Music, Political Activism and the State Event
- Time:
- 10:00 - 18:00
- Date:
- 13 April 2016
- Venue:
- Lecture Theatre A Nuffield Theatre Highfield Campus SO17 1BJ
For more information regarding this event, please email Andrew Green at andrewjgreen@gmail.com .
Event details
The day will feature contributions from composers and performers, as well as a series of presentations by scholars and a keynote by Professor John Street from the University of East Anglia.
All welcome! In order to gauge numbers, please book a place before 3/4/16 at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-political-activism-and-the-state-one-day-conference-tickets-21725991024
| 10:00 | Welcome: Andrew Green (IMR) and Hettie Malcomson (University of Southampton) |
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10:10-11:40 |
Panel 1 (Chair: José Juan Olvera) |
| 10:10-10:40 | Dorone Paris, “Activism and Political Composition” |
| 10:40-11:10 | Nick Williams, “Political Engagement and Activism in Contemporary Concert Music” |
| 11:10-11:40 | Luis Velasco Pufleau, “On Mexican Narcocorridos: Music, Power and Armed Violence in a ‘Failed State’” |
| 11:40-12:00 | Break |
| 12:00-13:30 | Panel 2 (Chair: Hettie Malcomson) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Sarha Moore and Vivi Lachs, “Street Bands and Socialist Choirs: Their Role in Building Cohesion Across Time and Difference” |
| 12:30-13:00 | Richard Parfitt, “Rebel Songs and Establishment Politicians in the Republic of Ireland, 1968-1998” |
| 13:00-13:30 | Joe O’Connell, “’Practical Dreamers’: Red Wedge and the British State” |
| 13:30-14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30-16:00 | Panel 3 (Chair: Ruard Absaroka) |
| 14:30-15:00 | Tamara Turner, “’We Are The World Made In Algeria’: How Music Videos Shaped Discourse in the Algerian Elections of 2014” |
| 15:00-15:30 | Dimitar Nikolovski, “The Camp and the Countercamp: Dissent Expressed Through Music” |
| 15:30-16:00 | Luis Gimenez Amoros and Camalita Naicker, “Azawan: Saharawi Nationalism in Becoming Through Haul Music” |
| 16:00-16:30 | Break |
| 16:30-18:00 | Keynote lecture: Professor John Street, University of East Anglia (Chair: Andrew Green) |
Conference organiser: Andrew Green, Institute of Musical Research
Host co-ordinator/Mentor: Hettie Malcomson, University of Southampton
