BLACK MUSIC CULTURE AREA

40th and 32nd Annual Joint Meeting of PCA/ACA
Renaissance Grand Hotel St. Louis
800 Washington Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
1-314-621-9600 (or 1-800-HOTELS)
March 31-April 3, 2010

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: December 15, 2009

DESCRIPTION OF AREA

The Black Music Culture Area provides a scholarly forum for members of the PCA and ACA to share and disseminate their research about “black music” (broadly defined and including all forms and styles from all times and geographic locations), the connection between black music and “culture” (broadly defined), and the social processes and systems and related art forms intertwined in the representation, identities, production, regulation, and consumption of black musics.

GENERAL CALL FOR “BLACK MUSIC CULTURE” PAPERS AND PANELS

The Black Music Culture Area of the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association invites interested scholars to submit paper abstracts, papers, panel proposals, or roundtable discussion proposals related to one of the following sub-areas of Black Music Culture: (1) Black Diaspora (Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Asia, etc.); (2) Spirituals and Gospel; (3) Jazz and Blues; (4) Popular and Contemporary; (5) Rap Music; (6) Contemporary “Concert” Music; (7) Philosophy and Practice.

SPECIAL CALL FOR “BLACK MUSIC CULTURE” ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION PANELS

The Black Music Culture Area is very interested in dialogues among scholars. These sessions are not simply paper presentations but sessions where time is spent discussing ideas and formulating theory. In this dialogue format, presenters will engage in dialogue with each other and the audience sharing portions of their papers that speak to a specific issue or concern in Black Music Culture.

SPECIAL CALL FOR “HIP HOP CULTURE” PAPERS AND PANELS

The Black Music Culture Area is especially interested in receiving proposals regarding the role of music and other aspects in Hip Hop Culture. The Co-Chairs welcome submissions in the following areas that include, but are not limited to, hip hop history and historiography; hip hop, authenticity, and identity; hip hop time, space and place; hip hop and the politics of race, class, gender, and age; hip hop politics, and resistance; aesthetics of hip hop composition; hip hop language and linguistics; hip hop, religion and theology; hip hop, economics, and culture industries; technology, orality, and black cultural practice in rap music; hip hop audiences; hip hop and legal system; hip hop gesture and dance; hip hop, visual art and photography; hip hop literature; hip hop and radio; hip hop film; and hip hop genre and convention. 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Please submit the following information via e-mail with attachments in Microsoft Word or within an e-mail message:

• CONTACT INFORMATION (of each author/participant): Name, College/University/School/Business Affiliation, Address, E-Mail Address, Phone Number
• ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP*: PCA or ACA
• PROPOSAL SUB-AREA: Jazz and Blues; Spirituals and Gospel; Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture; Contemporary “Concert” Music; Black Diaspora; Popular and Contemporary; or Philosophy and Practice
• 150-250-WORD PAPER ABSTRACT or PANEL ABSTRACT**: If you are submitting a panel proposal, please include contact information and 1-page CVs for all panel participants.
• 150-250-WORD ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION DESCRIPTION***: Proposals for roundtables and conversations should indicate in a description of the session subject/s.
• 1-page CV or RÉSUMÉ

NOTE: The PCA/ACA will make available the following audiovisual equipment in all rooms: large projection screen; data projector with appropriate cables; DVD player; and speakers. Presenters may bring personal laptops, loaded with software needed for their presentations, e.g., PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, etc. Mac users should bring applicable adaptors, etc. Presenters are free to make arrangements with the hotel for any special audio-visual equipment that the PCA/ACA does not supply (but be advised that hotel equipment rental is costly).

SEND TO BLACK MUSIC CULTURE PROPOSALS TO:

Dr. William Banfield, Black Music Culture Area Co-Chair
Department of Liberal Arts
1140 Boylston Street, MS-FB369
Berklee College of Music
Boston, Massachusetts 02215-3693
617-747-8371
wbanfield@berklee.edu

and

Dr. Angela Nelson, Black Music Culture Area Co-Chair
Department of Popular Culture
108 Popular Culture Building
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0190
419-372-0284
anelson@bgsu.edu

SEND TO HIP-HOP CULTURE PANEL PROPOSALS TO:

Dr. Crystal Alberts, Hip Hop Culture Sub-Area Co-Chair
Department of English
University of North Dakota
276 Centennial Drive
110 Merrifield, Stop 7209
Grand Forks, ND 58202
crystal.alberts@gmail.com

*All presenters must be members of PCA or ACA and must pre-register for the conference. Early-bird registration rates end on December 31, 2009.

**In some cases, your presentation may fit into multiple areas. However, the PCA/ACA will only permit you to submit a proposal to one area at a time. For anyone who nevertheless submits multiple proposals, the PCA/ACA will select only one of the proposals for inclusion.

***Roundtable discussion proposals should include contact information for all participants, a description of the roundtable discussion topic, and 1-page CVs for all participants.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For further information about the joint annual meeting, membership, and registration, please visit the PCA/ACA website at: http://www.pcaaca.org.

For more information about the Black Music Culture Area, visit “Conferences and Institutes” at: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/popc/.                    

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