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Walt Everett replied to the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThanks so much for posting, Noriko–huge help!
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Walt Everett replied to the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThanks for posting, Brad! Btw, I’ve already gleaned appropriate items from the syllabi posted at the PMIG site.
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Noriko Manabe replied to the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHi all,
Thanks to Walt and Brad for getting the conversation started.
1.I think in a course on African American music, it is important to include the voices of Black scholars. Here are a few, keeping analysis in mind:
Shelley, Braxton D. 2019. “Analyzing Gospel.” Journal of the American Musicological Society 72 (1): 181–243. https://doi.org/10.1…[Read more]
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Brad Osborn replied to the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHi Everybody. I replied to Walt privately with some readings from my own version of this class, but it’s too important not to share here as well:
Attas, Robin. 2019. “Music Theory as Social Justice: Pedagogical Applications of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly.” Music Theory Online 25/1
< http://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.19.25.1/mto.19.25.1.attas.h…[Read more] -
Walt Everett started the topic Readings in the Analysis of African-American Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHello PMIG members,
I decided this month to devote my Fall 2020 Pop-rock analysis class to the work of African-American musicians. The class is a mix of upper-level music undergrads and grads. I will have no trouble choosing repertoire, but I would appreciate any and all suggestions of readings that will support our analysis. We’re excluding…[Read more]
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RICHARD CARLIN started the topic New Music Series from SUNY Press in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHi All: I’ve been hired as a Consulting Editor for SUNY Press to acquire new titles in Music and the Arts. I’m looking for book proposals in the following areas:
Jazz Styles and Rock Styles: These would be short, introductory volumes on different styles (such as bop or swing in jazz or punk or hard rock in rock), each about 50,000 words, de…[Read more]
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Kathryn Straker started the topic Deadline approaching: CFA MusicID Digital Research Fellowship (Aug 1) in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoDeadline Reminder – Call for Applications
MusicID Digital Research Fellowship
Deadline: 1st August 2020.
Dear all,
MusicID is pleased to announce its third annual Digital Research Fellowship in popular music studies.
http://www.academicrightspress.com/entertainment/music/fellowship-prizeAwarded competitively to scholars at any phase of…[Read more]
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Florian Windhager deposited Reassembling Elephants: A Multi-Spatiotemporal Visualization Method for History and Humanities Data in the group
Digital Art History on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoWhen engaging in the visual analysis and communication of cultural collections and other types of complex historical data, scholarly or public audiences rarely get to see their multidimensional richness. Commonly, visualization tools require analysts to selectively ‘cut’ into the complexity of the data to highlight and project particular asp…[Read more]
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Christine Boone started the topic PMIG 2020 Publication Awards – Nominations Sought! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoNominations are officially open for the Pop Music Interest Group’s Outstanding Publication Award and the Adam Krims Award—click on these links to nominate. I encourage you to reflect on recent scholarship you’ve read that has positively impacted you. Self-nominations are especially encouraged! Note that to be eligible for an award, the publi…[Read more]
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Cristelle Baskins started the topic CFP — IAS sponsored session at RSA Dublin 2021 in the discussion
Art History on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoPainted Faces: Documenting the Tradition and Reach of the Renaissance Frescoed Façade in Rome and Beyond In early sixteenth-century Rome, as the architectural language of grand domestic spaces was being further refined, elaborate façade fresco decorations came into incredible popularity. These cycles, some of which were designed to root the st…[Read more]
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Anna Gawboy started the topic MTMW Virtual Meeting 2020: Webinars on Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoMTMW is hosting three webinars dedicated to popular music. To access presentation materials and register for a webinar, please visit https://mtmw.org/index.php/conferences/programs. Membership in MTMW is not required and registration is free, but you will need to create an account on our website.
Monday, June 29, 4:00 PM EDT: Meaning in Popular…[Read more]
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Birk Weiberg deposited Modeling Performing Arts: On the Representations of Agency in the group
Digital Art History on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoThe documentation of performing arts by means of databases is a challenging task for several reasons. Primarily, this has to do with the absence of a central, sizeable object that can be described and quantified. Any information collected in a database for performing arts thus seems to be of second order, paraphrasing what cannot be reproduced.…[Read more]
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Edmundo Murray deposited Centre William Rappard: Home of the World Trade Organization, Geneva in the group
History of Art on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoThe first building in Geneva designed to house an international organization, the Centre William Rappard has played host to the International Labour Office since it first opened its doors in 1926, and later to the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade secretariat and to the World Trade Organization. “Centre William Rappard: Home of the World…[Read more]
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Jessica Narum uploaded the file: Narum Analysis of Popular Music Syllabus (Spr20) to
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoThis undergraduate seminar focused on scholarly work by women and/or writings about music made by women. The syllabus includes the descriptions and grading rubrics for all assignments.
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Raphael Grazziano deposited Todo objeto é uma imagem: Sauerbruch Hutton segundo Harun Farocki Every object is an image: Sauerbruch Hutton according to Harun Farocki in the group
History of Art on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoHarun Farocki’s last film, Sauerbruch Hutton Architects (2013), is studied by comparing it to other works by the director and analyzing its scenes. The article elaborates what is the position of this office regarding architecture as a producer of images, and then verifies what is its underlying spatiality. As a result, one can see how the…[Read more]
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Christine Boone started the topic Deadline Extended + Additional Info! in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoThe deadline for proposals has been extended until 11:59 EST on Sunday, June 14.
Please note – There has not been a decision on whether or not SMT will convene in person in Minneapolis this year. Regardless, this panel discussion WILL happen, either in person, via Zoom, or a hybrid of the two. Please don’t let uncertainties regarding travel stop…[Read more]
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Christine Boone replied to the topic CFP: Panel Discussion at AMS/SMT Minneapolis in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoDeadline Extended + Additional Info!
The deadline for proposals has been extended until 11:59 EST on Sunday, June 14.
Please note – There has not been a decision on whether or not SMT will convene in person in Minneapolis this year. Regardless, this panel discussion WILL happen, either in person, via Zoom, or a hybrid of the two. Please don’t…[Read more]
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Brad Osborn deposited The Frame and The Swerve: Music Video’s Relationship to Dance in the group
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoA somewhat whimsical musing on music videos by Fall Out Boy and Beyoncé, all through the lens of Lucretius by way of John Rahn.
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