[Peace] Fwd: Circuits of Style April 16-17: Musical Interchange Between and Among Africa and the Americas

[Alfred Kagan]

>Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:09:52 -0500
>To: african at uiuc.edu
>From: African Studies <jmcgowan at uiuc.edu>
>Subject: Circuits of Style April 16-17: Musical Interchange Between and
>   Among Africa and the Americas
>
>Circuits of Style:
>Musical Interchange Between and Among Africa and the Americas
>
>April 16-17, 2004 (Friday-Saturday)
>
>Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois, Urbana
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>
>Calypso, Jazz, Son, Hip-Hop, and Rumba are among 
>the many complex musical forms resulting from 
>centuries of ongoing transatlantic exchange, 
>back and forth, between and among Africa and the 
>Americas. This symposium and its workshops 
>connect comparative cases of musical practice in 
>Africa and the Americas to define diasporas as 
>multidirectional circuits of style.
>
>Circuits of Style takes area studies beyond the 
>confines of the fixed geopolitical boundaries 
>that block the understanding of transnational 
>practices, shared experiences, and diasporic 
>connections and divergences. Case studies will 
>reflect on hip-hop, capoeira, soca, jazz, 
>African rumba, and the son as widely diffused 
>genres of style informed by local struggles over 
>race, class, gender, and nation. What is it 
>about musical style that allows people to share 
>inheritances of transnational communities while 
>transforming them into emblems of local and 
>national identities? For instance, what makes 
>hip-hop in Brazil Brazilian, what makes it 
>hip-hop, and what makes it distinct from other 
>hip-hop expressions across the globe? How does 
>the articulation of race and music shift in 
>performance and analysis through these "circuits 
>of style" and how does such shifting 
>articulation shape cultural identities along 
>local, national, and transnational lines?
>
>Circuits of Style combines paper presentations, 
>a music and dance performance, two music and 
>dance workshops, and an Afro-Latin social dance 
>party.
>
>ALL SESSIONS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
>
>K-12 EDUCATORS MAY EARN UP TO 9 CPDUs. See registration form for details.
>
>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR SATURDAY EVENTS
>
>Friday, April 16
>
>7:00 pm Keynote Address, Levis Center, Music Room
>
>Sonic Portraits of Afro-Cuba Orichas:
>Towards a Theology of Sound
>
>by Katherine Hagedorn
>Pomona College
>
>8:30 pm An Afro-Cuban Performance, Levis Center, 2nd Floor
>
>Spanish Stew for the Soul: Capturing the African 
>Diaspora Through Music, Dance, and Song
>
>by Sancocho Music and Dance Collage
>Anthony Artis, Music Director
>Indianapolis
>
>Reception at 9:30 pm
>
>Saturday, April 17
>
>Paper Panels, Levis Center, Music Room
>
>9-10:30 am Exploring the History of the 
>Circuits: Musical Interchanges Between the US, 
>Cuba, and Africa, 19th and 20th Centuries
>Lawrence Gushee (Music) "Nineteenth Century New 
>Orleans and Caribbean Musical Styles"
>William Hope (Anthropology) "Where North-South 
>Meets East-West: Transculturation and the Cuban 
>Son"
>
>10:45-12:15 Identity and Marketing in Transnational Formulations of Blackness
>Derek Pardue (Anthropology) "Cosmopolitan 
>Markets of Race and Music: Brazilian Rap, Música 
>Black, and Afro-Latin"
>Gabriel Solis (Music) "Brazil, Africa, and 
>Afro-America: Discourses of Blackness and 
>Capoeira in the U.S."
>2-3:30 pm New Flows in the Circuit: Gender and Returning to Africa
>Susan Harewood (Communications Research) 
>"Circuits of Sexy Soca Style: Gendered Cultural 
>Citizenship and Transnational Music Practices"
>Thomas Turino (Music) "Returning the Favor: 
>Latin American Influences in African Music"
>
>3:45-4:15 Final Rap on the Son: Concluding 
>Remarks and Discussion with Dana Rush (Art 
>History)
>
>Two Music and Dance Performance Workshops
>Levis Center, 2nd Floor
>4:15-5:45 pm
>These workshops offer K-12 educators and members 
>of the local and university communities the rare 
>opportunity to learn about Afro-Latin music 
>through corporal and small-group interaction 
>with specialists.
>"Step Into the Roda: Introduction to Capoeira" 
>with "Cordão de Ouro" Capoeira Club UIUC
>"A Bailar Chancletas: Experience the Rhythms of 
>Oriente" with Sancocho Afro-Cuban Music and 
>Dance Collage
>
>An Afro-Latin Social Dance for conference 
>participants with Fotamana and DJ Craig Koslofsky
>The Lake House of Crystal Lake Park, Urbana
>8-11 pm
>$5 voluntary contribution towards cost will be taken at the door.
>
>For further information:
>www.clacs.uiuc.edu/calendar/CircuitsofStyle.htm
>or contact Nan Volinsky 217-333-8419, nvolinsk at uiuc.edu
>
>Sponsored by the Center for Latin American and 
>Caribbean Studies, in co-operation with the 
>Afro-American Studies and Research Program, 
>Center for African Studies, Center for Global 
>Studies, Department of Anthropology, Latina/o 
>Studies Program, Office of Provost and Vice 
>Chancellor for Academic Affairs, School of 
>Music, and Women and Gender in Global 
>Perspectives.
>
>--
>
>Nan Volinsky
>Academic Programs and Outreach Coordinator
>Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>201 International Studies Building
>910 South Fifth Street
>Champaign, IL 61820  (MC-481)
>my office: 206 International Studies Building
>my phone:  217-333-8419
>Spring 2004 Walk-in Consultations: Tuesdays, 
>Thursdays, and Fridays 3:00-5:00 p.m.
>Email or call for consultation appointment.
>fax: 217-244-7333
>e-mail: nvolinsk at uiuc.edu
>web: http://www.clacs.uiuc.edu
>Stay in touch! Visit the CLACS calendar at 
>http://www.clacs.uiuc.edu/calendar/calendar.html
>
>Jamie McGowan
>Acting Assistant Director
>Center for African Studies
>Rm. 210, International Studies Bldg.
>910 S. Fifth St.
>Champaign, IL 61820
>
>TEL:   217-244-3648
>FAX:  217-244-2429
>WEB:  www.afrst.uiuc.edu


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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801, USA

tel. 217-333-6519
fax. 217-333-2214
e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu
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