[ecrea] Call for Papers: Conference "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

Call for Papers in English:
http://www.mdw.ac.at/upload/MDWeb/ims/pdf/CfP_en_Music,_Gender,_Difference.pdf

Call for Papers in German:
http://www.mdw.ac.at/upload/MDWeb/ims/pdf/CfP_dt_Musik,_Gender,_Differenz.pdf


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
*   Musicians* 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 musician*s 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)) no later than 31
January 2013. Responses will be sent by mid-March 2013.

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)

The Women and Gender Studies Section of the German Society of Sociology
(www.frauen-undgeschlechterforschung.de)

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



Institut für Musiksoziologie
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien

Institute of Music Sociology
University of Music and Performing Arts

Bayerngasse 3/6
A-1030 Wien
Austria

T: +43 (0)1 71155-3615
Fax: +43 (0)1 71155-3699


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Dr Les Roberts

Research Associate

Institute of Popular Music

University of Liverpool

80-82 Bedford Street South

Liverpool L69 7WW

Tel: 0151 794 3102

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