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Newsletter of the AFS Women's Section
Announcements and Calls for Papers
CFP: Making Music, Making Meaning [1 Sept 2004]
Making Music, Making Meaning
13th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study
of Popular Music (IASPM)
July 25-30, 2005 Rome, Italy
The Program Committee of IASPM invites individual or panel proposals on the general theme of “Making Music, Making Meaning” for the July 2005 conference to be held in Rome. While focusing on meaning as a shared initial concept, the conference will be organized by five parallel streams, as follows:- Mapping Meaning (convenor Geoff Stahl) [geoffs@cam.org]
- Reading Meaning (convenor Claire Levy) [levy@cablebg.net]
- Voicing Meaning (convenor Franco Fabbri) [prof.fabbri@fastwebnet.it]
- Visualizing Meaning (convenor Marion Leonard) [marionl@liverpool.ac.uk]
- Mediating Meaning (convenor Shuhei Hosokawa) [hosokawa@nichibun.ac.jp]
Proposals should be sent by email to: iaspm-2005@iaspm.net They should include author’s name, institutional affiliation (if any), post and email addresses, paper or panel title, and abstract of no more than 300 word suitable for publication on the conference website if accepted. Please also specify the intended stream and attach your submissions as files with the title “authorsname.rtf”. The conference's official language is English, and paper proposals should be submitted in English. However, the Program Committee will endeavour (depending on submitted proposals) to have at least one of the parallel sessions, every day, arranged so that other languages can be used, without simultaneous translation. The location of the conference and its international character suggest that there might be a number of speakers and attendants wishing to use languages like French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, or others. The Program Committee's aim is not to create a linguistic ghetto for non-English speakers, but to encourage participants who speak more than one language (including mother-tongue English speakers) to use their abilities in order to develop a better knowledge of various national approaches to popular music studies, which are obviously language-dependent. Those either wishing (as their first choice) or accepting to deliver their paper in a multilingual session should indicate in their proposal the intended language (English of course is also welcome), and which other languages they understand. Deadline for submissions is Sept 1, 2004; authors will be notified of the Program Committee’s decisions by January 1, 2005.
posted 7/12/2004
CONFERENCE: The gift economy inside and outside of Patriarchal Capitalism
November 13, 14, 2004
Las Vegas, Nevada
Whoever wins the US election a new cultural alignment is necessary for the survival of the planet. A radically different worldview can liberate an alternative culture based on the leadership of women. The thread of the gift
economy unites the movements of indigenous peoples in the Americas, Africa and Asia with the international women's movement, alternative media and free software, immigrants who send remittances to their home countries, activists trying to give the gift of social change and many others. Come to Las Vegas to discuss the processes and values of the gift economy with women from many countries: Heidi Gottner Abendroth (Germany), Yvette Abrahams (South Africa), Paula Gunn Allen (USA), Peggy Antrobus (Barbados), Jeanette Armstrong (Canada), Madu Auditore (Italy), Chato Basa (Phillippines/Italy), Marta Benavides (El Salvador), Dotttie Chamblin (USA), Kristin Dawkins (USA), Leslene Della Madre (USA), Brackin Firecracker (USA), Tracy Gary (USA), Ana Isla (Peru/Canada), Maria Jimenez (USA), Karrina Kailo (Finland), Corinne Kumar (India/Tunisia), Graziela Lomonte (Costa Rica), Paola Melchiori (Italy), Angela Miles (Canada), Vicki Noble (USA), Sizani Ngubane (South Africa), Susan Petrilli (Australia/Italy), Vandana Shiva (India), Claudia Von-Werlhof (Austria), Genevieve Vaughan (USA/Italy), Shelly Vendiola (USA), Frieda Werden (USA/Canada).
For more information, to register, or to download a flyer:
http://www.gifteconomyconference.com
For interviews call: 512-444-1672.
To learn more about individual speakers go to the website and click on their names.
posted 7/11/2004
CFP: Elli Köngäs-Maranda Prizes [1 September 2004]
A prize of $100 will be awarded to the best undergraduate or graduate student paper or production on women's traditional vernacular culture and/or on feminist theory and folklore. Papers may be submitted whether or not they have been published; they should be no longer than 30 double-spaced pages. To submit an entry for consideration, the author must be enrolled in a degree program as of the submission deadline. The winner is announced at the annual AFS meeting in October of each year. The submission deadline for the student paper is September 1, 2004 and 3 copies of it should be mailed or emailed to Jackie McGrath, College of DuPage, Liberal Arts, 425 Fawell Boulevard, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599 or to mcgrathj@cdnet.cod.edu, postmarked by that date. Submissions can also be sent to Kay Turner or Meg Brady. Nominated authors or producers are not required to be members of the American Folklore Society.
A prize of $250 will be awarded to the best non-student or professional work on women's traditional, vernacular, or local culture and/or for work on feminist theory and folklore. The award goes to a producer or author of an exemplary product (publication, film, video, exhibit, exhibit catalogue, recording, etc.) that can inspire further work in the field of women's folklore. The award carries a $250 honorarium and the winner is announced at the annual AFS meeting in October of each year. The submission deadline is September 1, 2004. To submit a work for consideration, send 3 copies to Jackie McGrath, College of DuPage, Liberal Arts, 425 Fawell Boulevard, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599 or to mcgrathj@cdnet.cod.edu, postmarked by that date. Nominated authors or producers are not required to be members of the American Folklore Society.
posted 7/10/2004
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