8:30 – 10:30 AM
Musical Collaboration and Capital in Africa
Chair: Cherie R. Ndaliko, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
*Sponsored by the African Music Section
8:30 Cosmopolitan Virtuosity, Cultural Capital, and Representations of Africa in Béla Fleck’s Throw Down Your Heart
David VanderHamm, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:00 “What’s in It for Me?” Fieldwork, Ethnography, and Musical Collaboration in Senegal
Patricia Tang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:30 Art vs. Aid in the East of Congo
Cherie R. Ndaliko, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:00 Discussant
Eric Charry, Wesleyan University
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Building (con)Texts, (in)Forming Performance: Producing Contemporary Mexican Son
Chair: Alex E. Chávez, University of Notre Dame
*Sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Music Section
10:45 Polyphonic Excess and the Mexican Valona: Xichú, Guanajuato, a Case Study
Alex E. Chávez, University of Notre Dame
11:15 Tracing the Emergence of Son Jarocho in California: 1940s-1950s
Alexandro Hernandez, University of California, Los Angeles
11:45 Florearla Tarima: A Space for Poetry, Music, and Dance Within Re-signified Son Jarocho Practices
Raquel Paraíso, University of Wisconsin-Madison
