[Commlist] CfP Documenting Jazz 2020

*DOCUMENTING JAZZ 2020*

'We never look at just one thing; we are always looking at the relation 
between things and ourselves. Our vision is continually active, 
continually moving, continually holding things in a circle around 
itself, constituting what is present to us as we are’, John Berger, 
(ed.) /Ways of Seeing./1987.


Birmingham City University is pleased to announce the Call for Papers 
for the Documenting Jazz conference, to be held on 16–18 January 2020. 
Now in its second year, Documenting Jazz brings together colleagues from 
across the academic, archive, library, and museum sectors to explore and 
discuss documenting jazz. Since its first edition in Dublin 2019, the 
Documenting Jazz Conference aims to offer an unparalleled variety of 
experiences drawn from across the world. We hope to include 
contributions from individuals of all career stages, from established 
scholars and practitioners to those just starting their careers. We 
embrace the academic sector and other heritage and cultural 
organisations in partnership with each other and with communities. Our 
keynote speakers are drawn from across the academic sector to inspire 
debate and discussion amongst participants.

In /Ways of Seeing/, John Berger argues that though every image embodies 
a way of seeing –every photograph is the photographer’s selection from 
an infinite number of other sights – so too our perception of an image 
changes with our personal /way of seeing/. The act**of**documenting 
jazz**embodies /ways of documenting /that reflect assumptions about the 
past. As changes in technology, cultures and economies have//profoundly 
influenced and affected our perception of music, alternative /ways of 
documenting/ jazz must be considered, explored, and discussed. 
Documenting Jazz 2020 invites proposals on this year’s theme of /ways of 
documenting/ jazz, either as individual or collaborative projects. The 
programme committee welcomes submissions focusing on /ways of 
documenting/ jazz as visual culture, and its distinct representations: 
photography, press, cinema, television, and web. We also invite 
proposals that address /ways of documenting/ that challenge the 
traditional narratives surrounding jazz as a male-dominated domain. This 
year’s conference also aims to consolidate discussions around issues of 
gender, and the way those have been documented or marginalised in this 
music history. While not restricted to these themes, we invite 
submissions that address critical /ways of documenting/ jazz around the 
following areas:

  * Jazz in Photography
  * Jazz in the Press
  * Jazz on/in Cinema
  * Jazz on/in Television
  * Jazz online

Within this year’s theme proposals are invited in the following formats:

  * Individual papers (20 mins duration plus 10 mins Q&A, up to 250-word
    abstract).
  * Joint papers (max 2 speakers, same format as above).
  * Themed sessions (3 papers totalling 90 mins, up to 250 word per
    paper plus 250 outlining content and rationale for the session).
  * Round-table discussions (90 mins, max. 6 speakers. Up to 750 word
    outlining the format, content and rationale for the session).
  * Posters (up to 250-word abstract).

Proposals should include:

  * Title for the paper and/or session.
  * Name, contact details and affiliation of the speaker(s). In the case
    of themed sessions and round-table sessions, the panel convenor.
  * Brief biography of the speaker(s) (100 words per speaker).

Please send to Dr Pedro Cravinho (pedro.cravinho /at/ documentingjazz.com) 
<mailto:(pedro.cravinho /at/ documentingjazz.com)> by *25 July 2019*. The 
programme committee will examine all abstracts by 1 September 2019, and 
contributors will be informed immediately thereafter.

*Conference Committee:*

Dr Pedro Cravinho (Birmingham City University, Chair), Dr Simon Barber 
(Birmingham City University), Dr Damian Evans (Research Foundation for 
Music in Ireland), Dr Marian Jago (University of Edinburgh), Prof 
Nicholas Gebhardt (Birmingham City University), Dr Nicolas Pillai 
(Birmingham City University), Dr Sarah Raine (Birmingham City 
University), Prof Tim Wall (Birmingham City University), and Prof Tony 
Whyton (Birmingham City University).

*Programme Committee:*

Dr Pedro Cravinho (Birmingham City University, Chair), Judit Csobod 
(Research Candidate at the International Institute for Critical Studies 
in Improvisation), Dr Damian Evans (Research Foundation for Music in 
Ireland), Dr Mathias Heyman (University of Antwerp), Kevin Higgins 
(Independent Scholar), Dr Marian Jago (University of Edinburgh), Dr 
Sarah Raine (Birmingham City University), Dr Heli Reimman (University of 
the Arts Helsinki), Dr Loes Rusch (University of Amsterdam), and Dr Tom 
Sykes (University of Salford).


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