Global Online Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (GOCSEM)
Inaugural Meeting, May 6—8, 2023, via Zoom
Registration (free/required) here.
(Zoom info supplied to registrants.)
“Building a community in music and sound studies, virtually and globally.”
Saturday, May 6, 2023
13:00—16:00 UTC (GMT) (convert to your time via bit.ly/GOCSEM2023a)
Monday, May 8, 2023
01:00—4:00 UTC (GMT) (convert to your time via bit.ly/GOCSEM2023b).
Schedule (all times UTC/GMT)
Welcome May 6, 13:00-13:15 // May 8, 1:00-1:15
Session 1: Fieldwork and Practice May 6, 13:20-13:50 // May 8, 1:20-1:50
Session 2: Pandemic and Politics May 6, 13:55- 14:35 // May 8, 1:55- 2:35
Session 3: Networking and Organizations May 6, 14:40-15:10 // May 8, 2:40-3:10
Session 4: Virtuality and Technology May 6, 15:15-15:45 // May 8, 3:15-3:45
Closing May 6, 15:45-16:00 // May 8, 3:45-4:00
Each session will have the same general format but is scheduled at different times to allow participation from around the world. Videos of presentations will be available for approximately two weeks before hand and archived for the GOCSEM community afterwards; the conference website allows for asynchronous engagement with authors and participants via discussion boards. The synchronous sessions will allow all participants to engage in dialogue (presentations will not be given during the sessions). Presentation videos will remain online for asynchronous engagement after the synchronous meetings.
May 6th Program
Session 1: Fieldwork and Practice
Reversing the Route: From China to the Mediterranean Sea (Ke Guo)
The Sound of a USB Stick: Tracing Musical Flows in Cuba’s Informal Public Sphere (Mike Levine)
Session 2: Pandemic and Politics
I Canti Della Terra: Music Videos and Virtual Eco-tourism (Luca Gambirasio)
On the Margins of Virtuality and Residency: Brazilian musicians in--and then out of--the U.S.A. through the Covid-19 Pandemic (Marc Gidal)
Session 3: Networking and Organizations
The Sonic Tehran Network: Shaping New Forms of Distributed Research (Laudan Nooshin)
Session 4: Virtuality and Technology
Real Paper, Real People: On Attaining Punk Zines In-Person and Virtually (Robert Dahlberg-Sears)
Preserving Congolese Music: Starting with Ngayim (José Wawa Ombien)
May 8th Program
Session 1: Fieldwork and Practice
Azorean Acoustemologies, Part 1: [Hybrid] Fieldwork and Presence (Abigail Lindo)
AI Singing Based on SoVits: Opportunities and Challenges (Wang Zixuan)
Session 2: Pandemic and Politics
Virtual Participation and Inclusivity in Ethnomusicology (Chiao-Wen Chiang)
Session 3: Networking and Organizations
Building French Pan-African Repertoires Over Eight Time Zones: Negotiating Virtual Exchanges (Karen Cyrus, Beverly Vaughn, and Dorette Vermeulen)
Weaving Networks of Solidarity: The Experience of the International Student Network for Music and Sound Studies (ISNMSS) (International Student Network for Music and Sound Studies (ISNMSS))
Platformisation, Surveillance, and Affective Relations in the Hong Kong Indie Music Scene (Jonathan Chan, Francois Mouillot, Gigi Kan)
Session 4: Virtuality and Technology
The Tradition of Innovation: A Journey from In-person to Online Shakuhachi Lessons (Brandon Stover)
The Story of Clubhouse: Audio Connections and Disconnections Across the Taiwan Strait (Sarah Plovnick)