[ecrea] CFP: In the Mix: Asian Popular Music, Conference, Princeton University, Mar 25-26, 2011

>CALL FOR PAPERS
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>"In the Mix: Asian Popular Music"
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>Conference, Princeton University, March 25th-26th, 2011.
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>A conference organized with support from the Department of East
>Asian Studies, the Department of Music, and the Princeton Institute for
>International and Regional Studies at Princeton University.
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>Special Talk and Performance: DJ Krush
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>Deadline for Submissions: November 30, 2010
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>We are pleased to invite abstract submissions for the conference, "In the
>Mix: Asian Popular Music," which will take place on the campus of Princeton
>University on March 25­26, 2011.
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>Interest in Asian popular musicby which we are referencing both popular music
>in Asia itself and popular genres played by 
>Asians outside of Asiahas grown internationally
>over the past decade, thanks to the global popularity of anime, video games,
>and other media, increased travel, and easy 
>accessibility through the Internet,
>among other factors. In a world where global popular musics are decentralized
>into local scenes that are less influenced by 
>North American trends than they might
>have been in the past, the study of Asian 
>popular music invites negotiations among a diversity of theoretical
>viewpoints, methodologies, and disciplines, 
>including globalization, gender, media
>and/or literary studies, anthropology, and musicology/ethnomusicology.
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>The conference
>aims to gather together scholars from a wide
>range of perspectives. We are also inviting
>musicians and music industry professionals to contribute their thoughts on
>their own experiences, thereby adding practical 
>insight into the mix of scholarly
>discussions. In so doing, we seek to deepen our understanding of artists,
>musics, and scenes as perceived by fans, 
>promoters, and academics in actual and
>theoretical contexts.
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>In addition to paper panels and discussions, the conference will include a
>special talk by DJ Krusha pioneer of Japanese hip-hop and internationally
>known DJ/producer, known for his varied soundscapes of hip-hop beats and
>Japanese sonic referencesfollowed by a performance by DJ Krush.
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>We welcome proposals for papers from scholars of all disciplines on any aspect
>of popular music in Asia or by Asians or 
>Asian-Americans. Some suggested topics
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>-Histories of subcultural music scenes in Asia
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>-Asian hip-hop
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>-Questions of authenticity, hybridity, and the boundaries
>between subcultures
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>-Aesthetics and music
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>-Musical analyses
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>-Nationalism
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>-Reception of Asian or Asian-American popular music, within
>or outside of the home country
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>-Relations between theory and ethnography in the study of
>Asian popular music
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>-Interactions between digital culture and popular music
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>Submissions should comprise a paper title, an abstract of up
>to 250 words, a short bibliography of no more than a page, and a short
>biography of about 200 words, all in one .rtf or .doc file with the author's
>lastname_firstname as the title. Submissions 
>should be sent by e-mail to (puasianpopconference /at/ gmail.com) by 30 November
>2010 and should include the title of the paper, name, affiliation, email
>address, and mailing address of the applicant. Please address any questions to
>the organizing committee at the email address above.
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>Organizing committee
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>Richard Okada, Department of East Asian Studies
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>Noriko Manabe, Department of Music
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>Cameron Moore, Department of East Asian Studies
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