[ecrea] Call for papers - confrence "Music, Gender & Difference"

*C a l l   f o r   P a p e r s*

*Music, Gender & Difference*

Intersectional and postcolonial perspectives on musical fields

*Date: Thursday, 10 October 2013 to Saturday, 12 October 2013*

*Venue: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria*

Abstract in German and English language attached.

Feminist research on music has revealed the gender-specific conditions 
for the production, distribution, assessment, appropriation and 
experience of music, and has explored the participation and 
representation of women in various music genres. However, far less 
attention has been paid to the construction of exoticism, the processes 
of "othering" and the production and circulation of representations of 
difference.

This conference addresses the relevance of gender and gender 
constructions in the field of music in local and national contexts as 
well as on a global scale. Feminist, intersectional and postcolonial 
perspectives on classical music, experimental music, jazz and popular 
music in particular will be presented and discussed.

The conference welcomes theoretical approaches and empirical studies 
that explore the meaning of gender, sexuality and the body as well as 
race, ethnicity and class in the field of music, and analyse how 
essentialist notions of gender, race and ethnicity are challenged or 
reproduced in the context of global transformations.

*Abstracts are invited on the following topics:*

*Music and Labour markets*

· Educational and occupational careers of musicians, music journalists, 
music teachers, etc.

· Importance of local, translocal and virtual networks

· Musiciansʼ recognition practices and musical assessment criteria

· Horizontal and vertical mechanisms of segregation in music labour markets

· Identity construction at the intersection of gender, ethnicity and 
nationality

*Representations in song lyrics, media and organisations*

· Historical and contemporary representations of all-women orchestras 
and bands

· Queer practices dissolving the boundaries between masculinity and 
femininity

· Representations of hybrid identities and ethnic-musical diversity

· Sexualisation and pornographisation of musicians

· Racism, homophobia and transphobia in song lyrics, music videos and 
music magazines

· Construction of musicianʼs biographies and careers in magazines and books

*Youth cultures and popular music*

· Music and (post-)migration in the context of multicultural living 
environments

· Music scenes as spaces for queer and anti-racist politics

· Post, Pop and Third Wave Feminism in music-oriented youth cultures

· Music-oriented youth cultures, age and gender

· Musical-cultural heritage, gender and ethnicity

*Musicians* are welcomed to present and comment on documentary material, 
films, videos, etc. relevant to the conference topics within the usual 
presentation time (max. 20 minutes).

*Abstracts in German _or_ English *of no more than 300 words should be 
sent by email to Rosa Reitsamer ((reitsamer /at/ mdw.ac.at) 
<mailto:(reitsamer /at/ mdw.ac.at)>) *no later than 31 January 2013*. Responses 
will be sent by mid-March 2013.

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*Conference fee*

50 Euros / 30 Euros for students, musicians and artists.

The conference fee covers the opening evening with concerts and 
refreshments, coffee breaks during the conference and the book of 
abstracts.

*Organisation *

The conference is organised by the Department of Music Sociology at the 
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria, in cooperation 
with:

*The Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section *of the Austrian Society 
of Sociology (www.oegs.ac.at/fthg <http://www.oegs.ac.at/fthg>)

*The Women and Gender Studies Section *of the German Society of 
Sociology (www.frauen-undgeschlechterforschung.de 
<http://www.frauen-undgeschlechterforschung.de>)

*The Gender Studies Committee *of the Swiss Society of Sociology 
(www.sgs-sss.ch/de-geschlechterforschung) 
<http://www.sgs-sss.ch/de-geschlechterforschung>