Cultural Appropriation in the Age of Social Media

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Call for papers
Cultural Appropriation in the Age of Social Media
African Studies Association UK’s Biennial Conference (ASAUK)
University of Sussex
9-11 September 2014

In recent years, social media have played a significant role in catapulting relatively obscure artists or cultural phenomena to international fame, seemingly overnight. The promise of Web 2.0 is that anyone with access to the Internet can find audiences and markets. The spontaneous uptake of memes on social media platforms seems to prove this. Likewise, we have seen South African bands, such as Die Antwoord, rise to fame via social media. Continue reading →

Race & Place in Hip-Hop Beyond the US

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Call for papers
Race & Place in Hip-Hop Beyond the US
African Studies Association UK’s Biennial Conference (ASAUK)
University of Sussex
9-11 September 2014

Hip-hop’s appeal beyond the US has been well documented by recent scholarship and documentaries. Despite the global uptake of hip-hop by a range of musicians, dancers and visual artists, mainstream media tend to focus upon commercial hip-hop from the US almost exclusively. Continue reading →

Metal and Marginalisation

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Call for papers
Metal and Marginalisation: Gender, Race, Class and Other Implications for Hard Rock and Metal‏
Centre for Women’s Studies and the International Society of Metal Music Scholars
University of York, UK
11 April 2014

Since the rising dawn of metallectualism, heavy metal scholars have acknowledged metal’s capacity to creatively explore forms of individualism, alterity and otherness. Further, metal frequently casts itself as a marginalised group in mainstream society, with fans and musicians often revelling in their outsider status which is reinforced by references to non-conforming traits (Satanism, for example). Continue reading →

Sonic Signatures Symposium

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Sonic Signatures Symposium
9–11 April 2014
Deadline 1 November 2013
http://www.sss.musik.aau.dk

Sonic Signatures Symposium for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. Registration is free (subject to acceptance of application).

The Association for the Study of the Art of Record Production (ASARP) in collaboration with the European Sound Studies Association (ESSA) is pleased to announce the launch of its annual symposium series, the first of which explores Sonic Signatures. This is a unique opportunity to work with top international academics and recording industry professionals to develop the leading edge of scholarship in this crucial aspect of the analysis of recorded popular music. Over three intensive days you will workshop your own research topic in the context of some of the latest analytical approaches while at the same time being grounded in the practicalities of current creative practice. Continue reading →

Berlin Ethnomusicology and the Anthropology of Music Research Group

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BEAM
Berlin Ethnomusicology and the Anthropology of Music Research Group
http://berlinethnomusicology.blogspot.de

BEAM is a Berlin-based research group dedicated to the ethnographic study of music. It welcomes local and international scholars and students of various disciplines interested in the social, cultural and political dimensions of music. The group meets Thursday evenings (6-8pm) once a month at different academic institutions around the city. By providing a forum for music scholars to engage in academic exchange, discuss current literature and disciplinary debates, and present recent research, it aims to strengthen a local ethnomusicology community across local Berlin academic institutions, to build connections to a wider international network of ethnomusicologists, and to increase the discipline’s visibility within and expand its impact on local musical, cultural and political life. Continue reading →

Sound in Canada

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Call for chapters
Sound in Canada: Environment, Technology, History
Deadline: 18 November 2013

For the past three decades, cultural studies has become especially attuned to sonic and auditory culture, resulting in the arrival of a new and exciting field known as “Sound Studies”. During this same period, music scholarship has expanded its own purview to include many of the same issues and research methodologies, particularly in approaching musical styles and practices that are not fully suited to more traditional modes of musicological inquiry. There is, however, no central text that offers the uniquely Canadian perspective on sound, despite the fact that Canadian cultural history is replete with studies and cultural production sensitive to the auditory environment. Chapter proposals are requested for such a text, which will provide an interdisciplinary cross-section of current research on Sound in Canada. Continue reading →

New York University Full-Time Faculty Positions

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Multiple full-time faculty positions
Tisch School of the Arts
New York University

New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at the Tisch School of the Arts invites applications and nominations for multiple full-time faculty positions to commence in the Fall of 2014. We seek candidates to teach undergraduate courses in each of the following areas: Musicianship and Performance; Writing, Journalism, History, and Emergent Media; Studio Production.

Application deadline is 13 December 2013.

Full posting and application details

NYU encourages applications from women and minorities.