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Program

The Keynote Address will be a public event hosted on Zoom. All other sessions are limited to the edited volume contributors only and will use a different Zoom link.

In preparation for the online conference, the discussants and other edited volume contributors are asked to read the chapter drafts and view the chapter writers’ prerecorded video presentations, both of which are being posted to the password-protected “Readings” section of this site. During the conference, the discussants will moderate four thematic panels along the following schedule:

00:00 - 20:00 Discussant presents the theme of the panel, synthesizing the three chapters, connecting the theme to their own work, and raising questions for the group to consider
20:00 - 30:00 Chapter writers briefly respond to the discussant (2-3 minutes each)
30:00 - 59:00 Discussant moderates general discussion among all participants. Everyone will be able to raise their “blue hands” and type questions into the chat. The organizer, Levi Gibbs, will help the discussant monitor the chat.

Day 1: Friday, December 4, 2020

12:00–1:30 PM EST Keynote Address and Q & A
My Culture, Right or Wrong: Thoughts about Music and Power

Elijah Wald
1:30–1:45 PM EST 15-minute break, edited volume contributors will switch to second Zoom link for remainder of Friday’s conference
1:45–2:45 PM EST Introduction and Roundtable Discussion

Levi Gibbs (Dartmouth College)

This will be an informal group discussion responding to the pre-circulated draft Introduction and discussing the themes of the edited volume.
2:45–3:00 PM EST 15-minute break accompanied by slides and music
3:00–4:00 PM EST Panel I: Becoming Icons
Discussant: Jeff Todd Titon (Brown University, Emeritus)

    Chapter Writers:

  • Anthony Seeger (University of California, Los Angeles, Emeritus, and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Emeritus)
    Becoming a “Folk” Icon: Pete Seeger and Musical Activism
  • John Lie (University of California, Berkeley)
    Idolatry and Iconoclasm in K-Pop Fandom
  • Andrew G. Simon (Dartmouth College)
    An Ordinary Icon: Cassettes, Counter Histories, and Shaykh Imam
4:00–4:30 PM EST 30-minute break accompanied by slides and music
4:30–5:30 PM EST Panel II: Cultural Symbols and Diasporas
Discussant: Ruth Hellier (University of California, Santa Barbara)

    Chapter Writers:

  • Carol Silverman (University of Oregon)
    Artful Politics of the Voice: “Queen of Romani Music” Esma Redžepova
  • Michael Bourdaghs (University of Chicago)
    Teresa Teng and the Phantom Limb: Embodying Japan’s Cold War
  • Carol Muller (University of Pennsylvania)
    Women, Political Voice, and the South African Diaspora 1959-2020: Playing the “Less Good Idea” with the Voices of Black Womanism

Day 2: Saturday, December 5, 2020

1:00–2:00 PM EST Panel III: Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Class
Discussant: Eric Lott (City University of New York)

    Chapter Writers:

  • Treva Lindsey (The Ohio State University)
    All On They Mouth Like Liquor
  • Christina D. Abreu (Northern Illinois University)
    Compromise and Competition: The Musical Identities of Afro-Cuban Women Singers
  • Nancy Guy (University of California at San Diego)
    Challenging the Divide between Elite and Mass Culture: Opera Icon Beverly Sills
2:00–2:15 PM EST 15-minute break accompanied by slides and music
2:15–3:15 PM EST Panel IV: Lyrics, Lives, and Society as Interweaving Narratives
Discussant: Kwame Dawes (University of Nebraska)

    Chapter Writers:

  • Leigh H. Edwards (Florida State University)
    Dolly Parton, Transmedia Storytelling, and Social Change
  • Natalie Sarrazin (The College at Brockport, State University of New York)
    The Vocal Narratives of Lata Mangeshkar: Gender, Politics, and Nation in India
  • Katherine Meizel (Bowling Green State University)
    Ya Toyour: One Song in Two Voices
3:15–3:30 PM EST 15-minute break accompanied by slides and music
3:30–4:15 PM EST Keynote Response
The Power of Song: A Response

William Cheng (Dartmouth College)
4:15–4:30 PM EST 15-minute break accompanied by slides and music
4:30–5:30 PM EST

Closing Discussion