2007 Conference Papers

Schedule of events and Presentations

• Conceptions of Death in Gangsta Rap
  • Langston Collin Wilkins, Indiana University
• Related Rhythms and Scenes: The Interactions Between Hip Hop and Jungle
  • Meghan Reef, Indiana University
• 'Pussy is Power': Lil' Kim's Performance of Masculinity and Femininity
  • Michael A. Figueroa, Independent Scholar

• Performing Memory, Recreating the Present: A Performative Approach to Understanding Modern Uyghur Identity
  • Elise M. Anderson, Indiana University
• Redefining Methods of Molding the Nation: the Case of Singaporean Parody
  • Alex Cannon, University of Michigan
• Han: Korean Collective Sentiment and Its Manifestations in P'ansori
  • Christopher Lowery, University of Louisville

• Culture Clash: Negotiating Differences in Transnational Musical Encounters
  • Heather O'Sullivan, Indiana University
• "You Don't Have to Be a Singer to Join the Choir": Musical Participation in an Illinois City
  • Melinda Russell, Carleton College
• The Blue River Music Association: Experiencing Social Values in Music
  • Rich Walter, Indiana University

• Local Sounds? Fieldwork, YouTube, and "Romanian" Cimbalom in Moravian Slovakia
  • Jesse Johnston, University of Michigan
• Virtual Country: Grand Theft Auto, Country Music and the Musical Framing of the Videogame Experience
  • Leah Hartman and Eduardo Herrera, University of Illinois
• Recording Practice, Discourse, and the (Lost?) Spirit of Contemporary Collegiate A Cappella
  • Joshua Duchan, University of Michgan
• "DJ as Musician: Exploring DJ Performance, Music and Technology within Local Context."
  • Aja Burrell Wood, University Of Michigan

• Shuffling Along Through Old Bandana Days: The Revisionist Novelty of Shuffle Along's Choreography, Script, and Musical Score
  • Jennifer Mayes, Northestern University
• Dancing to Belong, Dancing to Exclude: KwehKweh Ritual Dance and the Embodiment of AfroGuyanese Identities
  • Gillian Richards-Greaves, Indiana University
• Unpacking House: Exploring Contemporary Issues in African American Music through Electronic Dance Music
  • Fredara Hadley, Indiana University

• Presentation Title: 'Tarantism is dead' but Folking is alive: Reflections on the Salentine Folk Revival (Italy)
  • Alyson Jones, University of Michigan
• Make Your Own Folk Music: The Formation of Individuality in the Recent Development of Folk Music in Finland
  • Hisn-Wen Hsu, Indiana University
• Penitence or Paseo? Piety, Sociability, and the Saeta in Seville, Spain
  • Ryan Haynes, University of Illinois

• The Aural Principle: Connecting the Improvisational and Spiritual Practices of Jazz Musicians
  • Daniel Melnick, University of Chicago
• What Jazz Is and Isn't: Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center
  • Christopher Mulé, Indiana University
• "We Miss O.T.:" Memories of Jazz Radio in Cincinnati
  • Mark Rice, Truman State University

• Categories in Motion: Putting Genres to Use in a Midwest Music Store Guitar Lesson Program
  • Anthony Guest-Scott, Indiana University
• Practice what we Preach: Creating Ethnomusicologic Works and Entrepreneurial Structures that Reflect and Benefit those we Study
  • Michael Naylor, Washtenaw Community College
• Exploring New Musical Educational Territory: The Virtual Classroom and the Web-based (not On-line) Instruction of Hip Hop Music and Culture
  • Fernando Orejuela, Indiana University

• "Sitting at the Feet of Lotus: The Rewards of Fieldwork in Rural Indiana," Nan McEntire, Indiana State University