Lecture: Queering Identity in Music: Perspectives from Ethnomusicology (11.11.2021, Vienna & online)
THE 2021 MMRC LECTURE
Queering Identity in Music: Perspectives from Ethnomusicology
mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna & online
11.11.2021
Contesting fixed conceptions of identity increasingly informs political activism among several marginalized communities in Europe and beyond. Such approaches to activism challenge political struggles that are based on more traditional notions of identity. These developments are also operative in a range of musical practices. Drawing on examples from the LGBTQ+ community and minority communities in India, the 2021 MMRC Lecture sheds light on the relevance as well as the challenges of queering identity for minority studies and minority politics by bringing together scholarly, activist, and artistic viewpoints.
Program
Voguing performance:
Opening:
Ulrike Sych, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Introduction:
Ursula Hemetek, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Choral Activism, LGBTQ+ Rights, Queering Identity in 21st Century Europe
Thomas Hilder, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Does Identity Politics Unite or Divide us? Reflections on Social Justice and its Theorisations in Music Studies
Rasika Ajotikar, SOAS University of London
Panel discussion:
Chaired by Ursula Hemetek, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Voguing performance:
Kiki House of DIVE
Time:
Thursday, November 11, 2021, 19:00 (CET)
Location:
mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Joseph Haydn Hall
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1
1030 Vienna, Austria
and via Zoom and live stream.
Registration
Register here.
Please note that the 2G regulation will be applied at the event (attendees on-site must either be fully vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19). In addition, an FFP2 mask must be worn at all times, also at the seat.