CONFERENCE ANN0UNCEMENT/CALL FOR PAPERS
IAPSM-US (International Association for the Study of Popular Music,
United States Branch) 1999 National Meeting.
WHEN: Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 1999
WHERE: Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), Murfreesboro, TN
DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH: POPULAR MUSIC
The 1999 IASPM/U.S. conference welcomes papers on the cultural roles of
music and musicians; the means by which music gets to its audiences;
and
the ways in which music is interpreted and used by listeners in a
variety
of contexts. Within this broad frame, the conference will focus
especially on consumption practices. In the study of popular music,
attention is sometimes focused on producers at the expense of consumers:
we still understand and investigate very little who it is who
listens to popular music, how they hear it, and how that music affects
their lives. Thus we encourage papers on this topic. In addition, we
welcome disciplinary and interdisciplinary examinations of (among other
topics):
* various histories and traditions in popular music
* institutions, politics, and popular music
* race and popular music
* the dominant discourses of popular music/popular music studies
* gender studies and its relation to popular music studies
* technology and new media
* authorship issues in popular music
* performance theory and performance styles
* new ways of understanding both "popular" and "music"
GRAD STUDENT AWARDS: IASPM-US will offer three awards of $200 each to
the
three best papers presented by graduate students.
ABOUT THE LOCATION: Murfreesboro is located approximately 35 miles from
Nashville. We will plan several panels, speakers, and recreational
activites around music-making activities in the Nashville area.
Deadline for proposals: May 15, 1999
Please send all proposals to (submissions by e-mail are strongly
encouraged):
Professor Thomas Swiss
Chair, Program Committee
e-mail: thomas.swiss@drake.edu
1514 Buresh Ave
Iowa City IA 52245
For more info, contact:
Professor Paul Fischer
Dept. of Recording Industry
Box 21
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Phone: (615) 898-5470
FAX (615) 898 5682
e-mail: pfischer@frank.mtsu.edu
conference info is also available at: www.mtsu.edu/~pfischer
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Anahid Kassabian
Editor, Journal of Popular Music Studies
Department of Communication and Media Studies
Fordham University
113 W. 60th Street, Room 422
New York, NY 10023
USA
Fax: 212-636-7878
E-mail: <kassabian@mary.fordham.edu>
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