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The 7th annual OSU/IU Joint Student Conference in Folklore and Ethnomusicology

April 4 - April 5, 2014
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Ohio Union

Decentering Power: The Art of (Everyday) Subversion
 
The 7th annual OSU/IU Joint Student Conference
in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio April 4-5, 2014
 
 
Keynote address by
Alex E. Chávez
University of Notre Dame
 
 
 
 
We are happy to announce the 7th annual collaborative conference between The Ohio State University Folklore Student Association and the Folklore & Ethnomusicology Student Associations of Indiana University. This conference aims to create a space for graduate and undergraduate students to share their research in folklore, ethnomusicology, anthropology, cultural studies, material culture, literary studies, performance studies, and related disciplines connected to the study of academic and vernacular interpretations of everyday life. 
 
This year’s conference focuses on power and subversion – from grand gestures to everyday acts.  In his book Stance: Ideas about Emotion, Style, and Meaning for the Study of Expressive Culture, Harris M. Berger wrote, “The irreducibility of power stems from the most fundamental nature of practice and agency, and examining this concept will put into perspective the relationships among expressive culture, stance, and power” (p.132). We offer the following questions as possible starting points for this examination; however, submissions on other topics are also welcome. 
 
  • In what ways is power constructed and what are possible methods for subverting power?
  • What constitutes subversion and how is it enacted?
  • How are agency, power, and performance connected?
  • What links exist between everyday acts and grand gestures in building or subverting power?
  • How are new and social medias (re)shaping the circulation of official and vernacular discourse?
  • In what ways do audiences decenter or legitimize power?
  • Where do we see people “resisting resistance,” and to what ends?
  • How are power and subversion enacted differently in the public or private spheres?
  • In what ways are our research practices situated in fields of power, and how do we work with or against power?
 
Register for this event for free at http://www.osuiu2014.eventbrite.com/