Dear all


A final reminder to book your place for the Latin American Music Seminar's special day dedicated to Music and the State in Latin America at the Horniman Museum on Saturday 19th November. To book a place, please register via: http://bit.ly/2bYcIOa (£8 fee includes lunch/coffee/tea).



We are delighted that  Corazon Cuestino (Andean brass and winds), directed by Johnny Rodriguez and coordinated by Janine Swan, will play live music to end the day. Be ready to dance!



Programme pasted in the text below.



Looking forward to seeing you there

All the best

Henry




LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC SEMINAR

Music and the State in Latin America

The Pavilion, Horniman Museum and Gardens, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ Saturday 19th November 2016



SESSION 1: (10-11) WHAT IS THE STATE? HOW DOES IT RELATE TO MUSIC/CULTURE?

·         Introduction to the Day: Henry Stobart (Royal Holloway, University of London) and Frederick Moehn (King's College, London) (Hereafter 'HS' and 'FM')

·         Maria Batlle (King's College, London) Social history of the Chilean cueca and the development of the Chilean republic

·         Comparative approaches to state cultural institutions: HS (drawing of collaborative research with Michelle Bigenho ('MB'), Colgate University, USA) and FM QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION



Coffee/Tea break (11.00-11.30)



SESSION 2 (11.30-12.30) MANAGING INTANGIBLE HERITAGE: WORKING WITH THE STATE?

·         Simone Toji (University of St Andrews) Music and state in Brazil: the case of intangible cultural heritage policies

·         José Manuel Izquierdo König (University of Cambridge) Bailes Chinos: Paradigm and institutional shifts surrounding Chile's first entry in UNESCO's intangible heritage selection

·         Contrastive interventions FM and HS/MB QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION



Lunch (12.30-1.30) - provided

Museum Tour (1.30-2.00)



SESSION 3 (2-3PM) WHERE DOES THE STATE BEGIN AND END? EXPLORING MORE LOCAL LEVELS?

·         Chris Estrada (Independent researcher, USA) Cultural coronelismo, culture brokers, and mobilization: a renegotiated marginality for Pernambuco's rural maracatus

·         Andrew Green (Royal Holloway, University of London) Street Music and Cultural Policy in San Cristóbal de Las Casas: Tourism, Economies, Violence, Magic

·         Contrastive interventions HS/MB and FM QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION



SESSION 4 (3-4PM) WHAT LIES BEYOND THE STATE? (THE MACRO - UNESCO AND OTHER STATES)

·         Emilio Casco Centeno (Royal Holloway, University of London) State influence and Diplomacy in the 1930s and 1940s between Mexico and US

·         Contrastive intervention MB/HS



ROUND TABLE Presenters: Geoff Baker (Royal Holloway, UoL) and David Treece (King's College, London).

Participants/co-chairs: FM, HS QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION



Tea and live music performed by Corazon Cuestino (Andean brass and winds), directed by Johnny Rodriguez and coordinated by Janine Swan - a selection of marineras, huaynos, cumbias etc (4 - 4.45pm)



To book a place, please register via: http://bit.ly/2bYcIOa (£8 fee includes lunch/coffee/tea)
Places limited - please book by 11th November


We are grateful to the Institute of Latin American Studies and Institute for Musical Research (School of Advanced Studies, University of London), the Royal Anthropological Institute, and the Horniman Museum and Gardens for their support of this event.

Dr Henry Stobart
Reader in Music/Ethnomusicology,
Department of Music
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX
Tel. 01784 443533
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Dr Henry Stobart
Reader in Music/Ethnomusicology,
Department of Music
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX
Tel. 01784 443533
email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
http://tinyurl.com/hywozlq