Black Music Culture
CALL FOR PAPERS
BLACK MUSIC CULTURE AREA
38th and 30th Annual Joint Meeting of PCA/ACA
San Francisco Marriott Hotel
San Francisco , California
March 19-22, 2008
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: November 30, 2007
DESCRIPTION OF AREA
The Black Music Culture Area provides a scholarly forum for members of the PCA and ACA to share and disseminate their research about “black music” (broadly defined and including all forms and styles from all times and geographic locations), the connection between black music and “culture” (broadly defined), and the social processes and systems and related art forms intertwined in the representation, identities, production, regulation, and consumption of black musics.
GENERAL CALL FOR “BLACK MUSIC CULTURE” PAPERS/PANELS
The Black Music Culture Area of the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association invites interested scholars to submit paper abstracts, papers, or panel/roundtable proposals related to one of the following sub-areas of Black Music Culture:
(1) Black Diaspora (Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Asia, etc.)
(2) Spirituals and Gospel
(3) Jazz and Blues
(4) Popular and Contemporary
(5) Rap Music
(6) Contemporary “Concert” Music
(7) Philosophy and Practice.
SPECIAL CALL FOR “HIP HOP CULTURE” PAPERS/PANELS
The Black Music Culture Area is especially interested in receiving proposals regarding the role of music and other aspects in Hip Hop Culture. The Co-Chairs welcome submissions in the following areas that include, but are not limited to, hip hop history and historiography; hip hop, authenticity, and identity; hip hop time, space and place; hip hop and the politics of race, class, gender, and age; hip hop, politics, and resistance; aesthetics of hip hop composition; hip hop language and linguistics; hip hop, religion, and theology; hip hop, economics, and culture industries; technology, orality, and black cultural practice in rap music; hip hop audiences; hip hop and legal system; hip hop gesture and dance; hip hop, visual art, and photography; hip hop literature; hip hop and radio; hip hop film; and hip hop genre and convention.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Please submit the following information via e-mail with attachments in Microsoft Word or within an e-mail message:
- CONTACT INFORMATION (of each author/participant): Name, Affiliation, Address, E-Mail Address
- ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP*: PCA or ACA
- PROPOSAL SUB-AREA: Jazz and Blues; Spirituals and Gospel; Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture; Contemporary “Concert” Music; Black Diaspora; Popular and Contemporary; or Philosophy and Practice
- 100-250-WORD PAPER ABSTRACT or PANEL ABSTRACT**: If you are submitting a panel proposal, please include contact information for all participants.
- 1-page CV or RÉSUMÉ
NOTE: Audiovisual equipment has not been finalized, but the PCA/ACA expects to make available DVD players & monitors (with VGA cables). Presenters may bring personal laptops, PowerPoint software, or other software for their presentations. Mac users should bring applicable adaptors, etc. Presenters are free to make arrangements with the hotel for any special audio-visual equipment that the PCA/ACA does not supply (but be advised that hotel equipment rental is costly).
SEND TO ALL PROPOSALS TO:
Dr. William Banfield, Black Music Culture Area Co-Chair
Department of Liberal Arts
1140 Boylston Street, MS -FB369
Berklee College of Music
Boston , Massachusetts 02215 -3693
617-747-8371
wbanfield@berklee.edu
and
Department of Popular Culture
108 Popular Culture Building
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0190
419-372-0284
anelson@bgsu.edu
*All presenters must be members of PCA or ACA and must pre-register for the conference by January 1, 2008, to ensure inclusion in the conference program.
**In some cases, your presentation may fit into multiple areas. You will have to make a choice. If you are still unsure, please contact Bill or Angela to discuss the place where your presentation might best fit. Please remember, however, to select only one area; conference participants are allowed to give only one paper. For anyone who nevertheless sends out multiple proposals, the PCA/ACA will select only one of the proposals for inclusion.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For further information about the joint annual meeting, membership, and registration, please visit the PCA/ACA website at: http://www.pcaaca.org.
For more information about the Black Music Culture Area, visit “Conferences and Institutes” at: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/popc/.