SEM 2024 Annual Meeting

October 17-26, 2024 | Virtual

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Conference Agenda

The Online Program of events for the SEM 2024 Annual Meeting appears below. This program is subject to change. The final program will be published in early October.

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Session Overview

Date: Wednesday, 23/Oct/2024
10:00am - 11:30am	11J: Ethnomusicological Exits: Breaks, Goodbyes, Partings Sponsored by the British Forum for Ethnomusicology and the SEM Board
10:00am - 12:00pm	11A: Musicking Religion II Chair: Nathan Myrick, Mercer University The disguised sexist double standard in American church music ministries Heather MacLachlan University of Dayton “And Will I Be Invited to the Sound?”: Evangelical Masculinity, Hipster Christianity, and the Banjo in Seven Swans Joshua Busman University of North Carolina at Pembroke The Evolution of Religious Deaf Song Stephen J. Parkhurst SIL International	11B: Memory and Memorialization Chair: Frank Gunderson, Florida State University Resurrecting Stars of the Past: The Role of Technology in Memorializing Japan’s Misora Hibari Shelley Brunt¹, Amane Kasai² 1: RMIT University; 2: Kyoto University of the Arts Personalized Playlists for People Living with Dementia: The Limitations and Possibilities of Co-Curation Theresa A. Allison¹, Jennie Gubner^2,3 1: University of California, San Francisco, Division of Geriatrics; 2: University of Arizona Applied Intercultural Arts Research Graduate Interdisciplinary Program; 3: University of Arizona School of Music “This is How We Remember That War”: Musical Memories of Chinese Anti-American Songs Meng Ren Newcastle University,	11C: “The Insistence of Being Heard”: Women, Music, and the Circumvention of Oppressive Structures The SEM Section on the Status of Women (SSW) “The Insistence of Being Heard”: Women, Music, and the Circumvention of Oppressive Structures Organizer(s): Nasim Ahmadian (University of Alberta), Vivianne Asturizaga (California State University Fullerton), Ana-María Alarcón-Jiménez (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Elsa Calero-Carramolino (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Chair(s): Vivianne Asturizaga (California State University Fullerton) Presentations in the Session The Embodiment of Virtual Identities, from Radio Golha to Instagram: Female Voice, Visibility, and Aesthetics in Iranian Classical Music Nasim Ahmadian University of Alberta Hearing What You See, Seeing What You Hear: Bolivian Musical Muses’ Songs of Resistance Vivianne Asturizaga California State University Fullerton Leading voices in Counterpoint to Silence: Female Political Prisoners and their Musical Practices in the early decades of Francisco Franco’s Regime Ana-María Alarcón-Jiménez, Elsa Calero-Carramolino Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	11D: Music and Violence Chair: Johnathan Ritter, University of California, Riverside “’Repertoires of violence’: music in military networks in occupied East Timor” Julia Byl University of Alberta The Bellicose Ordinary: Music, Media, and Violence in Western Mexico Chris Batterman Cháirez University of Chicago The introduction of the label “gender violence” to the Fondo de Música Tradicional IMF-CSIC. A contemporary perspective on folk songs with violent content against women collected during early Francoism Flora Saki Giordani Boston University Music in Action: Combatting witchcraft-related violence in rural South Africa NANETTE DE JONG¹, JONGISILO POKWANA KA MENZIWA² 1: NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY; 2: VUSIZWE NGO
	11E: Technological Negotiations of Authenticity in Popular Music Technological Negotiations of Authenticity in Popular Music Organizer(s): Emma Beachy (University of Michigan), Kelly Hoppenjans (University of Michigan), Clay Conley (University of Michigan) Chair(s): Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta (University of Birmingham) Presentations in the Session Soaked in ‘Verb: Onboard Effects in the Pursuit of Authenticity in Local Ann Arbor, MI Music Venues Clay Conley University of Michigan “A Self-Replicating Popstar?” GrimesAI and Voicing Humanity Kelly Hoppenjans University of Michigan “If you squint your ears”: Queer Community and Representational Politics on GaylorTok Emma Beachy University of Michigan	11F: Vulnerability in Fieldwork: beyond methodologies Vulnerability in Fieldwork: beyond methodologies Organizer(s): Garrett Groesbeck (Wesleyan University) Chair(s): Anya Shatilova (Wesleyan University) Presentations in the Session Anime Music in the Concert Hall: vulnerability and compositional training in the era of digital streaming Garrett Groesbeck Wesleyan University The Sephardic Life-Cycle Songs: Vulnerability and Revitalization in Virtual Space(s) Lily Henley Wesleyan University Konesans (sacred knowledge) Vodou and the Vulnerability of Knowing Collin Edouard Yale University Echoes of Empire: A Vulnerable Study of Balalaika and Domra Players in the United States Anya Shatilova Wesleyan University	11G: Postcolonial Musical Networks of Luso-Sonic Geographies Postcolonial Musical Networks of Luso-Sonic Geographies Organizer(s): Andrew Snyder (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) Chair(s): Andrew Snyder (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) Presentations in the Session “A Hora do Brasil:” Radio Social Technology in Postcolonial Language Administration in Goa Susana Sardo Universidade de Aveiro What is “African Music?”: Musical Categorisation and Nation-Building in Mozambique Marco Freitas Universidade Nova de Lisboa « Des mornas dignes des meilleurs fados » Cesária Évora and Lusosonia in Postcolonial Cape Verde Ana Flávia Miguel Universidade de Aveiro “Between Enchantment and Confrontation:” Post- and De-colonial Theories and the Viability of the Brazilian Immigrant Carnival of Lisbon, Portugal Andrew Snyder Universidade Nova de Lisboa	11H: Temporalities of Belonging, Architectures of Tradition Temporalities of Belonging, Architectures of Tradition Organizer(s): Bradley DeMatteo (University of Toronto,) Chair(s): Bradley DeMatteo (University of Toronto), Allan Zheng (University of California Riverside) Presentations in the Session Styling the Contemporary: Creative Self-Making in Cambodian Contemporary Performance Allan Zheng University of California Riverside Roam Vong: Cambodian American Dance Sophea Seng California State University Long Beach Court Music: Music, Sound, and Voice in a Cambodian American Park Bradley DeMatteo University of Toronto
	11I: Creative Intersections: Artistic Influences Between African Art, Popular, and Traditional Music Genres Sponsored by the African and African Diaspora Music Section Creative Intersections: Artistic Influences Between African Art, Popular, and Traditional Music Genres Organizer(s): Echezonachukwu Chinedu Nduka (University of Pennsylvania) Chair(s): Echezonachukwu Nduka (University of Pennsylvania) Presentations in the Session Roundtable Participant Seyi Ajibade University of Pittsburgh Roundtable Participant Kingsley Okyere University of Pennsylvania Roundtable Participant Johnson Oluwajuwon Adenuga University of Pittsburgh Roundtable Participant Adebola Ola Boston University Roundtable Participant Echezonachukwu Nduka University of Pennsylvania
12:00pm - 12:30pm	Practices of Contemplation and Mindfulness Chair: Maria S. Guarino, Independent Scholar Sponsored by the SEM Program Committee
12:30pm - 2:00pm	12A: Multi-species Ethnomusicology Chair: Kevin Fellezs, Columbia University Listening against “Species” at the Gibbon Conservation Center: Sounded Taxonomies and the Biopolitics of Endangered Species Conservation. Tyler Yamin Bucknell University Don’t Kill the Animals: The Zoe Powered Avant-Pop of Nomadic New Wave Divas, Lene Lovich and Nina Hagen Shelina Brown University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) The New Ethic: Animal Rights Activism, Hardcore Punk, and Ethnomusicology Paige Carter N/A	12B: Disability Studies Chair: Michael Bakan, Florida State University Musicality and “Williams Music”: Expanding Music Curriculum for Neurodivergent Musicians Alexandria Heaton Carrico University of South Carolina Broadening Virtual Access Beyond Participation Steph Ban Chicago, IL Keeping the Score: Performing Music Literacy as Abledness in Melbourne’s Choral Societies Alex Hedt The University of Melbourne	12C: Social Movements/Protest/Resistance I Chair: Robin D Moore, University of Texas at Austin Forbidding Song: Political Aurality and the New Lawscape in Semi-Authoritarian Hong Kong Winnie W. C. Lai Dartmouth College Say Their Names: Sonic Bridges and Transnational Solidarity in Iranian Diasporic Protests Sara Fazeli Masayeh University of Florida What “Fat Mama Has Something to Say” has to say: About remix music and protest music in Hong Kong Wing Sze Tse Brown University	12D: Affect Chair: Ana Hofman, Research Centre of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Musicalisation of Love and Its Global Ramifications: The Romeo and Juliet Franchise Maria Mihaela Grajdian Hiroshima University Interrogating the Visceral: Embodiment and Visceral Persuasion in Ohad Naharin’s “Echad Mi Yodea” Angelina Helen Gibson University of Michigan
	12E: Indigenous Studies: Native America Chair: Liz Przybylski, University of California, Riverside “Spaceship to Turtle Island”: Native Slipstream and Notions of Space/Time through Indigenous Hip Hop Futurism Jonah Francese University of Chicago “Silent Inuit, please don’t cry, you’ll be home some day”: Inuit Popular Music and the Legacies of Indian Residential Schools Raj Shobha Singh Western University Land, Language, Love: Sounding Sovereignty in Tanya Tagaq’s “Tongues” Emily Korzeniewski Yale University	12F: Interculturality I Chair: R. Anderson Sutton, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Crossing Borders in Sound: Exploring the Intercultural Musical Landscape of Ghana's Guan People Divine Kwasi Gbagbo Loyola Marymount University Songs of the Heart: The Fado Revival Project & Portuguese Sonic Heritage in Contemporary Goa Caroline Collins, Pramantha Tagore University of Chicago Blurred K in K-pop: Transpacific Sound Circulation, Diaspora, and Authenticity of the Music Jiwon Kwon University of Pennsylvania	12G: Policies, Politics, and Polities Chair: Kendra Renée Salois, American University Reconsidering the Significance of Covering Through the Case of “Minatochō burūsu” Ho Chak Law The New School Folk culture wars: How French politicians and musicians use a folk music conflict to redefine Provence, their politics, and their careers Aleysia Whitmore University of Denver Translating Dissidence: Soviet Russian ‘Guitar Poetry’ in Central Asia Katherine Freeze Wolf Boston, MA	12H: Women as Tradition Bearers Chair: Ellen Koskoff, Eastman School of Music Musical Creativity and Gender: Women Musicians and the Hindustani Khayal Tradition Aditi S Deo Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, India "They don’t love men, they love money!” Mexican women, flamenco, and translating identities across borders in Charles Mingus’s musical narrations of Mexico Elisa Corona Aguilar NYU Negotiating Gender and Tradition: The Gendered Evolution in Xi’an Guyue of China xiaoya zhu Commonwealth University Of Pennsylvania
	12J: Ask a Scholar: Mentoring and Advice from Grad School to Tenure Presenter: Panayotis League, Florida State University Presenter: Christina Sunardi, University of Washington Presenter: janice mahinka, Harford Community College Sponsored by the SEM Program Committee
12:30pm - 2:15pm	12I: The Music of Our Neighbors: Cultural Diversity in Small-Town Germany The Music of Our Neighbors: Cultural Diversity in Small-Town Germany Juniper Lynn Hill, Cornelia Guenauer University of Wurzburg
2:15pm - 3:15pm	Diversity Action Committee	Section on the Status of Women	SIG for Ecomusicology	SIG for Musics in and of Europe
2:15pm - 3:15pm	SIG for Organology	SIG for the Music of Iran and Central Asia	SIG for the Study of Music and Violence
7:00pm - 9:00pm	13A: Queering Media Chair: Stephanie Rose Espie Pretty and Problematic: The Use of Music in Guadagnino's Call Me by Your Name Brandon Lane Foskett University of Texas at Austin Merging Queer Thought, Politics, and Governance: Barranquilla Carnival’s LGBTIQ+ Musical Practices Sebastian Wanumen Jimenez Universidad del Norte/Boston University The Techno-Corpo-Realities of a Queer Ethnomusicology Rory Fewer University of California, Riverside Transnational Transmedia Pop Texts on Drag Race Philippines James Gabrillo University of Texas at Austin	13B: Jazz and Race Chair: Sergio Ospina Romero, Indiana University Black Boxes, Pink Noise, and White Listening: Rationalizing Race and Gender in Live Jazz Performance Tom Wetmore Columbia University “No Wave and all that Noise:” Race and Style in Early 1980s Downtown Experimental Music Ken Prouty Michigan State University Sounds of the Second Line: Ethnographic Insights into Contemporary New Orleans Jazz Nick Payne The University of Texas at Dallas The Bi-Musical Ear: Cultural Identity Implications in African American Jazz from the South African Jazz Tradition Maya Celeste Ann Cunningham University of Massachusetts, Amherst	13C: Towards a Theory and Method for the Study of Music and Nongovernmental Organizations Towards a Theory and Method for the Study of Music and Nongovernmental Organizations Organizer(s): Emily Howe (Curry College), Joseph Maurer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Dikshant Uprety (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Chair(s): Erica Haskell (Rochester Institute of Technology) Presentations in the Session Roundtable Participant Emily Howe Curry College Roundtable Participant Joseph Maurer Massachusetts Institute of Technology Roundtable Participant Dikshant Uprety University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Roundtable Participant Erica Haskell Rochester Institute of Technology	13D: Analysis: Modal Theory Chair: Philip Yampolsky, Independent Liminal Spaces: A multi-dimensional model of contemporary Balinese modal practice Oscar Smith, I Putu Swaryandana Ichi Oka University of British Columbia Pentatonic modes, heptatonic scales, or Western keys? Etic and emic perspectives on the modal system in Cantonese Music from the 1920s to the present Su Yin Mak¹, Chi Chun Chan² 1: The Chinese University of Hong Kong; 2: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Qin Tuning and Playing in Kangxi’s Fourteen-Tone Temperament Sheryl Man-Ying Chow The University of Hong Kong
8:00pm - 9:00pm	13E: The Pluriversal World of Argentine Tango Music The Pluriversal World of Argentine Tango Music Caroline Pearsall Teachers College Columbia University

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