This one-day symposium will bring together academics and musicians to discuss innovation and creativity in diasporic music learning and performance. Cutting across disciplinary boundaries and across sectors, Diaspora Sounds will address current musical practices in diasporic communities in the UK. The symposium will provide an opportunity for engagement and dialogue between academics and musicians involved in teaching and performance to develop new perspectives.
The symposium is convened by Jasmine Hornabrook and
sponsored by the Institute for Music Research (IMR) and the Asian Music
Unit (AsMU) at Goldsmiths.
For more information, see https://www.gold.ac.uk/calenda
The symposium is free to attend, but please register here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/d
Preliminary Schedule of the day:
9:30 – 10:00 Registration and Coffee
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome
10:10 – 11:40 Session 1
Music and Gestures: Intercultural Music-making for the Korean Taegum Flute
Hyelim Kim (Bath Spa University/SOAS)
'Undone' by Tarang: A new hybrid genre for a global diaspora
Alok Nayak (University of Liverpool)
Becoming Subbulakshmi and Nagarathanammal's Dream
Priya Srinivasan (University of Melbourne)
11:40 – 11:55 Break
11:55 - 12:40 Cyborg mantras and the technologies of transnational creativity
Keynote by Prof Tina K. Ramnarine (Royal Holloway, University of London)
12:40 – 13:40 Lunch (not provided)
13:40 – 15:40 Session 2
The King is back home! Music encounters between Africans from both sides of the ocean
Eugenio Giorgianni (Royal Holloway, University of London)
The Sonic Intimacies of Jungle Pirate Radio
Malcolm James (University of Sussex)
Malagasy musicians in diasporic and trasnational setting: Can researchers, film makers and musicians create a common narrative?
Ulrike H. Meinhof (University of Southampton)
East to East? South Indian classical music on the periphery of mainstream arts
Mithila Sarma (musician and artistic director of the zerOclassikal project)
15:40 – 16:10 Coffee/Tea
16:10 – 17:30 Panel discussion: Diasporic music, Cultural diversity and Arts funding
Introduction by panel chair, Anamik Saha (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Followed by presentations and discussion by:
Kiruthika Nadarajah (Raga Room)
An-Ting Chang (Chinese Art Now)
Errol Francis (Culture&)
17:30 – 17:40 Closing remarks
17:40 – 18:00 Drinks
18:00 - 18:30 Performance: A collaboration between artists-in-residence at Goldsmiths
- Lili Suparli and Rudi Mukhram from West Java, Indonesia - and South
Indian percussionists from Tarang.
For more information, contact Jasmine Hornabrook - [log in to unmask]