Black Music Culture 2010 Panel Sessions
BLACK MUSIC CULTURE AREA PANELS
Area Co- Chairs: William C. Banfield, Angela M. Nelson
2010 NATIONAL PCA/ACA CONFERENCE, 31 March-3 April 2010
Renaissance Grand Hotel (St. Louis, Missouri )
1046. JAZZ, BLUES, AND BLACK MUSIC CULTURE THEORY
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
2:30pm-4:00pm
Rashida K. Braggs, Universität Heidelberg, rbraggs@hca.uni-heidelberg.de
“Sonny’s Blues”: Performing the Black Experience from the U.S. to France
Mitsutoshi Inaba, University of Oregon—Eugene, mit64@comcast.net
Willie Dixon: Preacher of the Blues
Michael Borshuk, Texas Tech University, michael.borshuk@ttu.edu
Of Horn Players and Worthy Constituents: Observing the Jazz Visual Aesthetic in Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Work
Chair: Michael Borshuk
1112. GLOBAL HIP HOP
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
4:30pm-6:00pm
Marília Gessa, State University of Campinas, mariliagessa@gmail.com
The Brazilian Rap of Racionais MC’s: Social Violence Shapes A New Aesthetics
Halifu Osumare, University of California, Davis, hosumare@ucdavis.edu
Hiplife Music & Culture: Indigenizing Hip-Hop in Ghana
Chair: Halifu Osumare
2050. HIP-HOP CULTURE
Thursday, April 1, 2010
8:00am-9:30am
Kasey Cullors, Bowling Green State University, kpcullo@bgsu.edu
How Rockefeller Got ‘Roc’ed: Jay-Z as the Man, Myth, and Legend
Sade Young, Bowling Green State University, sadey@bgsu.edu
Spaceships, Martians, & Prototypes: When Rappers Phone Home to a Disconnected Number
Derrick L. Williams, Southern Illinois University—Carbondale, derricklwilliams@yahoo.com
The N-Word(s): Navigating Nas’s Untitled Album as Disidentification in Pop Culture
Chair: Derrick L. Williams
2122. HIP-HOP IDENTITY
Thursday, April 1, 2010
10:00am-11:30am
Marc Lafrance, Concordia University, marclafrance@fastmail.fm & Alyssa Woods, University of Ottawa, alyssawoods@hotmail.com
“I Got Homies, But I’m Still So Lonely”: Men and Masculinity on Kanye West’s 808s and Heartbreak
Marlin Rollins, Saint Louis University, mrollin2@slu.edu
Hip-Hop and Society: The History and Impact of Hip-Hop in the African-American Community, Changes over Time, and an Obligation for Reform
Erin L. Berry, Bowie State University, lnai.berry@gmail.com
“Everything I’m Not, Makes Me Everything I Am”: Analyzing the Sociocultural Relationship of Kanye West’s Lyrics as they Relate to Cultural Studies Perspectives
Chair: Erin L. Berry
3186. JAZZ AND HIP-HOP LITERATURE
Friday, April 2, 2010
12:30pm-2:00pm
Josephine Metcalf, University of Manchester, josephinemetcalf@yahoo.co.uk
Books Making a Killing: Contemporary Street Gang Memoirs
Nathaniel Williams, University of Kansas, natew59@ku.edu
"Re-Bop, Mop": The R&B Heart of Hughes's Be-bop Montage
Alex Pate, University of Minnesota, patex003@umn.edu
The Poetry of Hip Hop
Chair: Alex Pate
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: BLACK MUSIC CULTURE TODAY
Friday, April 2, 2010
2:30pm-4:00pm
Chair: William C. Banfield, Berklee College of Music, wbanfield@berklee.edu
This panel will explore the connections between jazz, blues, urban contemporary music, and hip hop today as well as the significance and role of education, aesthetics, theory, and pedagogy related to black music and black music culture in general and rap music and hip-hop culture in particular.
Panelists:
Krystal Banfield, Berklee College of Music, kbanfield@berklee.edu
Michael Borshuk, Texas Tech University, michael.borshuk@ttu.edu
Alex Pate, University of Minnesota, patex003@umn.edu
Mitsutoshi Inaba, University of Oregon—Eugene, mit64@comcast.net
William C. Banfield, Berklee College of Music
BLACK MUSIC CULTURE AREA MEETING
Friday, April 2, 2010
4:30pm-6:00pm
Chair: William C. Banfield, Berklee College of Music, wbanfield@berklee.edu
The Black Music Culture Area Co-Chair will lead an interactive session with the 2010 presenters to discuss the aims and purposes of the area, overview the panel presentations, and explore the state of “black music culture.”
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