[Commlist] CFP - IASPM-US 2020 Conference: “BPM: Bodies, Places, Movements”

CFP
IASPM-US 2020 Conference: “BPM: Bodies, Places, Movements”
May 21-23, 2020
Ann Arbor, Michigan

The International Association for the Study of Popular Music-United 
States chapter (IASPM-US) invites proposals for its annual conference, 
which will take place in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan on May 
21-23, 2020. We welcome abstracts on all aspects of popular music, 
broadly defined, from any discipline or profession, and especially 
encourage submissions on the many rich popular music histories of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Detroit.
The theme for this year’s conference is “BPM: Bodies, Places, 
Movements,” which intersects with Detroit and its storied place in 
rhythm and blues, rock, punk, pop, hip-hop, and electronic dance music, 
and is intended to connect the histories, philosophies, and practices of 
urban spaces to other historical and global popular music communities. 
Each year Detroit celebrates this local-meets-global history with the 
Movement Electronic Music Festival, which in 2020 will commence the same 
weekend as the IASPM-US conference.

BPM as a marker for “Beats Per Minute” was first included on records to 
allow DJs to sync disco and funk selections together on the fly and has 
since become an important digital tool to create, alter and interweave 
tracks. In addition to its practical musical applications, the creation 
of BPM encodes an array of social and cultural histories: urban 
migration; industrialization and its reverberations in 
deindustrialization and urban renewal; the cultural, racial, and class 
politics of white flight, capital departure, and gentrification; social 
movements from the Second Great Awakening, Civil Rights, and Fair 
Housing through neo-conservatism, white nationalism, and millennial 
populism; and the myriad communities that articulate their ideals, 
utopias, frustrations and joys through popular music and its attendant 
practices, in garages, studios, music halls, warehouses, and digital 
spaces. Topics to consider include (but are not limited to):
•	Bodies: identities, abilities, practices, performances, communities, 
bodies of work, raced, classed, gendered, and sexualized bodies, modes 
of embodiment
•	Places: Cities, suburbs, small towns, virtual and digital spaces, 
stages, studios, basements, exclusive and inclusive spaces
•	Movements: social, cultural, and political movements, mobilities, 
dance, migration, displacement

IASPM-US is a multidisciplinary organization, and invites proposals from 
and across all fields of scholarly inquiry. Conference proposals from 
intellectuals from outside of academia, including teachers, museum and 
archive professionals, musicians and music professionals, and 
independent scholars, are encouraged. IASPM-US is also a friendly 
conference for students at all levels. We especially welcome proposals 
from members of underrepresented groups including, but not limited to, 
women, Black/African American, Indigenous, and People of Color, people 
with disabilities, and people from LGBTQ+ communities, as well as people 
of different ages, socio/economic classes, nationalities, and religions.

This year’s program committee consists of Justin Patch (chair), Anthony 
Kwame Harrison, K. E. Goldschmitt, Brian F. Wright, Rebekah Farrugia, 
and Kathryn Metz.
Please submit proposals via Word document to (iaspmus2020 /at/ gmail.com) with 
“last name, first name” in the subject line no later than midnight 
October 1, 2019. Individual submissions should include a paper title, 
the presenter’s name, contact information and a 250-word abstract that 
identifies the methodology used, states the paper’s goals, summarizes 
the context and argument of the paper, and includes a brief conclusion. 
Organized panels, consisting of 3 - 4 papers, should include a 250-word 
description of the panel’s rationale and goals, and a 250-word abstract 
for each individual participating in the panel. Roundtables, consisting 
of a moderated conversation with 4 – 6 participants, require a single 
250 word abstract and a list of roundtable members, and should designate 
one person as the panel chair. All individual presentations are limited 
to 20 minutes with a 10-minute question and answer period. Roundtables 
and organized panels can be allotted up to a two-hour time slot. 
Abstracts not adhering to the word count will not be considered.
Please note: All conference presenters must be registered IASPM members 
(or must register after paper, panel, or roundtable acceptance). For 
membership and conference information visit: http://iaspm-us.net/


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