CfP: MAPACA 2019 Annual Conference, November 7-9, 2019, Pittsburgh

Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA) 2019 Annual Conference

November 7-9, 2019 Pittsburgh, PA — Pittsburgh Marriott City Center Hotel

MAPACA’s (Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association) Music Area aims to study and advance understandings of the relationship between music and popular culture in various contexts. The area is open to many disciplines and scholarly perspectives. Presenters are encouraged to submit their best work on any topic related to the music of the America’s. This may include but is not limited to:

  • Ethnomusicology and Applied Ethnomusicology

  • Acoustemology

  • Ecomusicology

  • Musicology and Music History

  • Sound studies

  • Composition

  • Music Technology

  • Sound recording and technology

  • Recording Culture

  • Music Psychology

  • Music physiology

  • Artists, albums, or songs

  • Genres/Subgenres

  • Cultures/Subcultures

  • Music and Mass Media

  • Music Journalism or Criticism

  • Music Scenes (local, translocal, and virtual)

  • Music and/as commerce

  • Music Industry

  • Music Education and Pedagogy

  • Performance or performativity

  • Identity Studies

  • Local/Global Music Culture(s)

  • Music and Multi-Media Studies

  • Film Music

  • Music in Anime

  • Music and Gaming

  • Radio and Audio Media History/Studies

  • Music in Animation

  • Music, Advertising and Consumption

  • Indigenous people and POC in Music

Panels of 3 or 4 presenters, single papers, roundtables, or alternative formats are encouraged. Submissions are due on June 30, 2019 through our online submission form at www.mapaca.net.

Please send general questions and/or inquires to this area using the “Email area chairs” link available under the music area on the website.

Music, Native American Studies, Latino/a Studies and Performance Studies Special CFP on Indigenous Resurgence, Resistance, and Decolonization

Indigenous resurgence, resistance and decolonial efforts have, in recent years, been on the rise. Indigenous elders, adults and youth have mobilized to collectively challenge colonial structures of power imbalances, domination, assimilation and elimination. Continued efforts to protect sacred Indigenous lands and waterways like the Bagua Blockade in Bagua, Peru, Idle No More in Canada, and the No DAPL (Dakota Access Pipeline) in Standing Rock Sioux Reservation have been at the forefront of many Indigenous communities throughout the Americas and the world. Indigenous peoples, as well as independent organizations have begun to pursue a myriad of strategies to revive and rejuvenate Indigenous social and cultural practices, many of which interrupt and interrogate settler assumptions and the imperial order. Decolonial efforts have also led to an increase in the awareness of Indigenous peoples rights and sovereignty. Some of this has been reflected in local social movements, while others have reached national or global attention. In Canada, Indigenous women tirelessly worked to increase awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Their efforts led to a national inquiry. This is but one example of a social and political movement steeped in resistance and decolonial activism.

This special call for papers between Music, Native American Studies, Latino/a Studies and Performance Studies invites individual paper proposals and roundtables about Indigenous resurgence, resistance and decolonization or any related topic. Sponsored as joint sessions between all four areas, we encourage presenters to submit their best work as it relates to the aforementioned themes as they are exemplified in, but not limited to, music, literature (academic or otherwise), film, dance, theatre and performance.

Panels of 3 or 4 presenters, single papers, roundtables, or alternative formats are encouraged. Submissions are due on June 30, 2019 through our online submission form at www.mapaca.net.

Please send general questions and/or inquires using the “Email area chairs” link available under the applicable area on the website.



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