1st Global Conference
Tuesday 8th March – Thursday 10th March 2011
Prague, Czech Republic
The programme for the conference is available below. Delegates are listed according to the session in which they appear. Clicking on the Session Title will take you to the abstracts (where available) for that session. Each delegate is listed according to their affiliation.
Final Conference Programme
Tuesday 8th March 2011
from 12.30
Registration
13.30
Welcome and Opening Words
Jordan Copeland and Daniel Riha
14.00
Session 1: The City as Subject in Music and Cinema
Chair: Jordan J. Copeland
Postmodern Projected Visions of Brazilian Cities
Maria Helena Costa
The Evil Jakarta: A Representation of Jakarta in Indonesian Cinema
Igak Satrya Wibawa and Dina Septiani
There to Hear: Reimagining Mobile Music and the Soundscape of Montreal
Samuel Thulin
15.30
Coffee
16.00
Session 2(a): Local Scenes: Musical Cultures and Subcultures in Prague
Chair: Ewa Andersson
Prague Beer Punk: Poetics of Boredom
Daniel Riha
Czech Alternative Myths: Hokkaido Records Company, Devils Hills, Prague 1980s
Pavla Jonssonova
Musical Anthropology of the City of Prague
Zuzana Jurková
Session 2(b): Reimagining and Rethinking Urban Space
Chair: Leonard Koos
The Changing Space of the Arab City: The Case of Dubai
Harris Breslow
Ethnography of a Concept: Rethinking the Urban Imaginary
Nick Perry
Tales of Two Cities: How the Urban Imaginary Has Shaped Detroit and New Orleans
Laura Crommelin
17.30
Notices and Announcements
17.40
Wine Reception
Wednesday 9th March 2011
09.00
Session 3: Urban Space and the Landscape of the City
Chair: Sina Nitzsche
Seeing the Invisible City
Maja Brzozowska-Brywczyńska
The Novelty of Tradition: Creative Old Quarters at the Heart of Waning Cities
Luis Balula
The Impact of the Musical System on the Relationship Architectural Heritage and Urban Design
Shaimaa A. Al Zayat and Dalia Ibrahhim
10.30
Coffee
11.00
Session 4(a): Exploring Developments and Movements in Hip Hop Culture
Chair: Ericka Basile
The Power of the Beat: US Hip Hop through Wallerstein and Bourdieu
Tareixa Garcia de Polavieja
Phenomenon of Russian Hip Hop Culture
Sergey Ivanov
Exploring Urban Resistance and Empowerment; Passivity and Commodity in the Technology of Hip Hop and Rap
Nathanial Shaw
Session 4(b): Popular Expressions of Urban Conflict, Competition, and Criticism
Chair: Bechir Kenzari
Gentrification, Art and Creative Sabotage in Poznan and Warsaw
Piotr Juskowiak
The Politics of Nostalgia: Memory, Space, and the Competing Modernities in Berlin and Shanghai
Pan Lu
The Excess, Media Narratives and Urban Legends about The Impact of Illegal Diamond Dealings on City Life in Mutare, Zimbabwe
Irikidzayi Manase
12.30
Lunch
14.00
Session 5(a): Narratives, Mythologies, and Theories: Literature and the City
Chair: Samuel Thulin
A Dream-Tale of Modernity and the Phantasmagoria of the City: On the Recurrence of Myths and the Rise and Fall of Popcultures
Muyesser Ozlem Basak
The Psychopath and the City: Popular Cultural Mythologies
Neil McCaw
The Underground, the Surface and the Edges: A Hauntology of Johannesburg
Anthea Buys
Session 5(b): Urban Subcultures, Identity, and Creativity
Chair: Daniel Riha
Meaning of violence in different subcultures
Airi-Alina Allaste
The Role of Urban Spaces in the Construction of Multiracial Identities
Nana Osei-Kofi
Cosmopolitan Urban Spaces and Creative Practices in Translation
Lisa Wiklund
15.30
Coffee
16.00
Session 6(a): Ideology, Ritual, and Community in Underground Music
Chair: Eugene Dairianathan
Underground Ethos: The Transvaluation of Values in Punk and Hard Core
Jordan J. Copeland
Distinctions in Cultural Productions: The Case of the Swedish Indies
Ewa Andersson
The Call of Nature: The Emergence of Neo-Shamanic Practices in an Urban Context
Hamid van Koten
Session 6(b): Urban Planning, Protection and Regeneration
Chair: Laura Crommelin
Seven Years in Johannesburg
Vuyolwethu Seripe
Significance and Threat of Urban Planning in Preserving Urban Subcultures
Ipek Ozbek Sonmez
The Dazhalan Project: Urban Regeneration and the Art Projects in Mainland China
Ran Ma
17.30
Sessions End
Thursday 10th March 2010
09.00
Session 7(a): On the Margins: Urban Radicals, Outsiders, and Explorers
Chair: Félix Ayoh Omidire
Huey P. Newton and the Radicalization of the Urban Poor
Joshua Anderson
Sites of the Ban
Bechir Kenzari
Train Surfing: Escaping Freedom
Michiel Germishuys
Session 7(b): Industries and Venues in Popular and Underground Music
Chair: Pavla Jonssonova
The Vanishing Social Clubs of Liverpool 8
Brett Lashua
Sydney’s Alternative Spaces: Same, Same but Different
Michelle Catanzaro
The Live Indie Music Scene in Milan
Silvia Tarassi
10.30
Coffee
11.00
Session 8(a): Stylised Subcultures and Popcultures
Chair: Jeffrey Hester
Hip or Square? Pop Cultural Negotiations of Hipster Lifestyles
Eric C. Erbacher
The Urban Underground: The Rise of the DIY Dandy
Sue Nicholson
Candy Coating Identity: The High Artifice of Smarteez Fashion
Mary Corrigall
Session 8(b) Hip Hop: Critical Reflections on Themes, Scenes, and Styles
Chair: Nathaniel Shaw
Fresh MCs and Fly Girls: Lyrical and Sartorial Style in Hip Hop 1979-89
Ericka Basile
“There’s No B’ness Like Ho B’ness”: Considering the Hip Hop “Ho”
Alex Franklin
The Urban Hip Hop Scene: Underground as Underworld
Shannon McCabe
12.30
Lunch
14.00
Session 9(a): Development and Transformation in Localized Urban Music
Chair: Zuzana Jurková
Fado in the Context of the City of Lisbon
Kristýna Kuhnová
Vedic Metal and Urban Soundscapes: A Perspective from Singapore
Eugene Dairianathan
Hiplife: The Location, Organization, and Structure of the Local Urban Pop Music Industry in Tamale
Dominik Phyfferoen
Session 9(b): Creative Encounters with Urban Decay and Post-Industrial Decline
Chair: Luis Balula
Trash City: On the Changing Nature of Refuse in Paris
Leonard Koos
Rust Styles: Popular Culture in the Shrinking Metropolis
Sina Nitzsche
Iconic Planning Distresses: From Archistar’ Projects to Public Art Installations in Post-Industrial Cities
Silvia Mazzucotelli Salice
15.30
Coffee
16.00
Session 10: Popculture, Fashion, and Fandom
Chair: Sue Nicholson
Fujoshi: “Bad Girl” Fans Redrawing Images of Gender, Sexuality, and Consumption in Japan
Jeffrey Hester
Queering Urban Popculture: Exploring Tactics in the Ho Denise Wan See (HOCC) Fandom in Hong Kong
Cheuk Yin Li
Tokyo as a Fashion Producing City
Yuniya Kawamura
17.30
Development meeting and closing remarks
18.00
Conference Ends
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