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Queer Otherwise Possibilities in the SMT and Beyond: A Workshop and Conversation
Time:
Friday, 10/Nov/2023:
10:45am - 12:15pm
Session Chair: Vivian Luong, University of Oklahoma
Location:Grand Ballroom I
Session Topics:
Standing Committee, SMT
Presentations
Queer Otherwise Possibilities in the SMT and Beyond: A Workshop and Conversation
Organizer(s): Vivian Luong (University of Oklahoma)
Chair(s): Vivian Luong (University of Oklahoma)
As queer religious studies scholar Ashon Crawley theorizes, “otherwise, as a word—otherwise possibilities as a phrase—announces the fact of infinite alternatives to what is” (2016). Since queer music theory’s inception alongside feminist music theory in the 1980s and 90s, this area of scholarship, pedagogy, and activism has offered a space to imagine such “otherwise possibilities” in response to the exclusionary structures of mainstream music theory. In this work, these scholars pointed toward queer otherwise versions of music theory by celebrating the power of music to do things to us, to enter our bodies, and to deeply affect our sense of self. This collaborative and open-ended workshop seeks to further define and enact queer music theory’s otherwise possibilities: 1) How might an otherwise orientation inform queerness in both queer music theory and in music theory at large? And 2) how might such an orientation inform this current moment in the work of our relatively new standing committee?
To explore these questions, we will offer a space for conversation on the future of our standing committee. Our session will begin with an overview of responses to our climate survey for LGBTQ+ music theorists to highlight key areas of concern for our membership. Following this overview, we will lead a guided brainstorming workshop and group conversation to devise future goals and action points to better serve the needs of LGBTQ+ scholars, students, and scholarship in our field.
Name of sponsoring group SMT Committee on LGBTQ+ Issues
Presentations of the Symposium
Queer Otherwise Possibilities in the SMT and Beyond: A Workshop and Conversation
Vivian Luong1, Edward Klorman2, Cora Palfy3, Deborah Rifkin4 1University of Oklahoma, 2McGill University, 3Elon University, 4Ithaca College
As queer religious studies scholar Ashon Crawley theorizes, “otherwise, as a word—otherwise possibilities as a phrase—announces the fact of infinite alternatives to what is” (2016). Since queer music theory’s inception alongside feminist music theory in the 1980s and 90s, this area of scholarship, pedagogy, and activism has offered a space to imagine such “otherwise possibilities” in response to the exclusionary structures of mainstream music theory. In this work, these scholars pointed toward queer otherwise versions of music theory by celebrating the power of music to do things to us, to enter our bodies, and to deeply affect our sense of self. This collaborative and open-ended workshop seeks to further define and enact queer music theory’s otherwise possibilities: 1) How might an otherwise orientation inform queerness in both queer music theory and in music theory at large? And 2) how might such an orientation inform this current moment in the work of our relatively new standing committee?
To explore these questions, we will offer a space for conversation on the future of our standing committee. Our session will begin with an overview of responses to our climate survey for LGBTQ+ music theorists to highlight key areas of concern for our membership. Following this overview, we will lead a guided brainstorming workshop and group conversation to devise future goals and action points to better serve the needs of LGBTQ+ scholars, students, and scholarship in our field.
