[Commlist] CFP: ‘Reggae Films, Reggae Icons, Reggae Music’ - February 16-19, 2022

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7th Global Reggae Conference
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*/‘Reggae Films, Reggae Icons, Reggae Music’/*

/*February 16-19, 2022, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, MONA CAMPUS*/

The Institute of Caribbean Studies and Reggae Studies Unit at The 
University of the West Indies, Mona Campus and the Perry Henzell Estate 
are delighted to announce the staging of the 7th Global Reggae 
Conference under the theme *‘Reggae Films, Reggae Icons, Reggae Music’* 
in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of /The Harder 
They Come/. Considered the Jamaican dub on Robin Hood, based on the main 
character of the ‘Reggae singer turn outlaw hero’, /The Harder They 
Come/ was released on June 6, 1972 and became a cult film 
internationally. On the 2020 Rolling Stones list of top 500 film 
soundtracks /The Harder They Come/ was ranked 174. The Harder They Come 
soundtrack has also been added to the Library of Congress catalogue 
making it the second reggae album to be added after Bob Marley’s 
/Burnin/ and /Lootin/’.

Jamaica’s first feature film, /The Harder They Come/ was produced and 
directed by Perry Henzell, co-written by Trevor D. Rhone, and is most 
famous for its reggae soundtrack, the making of icons, and its portrayal 
of Jamaican life. Not only did the film take reggae music worldwide but 
ultimately, the Jamaican language, ‘Rude Boy’ aesthetics and the 
‘unorthodoxy’ of its filmic production. This Reggae film is often 
described as "possibly the most influential of Jamaican films and one of 
the most important films from the Caribbean". Importantly, /The Harder 
They Come /has provided a space within Reggae Studies, Film & Media 
Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, and Celebrity Studies among 
other fields of inquiry for dialogue, criticism, production, academic 
writings and performance in numerous arenas.


Hosted typically as a premier biennial event, in this its 7th staging, 
the Global Reggae Conference shifts to a triennial offering in 2022. 
Hosted inside Jamaica’s Reggae Month, this conference will engage 
academics within a wide field of scholastic orientations and practice. 
In celebration of the productive space created by the film, this 
conference aims to bring together students, scholars, filmmakers, 
researchers, writers, critics, music aficionados, and artists to 
deliberate on the conference theme. This event comes as part of larger 
project on music, popular culture and Reggae Studies in particular, 
through which scholars, students, institutions have engaged in 
partnership to expand scholarship and outreach through research, 
creative production, community engagement, experimentation, archive 
building, and exhibitions, among others.

We welcome proposed papers, exhibitions, experimental media that address 
the following conference sub-themes:

· *Defining the Reggae Film

·      Reggae Films: Music, Medium and Message

·      Literary Criticism and the Reggae Film

·      Reggae Films and their Fictions

·      Postcolonial Cinema, Black Cinema

·      Reggae Films, Festivals, and Tourism

·      Reggae Films as Rhetoric and Discourse

·      To Script or Not to Script?

·      Reggae Films, Language and Authenticity

·      Reggae Films and the Influence of Other Genres (Kickers, 
Spaghetti Westerns)

·      Reggae Films and Rude Boy Aesthetics

·      Reggae Films and the Role of Rastafari

·      The Harder They Come as Cult Film

·      Reggae Films: Soundtracks, Scores and Message Music*

· *Fashion and Style in Reggae Films

·      Reggae Films, Celebrity and the Making of Icons

·      Imagery, the Inner-city and Reggae Cinematography

·      Music Videos as Genre of Reggae Films

·      Reggae Films as Subculture

·      Reggae Films, Rude Boys, Shottas and Anti-Heroes

·      The Globalisation of Reggae Films

·      Reggae Films, Gender and the Role of Women

·      Violence and Stereotype in Reggae Films

·      Reggae Films and Social Transformation

·      Reggae Films in the Diaspora

·      Reggae Films and The White / Male Gaze

·      Reggae Films, New Media, and New Technologies

·      Reggae Film Spaces, Scenes and Locations

·      Reggae Films: Appropriation or Appreciation?

·      Dubbing the Reggae Film

·      Reggae Film Histories and Futures*


We would also welcome presentations and displays made through innovative 
uses of media, music and technology alongside traditional formats. 
Presentation proposals from musicians, artistes and students are welcome.

Abstracts for individual or panel presentations of no more than 250 
words supported by a short biography no longer than 75 words, should be 
submitted to the conference organisers for international peer review.

For pre-organised panels, include one abstract for each presenter. Each 
abstract should include the following information: name of 
author/authors; email address/es; name of associated institution; and 
keywords of presentation.

We welcome innovative uses of technology and creative sessions formats 
as well as traditional paper presentations.

*DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS IS September 30, 2021. *
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*DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF CONFERENCE PAPERS IS November 1, 2021*

*Selected papers will be peer-reviewed and published in a commemorative 
anthology to mark the 50th anniversary of The Harder They Come available 
by June 2022. All paper submissions must confirm to the UWI press style 
available here: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NW6ashBtzIRYSp7FmV4ANwEspG_tGTyW8jabe_5QnbQ/edit*

Email all submissions to *(reggae.studies /at/ uwimona.edu.jm)* with the 
subject heading "The Harder They Harder Turns 50".

Contact the Global Reggae Conference 2022 Secretariat with queries at:
Institute of Caribbean Studies & Reggae Studies Unit
Faculty of Humanities and Education
University of the West Indies,
Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
Email: (reggae.studies /at/ uwimona.edu.jm)
Tel: 1 (876) 977 - 1951 Fax: 1 (876) 977 – 3430



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