African Modernity and Identity in the Era of New Media

2011 Symposium Schedule:  Saturday, April 2, 2011

8:30-9:15   Registration & Breakfast, Woodburn Hall 200, Political Science Library lobby

9:30-11:30 Welcome and Panel 1, Woodburn Hall 200, Political Science Library

Rudo Mudia, Indiana University, Communication and Culture

“You Won’t See Me in Your History Books: The Performance and Mediation of Zimbabwean Identity in the Work of Comrade Fatso”

                Kristofer Olsen, Ohio University, Interdisciplinary Arts

“Takai on YouTube: What Effect Does New Media Have on Traditional Ghanaian Musical Creativity?”

                Carinna Friesen, Indiana University, Ethnomusicology

“Internet, iTunes and Rap: The role of music, globalization and technology in the construction of identity among West African Canadians”

11:30-1:30  Lunch, School of Fine Arts (SOFA) Gallery

1:30-2:30    Panel 2, Woodburn Hall 200, Political Science Library

                Hans Aschim, University of Wisconsin Madison, Journalism and Public Health

                “The BBC Effect in the Global Village: Africa”

                John Hames, University of Florida, Anthropology

“Pulaar Online: Language Promotion, the Internet, and the Creation of a Common Front”

3:00-4:15 Keynote Lecture by Dr. Victoria Bernal, Associate Professor of Anthropology,   University of California at Irvine, followed by Closing Remarks

           

4:15-5:30    Reception, Woodburn Hall 200, outside the Political Science Library

Sponsored by the following Departments & Programs at Indiana University - Bloomington:

African Studies Program

Office of the Vice President of International Affairs, Communications & Culture, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore & Ethnomusicology, Political Science, Department of History, School of Library & Information Science

Please contact iu.gsas.symposium@indiana.edu with any questions or for more information.