Friday, November 18
8:30-10:30 am
5A Liberty Ballroom B
Round Table—Sustaining Folk Arts in Philadelphia: Grassroots Perspectives on Advocacy and Intercultural Work
Chair: Debora Kodish, Philadelphia Folklore Project
Ellen Somekawa, Asian Americans United; Lois Fernandez, ODUNDE; Debora Kodish, Philadelphia Folklore Project; Dorothy Wilkie, Kulu Mele African Dance and Drum Ensemble; Jeff Titon, Brown University
10:45 am-12:15 pm
6 Liberty Ballroom B
SEM President’s Roundtable: Medical Ethnomusicology and HIV/AIDS in Africa
Chair: Gage Averill (University of British Columbia)
Gregory Barz, Vanderbilt University; and Judah Cohen, Indiana University
Discussants: Gavin Steingo, Columbia University; Jennifer Kyker, University of Rochester; Austin C Okigbo, Williams College
Respondents from Medical Ethnomusicology and Medicine: Michael B Bakan, Florida State University; and TBA
