Call for Papers

Symposium 2018

Music, Sound, Dance and Movement

in Latin America and the Caribbean

Center for Musical and Scenic Arts at the University of the Republic of Uruguay,

May 17-19, 2018

Salto, Uruguay

The symposium “Music, Sound, Dance and Movement in Latin America and the Caribbean” marks the premiere meeting of the ICTM Study Group in-the-making “Music and Dance in Latin America and the Caribbean.” The purpose of this symposium is to create spaces for ethnomusicological and ethnochoreological academic exchange within the framework of the International Council for Traditional Music ICTM (www.ictmusic.org). In this symposium we aim to provide visibility for a wide spectrum of ontologies and epistemologies that reach beyond the notions of music, dance, sound, performance, and bodies in movement. In addition, we welcome participatory action research and alternative modes of knowledge dissemination.

The diverse cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean have certain commonalities in their historical, political, and migration backgrounds and identities. They share among many aspects, a colonial past, which has occasioned the extinction or oppression of certain epistemologies. These regions also share a development of local practices as part of a cultural thread that began before colonialism and prevails through and despite their colonial past. These circumstances have affected and shaped the production of music, sound, dance and movement throughout the region’s afro-latin, afro-caribbean, indigenous and mestizo cultures. Some of these modes of existence have even extended beyond linguistic political, or corporeal boundaries and have served as key examples for cultural sustainability in other parts of the world. This Symposium therefore includes decolonizing, translingual, and transnational discourses as well as proposals that involve sounds and movements produced by human and non-human entities, which are common in many local ontologies.

The symposium will be held at the University of the Republic of Uruguay’s Center for Musical and Scenic Arts (CIAMEN) in the city of Salto, Uruguay, from May 17-19, 2018. Papers may be presented in three of the academic languages of research prevalent in Latin America and the Caribbean - Spanish, Portuguese, or English. One of the goals of this Symposium is to provide an opportunity for researchers and students who are not part of the ICTM or have not yet been able to attend respective conferences due to financial, political, or language obstacles.

The symposium will feature panels and roundtables, individual paper submissions, documentary films and workshops. Other alternative presentation formats may be submitted for consideration. A limited number of pre-recorded presentations will be allowed for participants unable to attend in person due to extreme circumstances that prevent physical participation.

Guidelines for abstract proposals:

· Individual or co-authored papers (20 minutes) – abstracts of 250 to 300 words

· Themed panel sessions and round tables - One abstract of 300 words as well as individual abstracts of 250 words.

· Workshops - abstracts of 350 to 500 words including aim, didactical- and space related modus of the workshop

· Film Screenings - abstracts of 250 to 300 words and links to available info material (max. 60 minutes)

· Lecture performance in innovative format sessions may extend from 20 to 60 minutes – abstracts up to 500 words outlining the form and content of the session

Due Dates:

Please submit proposals via email to ictm.latcar.2018@gmail.com by February 1, 2018. All proposals should include names, a short biography and institutional affiliation, email, and technical tools needed for presentation. Decisions regarding proposals will be communicated by the program committee to authors before February 16th, 2018.

Program Committee

· Samuel Araújo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

· Hannah Balcomb, University of California, Riverside USA

· Enrique Cámara de Landa, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

· Adriana Cerletti, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

· Marita Fornaro, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

· Miguel Angel García, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

· Jennie Gubner, Indiana University Bloomington, USA

· María Gabriela López Yánez, Goldsmiths University of London, UK

· Jessie Vallejo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

Organizing committee of the symposium and the Study-Group-in-the-making

Hannah Balcomb (USA/Argentina), Nora Bammer (Austria/Ecuador), Marita Fornaro (Uruguay), Jennie Gubner (USA/Argentina), María Gabriela López Yánez (UK/Ecuador), Ana Silverio (Brasil), Javier Silvestrini (Austria/Puerto Rico), Jessie Vallejo (USA/Ecuador)

Local Arrangements Committee

Marita Fornaro, Adriana Cerletti, Marcelo de los Santos, Virginia d’Alto

Institutional financial support Universidad de la República, Uruguay

Cost

Participants will need to cover their own travel and accommodation costs. Due to the character of this symposium, there is no registration fee. Concerts and other activities will be free of charge for symposium participants.

Symposium venue and the city of Salto, Uruguay

The public University of the Republic of Uruguay, with over a century and a half of history, is currently home to over 120,000 students. The UDELAR (Universidad de la República) has hosted numerous international academic and artistic events since the beginning of the 20th century. CIAMEN, the research center for musical and scenic arts located in the city of Salto, was founded 60 years ago and is the University’s largest campus outside Montevideo. Salto is located in the country’s northern region along the Uruguay River, an influential cultural region connecting Uruguay with Argentina and southern Brazil. The city’s extensive cultural tradition is reflected in the Teatro Larrañaga, which has been active for over 130 years, and in the city’s traditional music associated with its river culture.

Access and Transfers

Salto is reachable from Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital, and its international airport (Carrasco). The airport is connected to Montevideo by a 20-minute taxi ride or 40-minute bus ride. The bus terminal “Tres Cruces” offers numerous daily bus rides to Salto. The local arrangements committee recommends that participants inform them of their travel plans ahead of time so arrangements for joint bus reservations and a more comfortable and speedy transfer may be made. Travel time between Montevideo’s “Tres Cruces” bus terminal and the city of Salto is approximately 5.5 hours. Buenos Aires also offers transfers to Salto.

Accommodation

Symposium participants who would like to reserve hotels in Montevideo or Salto will be eligible for University-related discounts. Additionally, there are other low-budget options, such as AirBnB.

Recommended Hotels in Salto are:

- Hotel Los Cedros: Rates starting at $42 USD for a single bed ; includes breakfast

- Hotel Salto: Rates starting at $80 USD for a single bed; $100 USD for a double; includes breakfast

Another option is the internationally-renowned hotel and spa Termas del Daymán, a tourist complex that boasts thermal hot springs and is a 30-minute bus ride from Salto.

Further Info

· Symposium “Music, Sound, Dance and Movement in Latin America and the Caribbean”: https://sites.google.com/view/ictm-latcar2018/home

· For further information on Salto and other accommodation options see: www.welcomeuruguay.com/ingles .