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2008 Conference Papers

Society for Ethnomusicology, Midwest Chapter
Annual Spring Chapter Meeting
March 28–30, 2008
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Randal Baier, President

Friday, March 28
8:00pm
Javanese Music and Dance Concert
(University of Michigan Gamelan Ensemble)

Saturday, March 28
7:30am
Registration & Coffee
Panel 1: Musical Identities (Chair: Ken Prouty, Michigan State University)
8:30am
"Grass Roots" Politics: Bluegrass and Newgrass Aesthetics as Expressions of Political and Social Activism
(Elizabeth Chibucos, Bowling Green State University)
9:00am
The Ox in the Concert Hall: Jazz Identity and La Création du monde
(Julio Gonzalez-Appling, Bowling Green State University)
9:30am
Alternative Rock, Alternative Identities: Negotiating Identity in the Music of Weezer (Dan Blim, University of Michigan)
10:00am
Coffee Break
Panel 2: Asia (Chair: Joseph Lam, University of Michigan)
10:15am
The Influence of Western-Style Musical Training on Buddhist Ritual Music in North China (Beth Szczepanski, The Ohio State University)
10:45am
Musical Contributions of a Jewish Music Scholar in Republican Shanghai (Jeremy Leong, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
11:15am
Ca Trù: High Culture and National Heritage in Vietnam
(Bretton Dimick, University of Michigan)
11:45am
Choreography of Javanese Court Dance on Srimpi and Bedhaya of the Surakarta Style (Michi Tomioka, Osaka City University)
12:15pm
Lunch
Panel 3: National Identity Politics
(Chair: Christi-Anne Castro, University of Michigan)
1:00pm
Contestation in the South Caucasus: Musical "Masterpieces" and the Role of UNESCO (Natasha Kipp, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
1:30pm
Politics, Place and Memory: Music and Tajik National Identity
(Hans Utter, The Ohio State University)
2:00pm
Classical Folk Music: Broadcasting People's Culture in Moravia, 1948–1988 (Jesse Johnston, University of Michigan)
2:30pm
Coffee Break
Panel 4: Mid-By-Midwest (Chair: Joshua S. Duchan, Kalamazoo College)
2:45pm
The University of Michigan Jazz Band in Latin America: The Globalizing Implications of Musical Diplomacy (Danielle Fosler-Lussier, The Ohio State University)
3:15pm
Henry Ford’s Revival of "Old-Fashioned" Dance in Dearborn, Michigan (Kate Brucher, DePaul University)
4:00pm
MIDSEM Business Meeting
4:30pm
Keynote Lecture: "Rapture: Religious Ecstatics and Deep Listeners" (Professor Judith Becker, University of Michigan)

Sunday, March 30
8:00am
"Morning Buzz" (Coffee)
Panel 5: Caribbean (Chair: John Dorsey, Eastern Michigan University)
8:30am
"HIV Don’t Sorry for Nobody": Musical Responses to HIV/AIDS in Trinidad and Tobago (David Lewis, Indiana University)
9:00am
¡Cubanismo!: The Influence of Cuban Music in Africa (Amar Shah, University of Louisville)
9:30am
From foulard and madras to black sheets and spandex: The struggle for gender equality in popular music in the French Antilles (Laura Donnelly, Michigan State University)
10:00am
Coffee Break
Panel 6: Technology and Mediation (Chair: Danielle Fosler-Lussier, The Ohio State University)
10:15am
"I Love This Bar": Working Class Expression Through Karaoke Song Selection (Mark Gerolami, The Music Schools of Northwest Ohio)
10:45am
The [Pan]demonium of the Pandemoniacs: Searching for the United States Navy Steel Band (Andrew Martin, University of Minnesota)
11:15am
Lessons in Learning: Engaging with the Auditory at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Martha Sprigge, University of Chicago)
11:45am
Genre and Authenticity in the Jazz/World Fusion of Indonesia's Krakatau (Jeremy Wallach, Bowling Green State University)
12:15pm
Lunch