8:30 – 10:30 am
Revolution and Song: Exploring Martyr Music of the Egyptian Spring
Chair: Carolyn Ramzy, University of Toronto
*Sponsored by Society for Arabic Music Research (SAMR)
8:30 The Social Power of “Shahid” (Martyr) Metaphors in Music Videos Produced by Football Fan-activists in Egypt’s 2011-12 Revolution: A Durkheimian Perspective
Michael Frishkopf, University of Alberta
9:00 To Die is Gain: Singing a Heavenly Citizenship among Egypt's Coptic Christians
Carolyn Ramzy, University of Toronto
9:30 The Martyr Pop Moment
Daniel Gilman, DePauw University
10:00 Women and Music in the New Arab Revolutions: Bereavement, Pride, and Empowerment
Guilnard Moufarrej, Defense Language Institute
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Indigenous Movement, Sound Activism
Chair: Dylan Robinson, Royal Holloway, University of London
*Sponsored by Indigenous Music Special Interest Group
10:45 The Sensory Politics of Hope and Shame: Being Idle No More
Dylan Robinson, Royal Holloway, University of London
11:15 The Round Dance as Spiritual and Political Vortex
Elyse Carter Vosen, The College of St Scholastica
11:45 Ear Cleaning and Throat Clearing: Aurality and Indigenous Activism in Canada
Lee Veeraraghavan, University of Pennsylvania
