You are invited to attend a half-day symposium on Music, Folklore and the
Public Sector on Thursday, May 15, 2014, hosted by the Research Centre for
the Study of Music, Media and Place (MMaP).
A group of internationally renowned ethnomusicologists and folklorists
will join with local experts, activists and entrepreneurs for a lively
exchange on issues that range across local culture, politics, and social
well-being.
his afternoon event will feature presentations by the Board members of
the Society for Ethnomusicology:
Gregory Melchor-Barz (medical ethnomusicology, Vanderbilt University and
the University of the Free State, South Africa); Anne Rasmussen (musical
labour in Oman, gender and Islamic arts, College of William and Mary);
Tina K. Ramnarine (cultural mapping, heritage sites, Royal Holloway, UK);
Harris Berger (popular music and performance studies, Texas A&M
University); Zoe Sherinian (Tamil folk music, politics, film-making,
University of Oklahoma); Margaret Sarkissian (minority groups in Malaysia,
Armenian immigrants in Toronto and Chicago, Smith College); Andrew
Weintraub (music and human rights, repatriation, Uganda and Indonesia,
University of Pittsburgh); Stephen Stuempfle (SEM Executive Director,
Caribbean musics, Indiana University);
It will also highlight ongoing public sector initiatives in Newfoundland and
Labrador:
Dale Jarvis (Intangible Cultural Heritage, HFNL); Zainab Jerrett (Tombolo
Multicultural Festival of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.); Jillian Gould
(Public Sector Program, Folklore, MUN)
When: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 1pm-6pm, followed by a reception.
Where: MMaP Gallery, 2nd floor of the Arts & Culture Centre, St. John's NL
Admission is free.
For more information and a full schedule of events, please visit the website:
www.mun.ca/mmap, or contact Meghan Forsyth (709-864-2051,
mforsyth@mun.ca)
We hope you will join us for this exciting event!
Photo by Chris Hibbs, 2010.