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CFP: Skip a Beat: Challenging Popular Music Orthodoxy
The Second Annual EMP Pop Conference
Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA
April 10 to 13, 2003
"The blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll." For decades now, a particular story of popular music, with rock and the baby boom generation at its core, has grabbed the center of most histories. Similarly, from bluegrass to reggae to hip-hop, there's often a "golden age" associated with a specific style of music. What accounts for particular moments achieving greatness? Why have certain narratives assumed such power? What effect do these valorizations have on the making, marketing, consumption, or longevity of music?
For this year's Pop Conference, we invite papers from any perspective that look toward a new interpretive synthesis or a better justification of the old one. The hope is that, rather than critiquing the longing for authenticity, participants will suggest alternate viewpoints. Possible topics include, but are by no means limited to, the ideas mentioned above as well as:
--African-American and Latino perspectives on the "rock" story
--Putting jazz, show tunes, and classical back into the picture.
--The global influence of disco.
--The impact of new developments, from hip-hop to electronica, on the way we value the past.
--Post-baby boom, late-20th century socio-political effects on musicians:
e.g. civil rights, immigration, feminism, gay liberation, and globalization.
--The sound of music, rather than lyrics, as an ongoing interpretive challenge.
--Alternative rock, a decade of alternatives later.
--The links between musical genres and literary genres such as science fiction and mysteries.
The Pop Conference is an annual event, hosted by the Seattle museum Experience Music Project, that connects academics, journalists, musicians, industry figures, and anyone else interested in ambitious music writing that crosses disciplinary walls. Our first conference featured keynotes by Robert Christgau and Simon Frith, as well as papers by Gary Giddins, Deena Weinstein, Luc Sante, Simon Reynolds, Jon Pareles, Jason Toynbee, Sarah Dougher, Geoffrey O'Brien, Susan Fast, and many others. A volume of the proceedings is currently being readied for publication, most likely with Harvard Press. The program committee for this year's conference includes Daphne Brooks (Princeton), Robert Christgau (Village Voice), Shannon Duddley (University of Washington), critic Greil Marcus, Ann Powers (EMP), Kelefa Sanneh (New York Times), Steve Waksman (Smith), Gayle Wald (George Washington), Robert Walser (UCLA), and Eric Weisbard (EMP).
The conference, sponsored this year by the Seattle Partnership for American Popular Music (EMP, KEXP, and the University of Washington School of Music), will feature a variety of panels, keynotes, and performances. We welcome maverick suggestions and can accommodate nearly any form of technological presentation. Proposals should include a 250-word-or-fewer abstract of the paper, a 50-word biography of the presenter, preferred affiliation/title, and complete contact info. Please send all proposals by November 30, 2002, to Eric Weisbard at EricW@emplive.com. E-mail submissions are preferred, but submissions may also be sent through US mail to:
Eric Weisbard
Experience Music Project
2901 Third Avenue
Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98121
For more information on last year's Pop Conference and updates on 2003, go
to: http://www.emplive.com/visit/education/pop_music.asp
posted 9/11/2002
CFP: Native Women's Cultural Productions
I am working on a book with a friend at Hunter/CUNY, Christa Acampora. Our working title is CULTURAL SITES OF CRITICAL INSIGHT. The essays to be collected in the volume will explore the relationship of philosophy, social theory, and/or aesthetics in the cultural productions of women of color. Cultural productions explored include a broad range of artistic modes of expression such as literature, poetry, screen/play writing, music, dance, film, pottery/ceramics, and culinary and visual arts. Genres are loosely
conceived such that graffiti, tattoo art, body-piercing, and hairweaving are treated as forms of corporal art. Interdisciplinary in method and analytical scope, the papers examine how Native (American and Australian), black (Caribbean, African, and American), Chicana/Latina, and Asian/Pacific Islander women draw on and rework philosophical systems of thought in terms of their own experiences to articulate fresh and new perspectives on problems of culture, history, and knowledge. As such, the essays show how the cultural productions of women of color can be analyzed as sites of valuable philosophical reflection and insight. We are having difficulty recieving material on Native women's cultural productions, and especially so on their literature (oral and written word). We would greatly appreciate all submissions on Native (American and Australian) women's cultural productions to help balance the volume.
Again, thank you so much for writing. Please feel free to call me (cell-631.875.9672) for more questions and concerns. We look forward to hearing from you.
Yours Truly, Angela
acotten@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Christa.Acampora@hunter.cuny.edu
posted 9/11/2002
CFP: Society for Menstrual Cycle Research [January 10, 2003]
I am writing as the Program Chair of the 15th biennial conference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, to be held in Pittsburgh, PA June 5-7, 2003. We hope to attract presenters from a variety of disciplines (e.g., biomedical, behavioral and health sciences; humanities and fine arts; public health and policy; and consumer advocates) who are interested in women's health across the life span as it relates to the menstrual cycle. More information and the materials to submit an abstract can be found at our web site: www.pop.psu.edu/ smcr or by contacting me, Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield, at The Pennsylvania State University, 102 Willard Building, University Park, PA 16802 or emailing me at pkm@psu.edu. Submission deadline: January 10, 2003.
posted 9/10/2002
CFP: Sexuality & Culture
*Sexuality & Culture* is a quarterly interdisciplinary journal published by Transaction Publishers at Rutgers University. In its sixth year of publication, the journal welcomes the submission of original manuscripts dealing with issues relating to sexuality and culture. *Sexuality & Culture* serves as a forum for the analysis of ethical, cultural, psychological, social, and political issues related to sexual relationships and sexual behavior. These issues include -- BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: sexual consent and sexual responsibility; sexual harassment and freedom of speech and association; sexual privacy; censorship and pornography; impact of the internet/film/literature on sexual relationships; and university and governmental regulation of intimate relationships. We welcome critical review essays, and suggestions for books to review and book reviewers. Submissions are, of course, welcome from scholars in the social sciences and humanities. Autobiograhical essays are also welcome. For further information, visit the journal's web site at www.csulb.edu/~asc/journal.html or contact the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Barry M. Dank, at case@csulb.edu. Manuscripts should be double spaced and should include a summary of approximately 200 words. Citations should be in the author-year format (e.g.: Smith, 1998). Four copies of the manuscript should be submitted to the Managing Editor: Dr. Roberto Refinetti, Sexuality & Culture, Circadian Rhythm Laboratory, University of South Carolina, Walterboro, SC 29488 (e-mail: refinetti@sc.edu) or you may submit the ms electronically as an email attachment to refinetti@sc.edu
posted 9/10/2002
CFP: Speak at the FEAST [January 31, 2003]
The Association for Feminist Ethics And Social Theory (FEAST) invites submissions for the Fall, 2003 conference, to take place October 16th-19th, 2003 in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
Keynote speakers: Linda Alcoff, Anita Allen and Michelle Moody-Adams.
Submission deadline: January 31st, 2003
Submissions must include an abstract of 100-250 words AND a paper with a 3,000 word limit. An exact word count of the paper must be provided at the top left-hand corner of the first page of the paper. No paper that omits the word count will be considered, nor will any paper over the 3,000 word limit. Proposals for panels must include abstracts and papers-with word count-for each panelist. Proposals for presentations other than papers (e.g. workshops, discussions, etc.) must include detailed descriptions
demonstrating that the ideas are as developed as they would be in a paper.
Theoretical papers on all topics within the areas of feminist ethics and social theory are welcome. The program committee aims to create a conference with a diverse group of presenters and a diversity of philosophical topics and styles. FEAST strongly encourages members of groups that are underrepresented in both the discipline of philosophy and at feminist philosophy conferences (such as people of color, people with disabilities, etc.) to send submissions.
All submissions will be anonymously reviewed.Papers and abstracts must include no identifying information; on a separate page, please state: Name, institutional affiliation, surface mail address, email address, and phone number.Send four copies of submissions (abstracts and papers), postmarked by January 31st, 2003, to: Lisa Tessman, FEAST 2003 Program Committee Chair, Philosophy Department, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000.
Submissions will not be accepted by email or FAX.
Questions may be directed to Lisa Tessman: .
For more information on FEAST or to see the program from the 2001 conference, go to: .
posted 9/10/2002
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