcement is being circulated:
Second Notice: Call for Papers.
SEMSEC Regional Conference, Greensboro, N.C.
Submission deadline: January 15th, 2009.
The Southeast and Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology
(SEMSEC) is pleased to announce its 2009 Annual Meeting, Friday and
Saturday, March 27-28, 2009 at the University of North Carolina Greensboro
(UNCG) School of Music. We invite submissions from independent scholars,
faculty, and students, residing both inside and outside of the Southeastern
and Caribbean region. Presentations, special sessions, papers with a
performance component, panel discussions, and roundtable forums are
solicited on any topic related to ethnomusicology. The Program Committee
especially encourages proposals that address either of the dual conference
themes: Music, Advocacy, & Public Culture, or Entering Fieldwork. Proposals
on other topics are also welcome. The presentation format will be a
twenty-minute paper, followed by a ten-minute discussion.
For consideration, please submit an abstract with a maximum limit of 250
words. Abstracts should clearly indicate a central argument, research
methodology, and conclusions. They should also appear in a format suitable
for direct publication in the abstract booklet. Include title, centered at
the top of the page and, at the bottom right, author’s name, institutional
affiliation or place of residence. Students whose abstracts are selected by
the Program Committee will be eligible for the Dale Olsen prize for the best
student paper (see http://www.music.fsu.edu/semsec/olsen_prize.html)
Please include the following with your proposal:
. Name
. Address
. institutional affiliation
. e-mail address
. phone number
. AV equipment needs
Organized panels consisting of 3 or 4 papers, or 3 papers and a discussant
are also encouraged. Each member of a panel must submit an individual paper
proposal and the panel chair/organizer must submit a panel abstract. The
panel abstract should not exceed 150 words.
The program committee also encourages submission of forum/roundtable-format
discussions based on a conference theme. Forum organizers should submit an
abstract of 150 words or less detailing the central theme, purpose, and
scope of the forum, with a preliminary list of potential participants. The
suggested forum format would be a one-hour forum, with six panelists
including a discussant [ten-minutes each], but other options will be
considered.
E-mail proposals to James E. Cunningham, Program Chair: jcunning@fau.edu
Local arrangements for the meeting are being coordinated by Gavin Douglas
<gddougla@uncg.edu>, and Revell Carr <jrcarr2@uncg.edu>. Special events
planned for the meeting include a performance by the Shanghai Huai Opera
Troupe. Further local arrangements details will be forthcoming.
James E. Cunningham, Vice-President/Program Chair
Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter (SEMSEC)
Assistant Professor, Department of Music
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
(561) 297-2208
December 28, 2008 at 9:26 am · Filed under Sociology/Anthropology
The following message has been sent to the members of the Facebook group for the new magazine, Anthropology Now:
Thanks to all for the enthusiasm and for joining the Facebook Group for Anthropology Now. It is very exciting to share the support and commitment of so many anthropologists around the web and around the world. We are glad to be part of an online community dedicated to the idea that an engaged anthropology benefits both public dialogue and anthropological research.
We are planning on an early Spring 2009 launch of a redesigned website featuring blogs, podcasts, a media watch, field reports, and more. In anticipation, we are putting together a contact list of those interested in contributing to AnthroNow. Please pass this on to all anthros, writers, and students who might be interested. You can write to us at anthronow@gmail.com
How you can get involved:
1: Grad Students: Submit your name if you would be interested in joining the new “Graduate Student Collective.” Together the Grad Collective will write, contribute to Press Watch and Anthro News sections, edit, and work collaboratively. This core group of upcoming anthropologists will help set the tone for the online magazine.
2: Researchers Heading to the Field:
AnthroNow will spotlight select field reports from writers interested in bridging the spaces between subjects, research and readership. Fieldwork is among the aspects of anthropology with the greatest potential to engage the general public. We will be looking for a spread of topics and geographic areas that reflects the breadth of current work.
3: Podcasters, Illustrators, Poets, Etc:
We are looking for anthropologists interested in experimenting with new forms of communicating anthropological concepts. Those with talents and interests in graphic novel, visual, film, audio and multimedia approaches are especially welcome to submit ideas.
Please write us at anthronow@gmail.com with any other comments and ideas you might have. Towards an active, engaged and accessible anthro, yours,
Will T.
December 17, 2008 at 9:22 am · Filed under Music, Sociology/Anthropology
The following announcement is being distributed:
voiceXchange invites original submissions that address this or
a related theme for its upcoming special issue, entitled
“OFFICIAL MUSICS.”
Musical practices and experiences are often deeply enmeshed in
social institutions and conventions, shaped by formal,
ideological, pedagogical, political, religious, and other
regulatory entities. Such contexts—whether explicit or
implicit—can both offer musical participants special
privileges and constrain musical agency. Within these
“official” discourses, institutions, and practices,
hierarchies can dictate unequally beneficial relationships,
both ascribed upon and inscribed within musical activity.
What might it mean for musical experiences, genres, histories,
practices, theories, and works to operate within degrees of
officiality?
We welcome work from varied academic perspectives, including
but not limited to ethnomusicology, historical musicology,
music theory, music cognition, popular music studies, music
education, and the philosophy of music. Submissions from
graduate students and junior scholars are particularly
encouraged, as is work with multimedia elements that are
unsuited to traditional print publication.
voiceXchange is a peer-reviewed online journal, published
semiannually by graduate students in the University of
Chicago’s Department of Music. The journal is committed to
original scholarship on music, providing a forum for
intellectual interchange across fields, generations, and nations.
Electronic submissions must be preceded by a cover page with
title and contact information, and must include an abstract of
200 words or fewer. Submissions should follow guidelines set
forth in the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition), and
should have a maximum word count of 10,000 words (including
bibliographic information). Please send all submissions and
inquiries to the editorial board, at voicexchange@uchicago.edu.
Submissions will be accepted through January 15, 2009.
For further information, visit our website at:
http://music.uchicago.edu/gms/voicexchange/
Please feel free to re-distribute.
December 13, 2008 at 10:07 am · Filed under Sociology/Anthropology
Here’s an answer from an anthropologist, Candy Goodwin, via Savage Minds (one of the best anthropology blogs around).
December 12, 2008 at 1:32 pm · Filed under Languages, Sociology/Anthropology
The Revealer has the rundown on the most interesting religion-related books & articles of the year, from “The Glories of Yiddish” to “The Manga Bible.” Check it out here. If you see one that we don’t have in our library that you’d like to recommend (for some day when such book funds might appear), please let me know at jharwell@georgiasouthern.edu
December 11, 2008 at 2:28 pm · Filed under Music, Sociology/Anthropology
ARKANSAS REVIEW: A Journal of Delta Studies focuses on the seven states of the Mississippi River Delta. Interdisciplinary in scope, we welcome contributions from all the humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, art history, folklore studies, history, literature, musicology, political science, and sociology. Articles should be aimed at a general academic audience and follow the format specified in the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition. Submit articles in hard copy and on disk to the General Editor at the address below. Previous issues with tables of contents can be viewed at http://www.clt.astate.edu/arkreview/ar32-38.htm.
Photographs and other visual materials to accompany articles are encouraged. Do not submit originals until after the article has been accepted. When submitted, photographs should be black and white prints no larger that 8″ x l0″ in either glossy or matte finish.
ARKANSAS REVIEW also publishes creative material-fiction, poetry, essays, and visual art-that evokes or responds to the Delta cultural and natural experience.
All hard copies of submissions will be recycled unless accompanied by a self-addressed envelope with return postage.
ARKANSAS REVIEW, Department of English and Philosophy, P.O. Box 1890, State University, AR 72467
Janelle Collins
General Editor, Arkansas Review
Associate Professor of English
Department of English and Philosophy
414 Wilson Hall
Arkansas State University
State University, AR 72467-1890
(870) 972-2210
jcollins@astate.edu
December 9, 2008 at 9:32 am · Filed under Languages, Music, Sociology/Anthropology
The following announcement is being distributed:
CALL FOR PAPERS
BLACK MUSIC CULTURE AREA
39th and 31st Annual Joint Meeting of PCA/ACA
New Orleans Marriott Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
April 8-11, 2009
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: December 15, 2008
DESCRIPTION OF AREA
The Black Music Culture Area provides a scholarly forum for members of the
PCA and ACA to share and disseminate their research about “black music”
(broadly defined and including all forms and styles from all times and
geographic locations), the connection between black music and “culture”
(broadly defined), and the social processes and systems and related art
forms intertwined in the representation, identities, production,
regulation, and consumption of black musics.
GENERAL CALL FOR “BLACK MUSIC CULTURE” PAPERS AND PANELS
The Black Music Culture Area of the Popular Culture Association and
American Culture Association invites interested scholars to submit paper
abstracts, papers, panel proposals, or roundtable discussion proposals
related to one of the following sub-areas of Black Music Culture: (1)
Black Diaspora (Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Asia, etc.); (2) Spirituals and
Gospel; (3) Jazz and Blues; (4) Popular and Contemporary; (5) Rap Music;
(6) Contemporary “Concert” Music; (7) Philosophy and Practice.
SPECIAL CALL FOR “BLACK MUSIC CULTURE” ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PANELS
The Black Music Culture Area is very interested in dialogues among
scholars. These sessions are not simply paper presentations but sessions
where time is spent discussing ideas and formulating theory. In this
dialogue format, presenters will engage in dialogue with each other and the
audience sharing portions of their papers that speak to a specific issue or
concern in Black Music Culture.
SPECIAL CALL FOR “HIP-HOP CULTURE” PAPERS AND PANELS
The Black Music Culture Area is especially interested in receiving
proposals regarding the role of music and other aspects in Hip-Hop
Culture. The Co-Chairs welcome submissions in the following areas that
include, but are not limited to, hip hop history and historiography; hip
hop, authenticity, and identity; hip hop time, space and place; hip hop
and the politics of race, class, gender, and age; hip hop politics, and
resistance; aesthetics of hip hop composition; hip hop language and
linguistics; hip hop, religion and theology; hip hop, economics, and
culture industries; technology, orality, and black cultural practice in
rap music; hip hop audiences; hip hop and legal system; hip hop gesture
and dance; hip hop, visual art and photography; hip hop literature; hip
hop and radio; hip hop film; and hip hop genre and convention.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Please submit the following information via e-mail with attachments in
Microsoft Word or within an e-mail message:
* CONTACT INFORMATION (of each author/participant): Name,
College/University/School/Business Affiliation, Address, E-Mail Address,
Phone Number
* ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP*: PCA or ACA
* PROPOSAL SUB-AREA: Jazz and Blues; Spirituals and Gospel; Rap Music
and Hip-Hop Culture; Contemporary “Concert” Music; Black Diaspora;
Popular and Contemporary; or Philosophy and Practice
* 150-250-WORD PAPER ABSTRACT or PANEL ABSTRACT**: If you are
submitting a panel proposal, please include contact information and
1-page CVs for all panel participants.
* 150-250-WORD ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION DESCRIPTION***: Proposals for
roundtables and conversations should indicate in a description of the
session subject/s.
* 1-page CV or RÉSUMÉ
NOTE: The PCA/ACA will make available the following audiovisual equipment
in all rooms: large projection screen; data projector with appropriate
cables; DVD player; and speakers. Presenters may bring personal laptops,
loaded with software needed for their presentations, e.g., PowerPoint,
Microsoft Word, etc. Mac users should bring applicable adaptors, etc.
Presenters are free to make arrangements with the hotel for any special
audio-visual equipment that the PCA/ACA does not supply (but be
advised that hotel equipment rental is costly).
SEND TO BLACK MUSIC CULTURE PROPOSALS TO:
Dr. William Banfield, Black Music Culture Area Co-Chair
Department of Liberal Arts
1140 Boylston Street, MS-FB369
Berklee College of Music
Boston, Massachusetts 02215-3693
617-747-8371
wbanfield@berklee.edu<mailto:wbanfield@berklee.edu>
and
Dr. Angela Nelson, Black Music Culture Area Co-Chair
Department of Popular Culture
108 Popular Culture Building
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0190
419-372-0284
anelson@bgsu.edu<mailto:anelson@bgsu.edu>
SEND TO HIP-HOP CULTURE PANEL PROPOSALS TO:
Dr. Crystal Alberts, Hip-Hop Culture Sub-Area Co-Chair
Department of English
University of North Dakota
276 Centennial Drive
110 Merrifield, Stop 7209
Grand Forks, ND 58202
crystal.alberts@gmail.com<mailto:crystal.alberts@gmail.com>
*All presenters must be members of PCA or ACA and must pre-register for the
conference by December 31, 2008, to ensure inclusion in the conference
program.
**In some cases, your presentation may fit into multiple areas. However,
the PCA/ACA will only permit you to submit a proposal to one area at a
time. For anyone who nevertheless submits multiple proposals, the PCA/ACA
will select only one of the proposals for inclusion.
***Roundtable discussion proposals should include contact information for
all participants, a description of the roundtable discussion topic, and
1-page CVs for all participants.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For further information about the joint annual meeting, membership, and
registration, please visit the PCA/ACA website at:
http://www.pcaaca.org<http://www.pcaaca.org/.
For more information about the Black Music Culture Area, visit
“Conferences and
Institutes” at: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/popc/.
December 8, 2008 at 11:18 am · Filed under Music, Sociology/Anthropology
The following announcement is being distributed:
Music Research Forum is currently accepting submissions from outstanding
graduate students and young professionals. The postmark deadline for
submissions for Volume 24 (Summer 2009) is 16 January 2009.
Music Research Forum is a peer-reviewed journal published annually by the
Graduate Student Association of the University of Cincinnati
College-Conservatory of Music. Articles will be considered in any area of
music scholarship, including musicology, theory, performance practice,
ethnomusicology, music and culture, and criticism. Faculty are encouraged to
pass this information along to their students and recent graduates.
Authors must submit three hard copies of each article to:
Brad Smith, Editor
Music Research Forum
College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 210003
Cincinnati OH 45221-0003
A cover sheet listing the author’s name, address, telephone number, email
address, and academic affiliation (if applicable) must precede articles.
Articles should be between twelve and thirty pages, word-processed on
8.5×11-inch paper. All materials, including example captions, should be
double-spaced and conform to the footnote guidelines found in The Chicago
Manual of Style.
For additional information: Visit us online at
http://www.ccm.uc.edu/comp_theory_hist/mrf.
December 5, 2008 at 9:11 am · Filed under Music
The following announcement is being distributed:
Call for Papers
*Un-Music*: Harvard University Graduate Music Conference
The Harvard Graduate Music Forum announces its sixth graduate student
conference, “Un-Music,” taking place on March 7, 2009. We invite
graduate students from all disciplines to interpret this theme broadly
and creatively. Historical, ethnographical, analytical, and
compositional approaches are welcome. Possible topics may include:
- The boundaries between music and non music
- Amusicality
- Musical censorship (what it means to ‘un-music’ a place)
- Non-musical aspects or intentions of musical performance (dance,
ritual, healing, etc)
- The (un)analyzability of music
- Noise, sound, voice, or silence
- Ontologies of music
- Criticism/Bad music
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by Monday, January
5,
2009 to gmfconference [at] gmail.com. Since proposals will be reviewed
anonymously, we ask that your abstract not contain your name or
academic affiliation. Please attach your abstract as a word document
to your email. Include your name and contact information within the
body of your email. Speakers will be notified by February 1, 2009.
We look forward to reading your submissions!
Ryan Raul Bañagale and Michael Heller
Program committee co-chairs
December 3, 2008 at 3:37 pm · Filed under Music, Sociology/Anthropology
We’ve now lost two legends recently: Odetta and Studs Terkel. Here’s a zip file of the interview Studs did with Odetta in 1957.
