The South African Society for Cultural History, in collaboration with the
University Museum, Stellenbosch University invites submissions for
the
As this will be the first KfV conference in the Southern Hemisphere, we look forward to exploring some fascinating issues in song scholarship:
• Bridging traditions: Exploring the relationship between the song culture of all South Africans and academic scholarship;
• Exchange, acculturation and borrowing: Indigenous cultures’ relationship with European musical, literary and religious influences. (This theme could also be productively applied to other regional and national situations.)
Main Conference Theme: Social Issues in Ballads and other Songs
In light of the conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Southern Hemisphere, the letter S is key to this theme: Status, Social customs, Singing and society, Singing and social class, Servants/Service, Slavery, Subservience, Spirituality, Scorn, Sanctity, Sacrifice, Sexuality
We also welcome papers on other social issues, the music and performance of ballads and songs, and other topics on folk song in general.
The theme can be applied in various ways. Where a social issue emerges from the content of a ballad (for instance the subservience of women in a patriarchal society), it could be discussed in the context of a specific society’s social structure. It might also be possible to explore examples of ballads and other songs being used intentionally to address social issues. Or, one might analyze the popularity of ballads that tell stories of societies and customs past even though their cultural context no longer exists.
Papers will be accepted in any of the official languages of the Kommission fόr Volksdichtung, German, French and English.
Please submit abstracts with the following requirements before 25 March 2013:
- up to 300 words, referring to the paper’s content, academic perspective and argument
- supply author’s name, title, address, affiliation and contact details, along with a brief account of the author’s career and research interests (up to 200 words)
- attachment to email in Word format
Abstracts will be peer-reviewed.
Send abstracts as attachments to: Matilda Burden: mb4@sun.ac.za>
Thank you
Prof Matilda Burden: Conference organizer
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Posted by
Thomas A. McKean, president, Kommission fόr Volksdichtung
Deputy Director, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.
As this will be the first KfV conference in the Southern Hemisphere, we look forward to exploring some fascinating issues in song scholarship:
• Bridging traditions: Exploring the relationship between the song culture of all South Africans and academic scholarship;
• Exchange, acculturation and borrowing: Indigenous cultures’ relationship with European musical, literary and religious influences. (This theme could also be productively applied to other regional and national situations.)
Main Conference Theme: Social Issues in Ballads and other Songs
In light of the conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Southern Hemisphere, the letter S is key to this theme: Status, Social customs, Singing and society, Singing and social class, Servants/Service, Slavery, Subservience, Spirituality, Scorn, Sanctity, Sacrifice, Sexuality
We also welcome papers on other social issues, the music and performance of ballads and songs, and other topics on folk song in general.
The theme can be applied in various ways. Where a social issue emerges from the content of a ballad (for instance the subservience of women in a patriarchal society), it could be discussed in the context of a specific society’s social structure. It might also be possible to explore examples of ballads and other songs being used intentionally to address social issues. Or, one might analyze the popularity of ballads that tell stories of societies and customs past even though their cultural context no longer exists.
Papers will be accepted in any of the official languages of the Kommission fόr Volksdichtung, German, French and English.
Please submit abstracts with the following requirements before 25 March 2013:
- up to 300 words, referring to the paper’s content, academic perspective and argument
- supply author’s name, title, address, affiliation and contact details, along with a brief account of the author’s career and research interests (up to 200 words)
- attachment to email in Word format
Abstracts will be peer-reviewed.
Send abstracts as attachments to: Matilda Burden: mb4@sun.ac.za
Thank you
Prof Matilda Burden: Conference organizer
----------------------
Posted by
Thomas A. McKean, president, Kommission fόr Volksdichtung
Deputy Director, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.
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