Rhythm Changes: Rethinking Jazz Cultures April 11, 2013

The event is a three-day multi-disciplinary conference that brings together leading researchers in the fields of jazz studies, media and cultural studies, history and American studies. It will take place at the University of Salford’s building at Media City UK, Salford Quays, commencing with a reception on Thursday 11 April 2013.

The conference committee invites papers and panel proposals that feed directly into the conference theme and is interested in featuring perspectives from a range of international contexts. Although not restricted to specific themes, possible topics could include:

• Jazz, Americanisation and the politics of globalisation
• Sonic cultural identities (African American, the Nordic Tone, South African jazz etc)
• Jazz cosmopolitanism
• Migration and trans-cultural exchange
• Jazz scenes, contexts and places
• Sub-cultural practices
• Genre boundaries and hybridity
• Trans-national or post-national jazz sounds
• Post-colonial settings for jazz
• Jazz collectives and communities
• Media dissemination and the spread of jazz culture
• Venues, festivals and the dynamics of culture
• Jazz, censorship and political struggle
• Jazz in urban and rural spaces
• Jazz traditions
• Cultural politics of jazz
• Cultural memory and jazz
• Revising jazz history

For more information contact Professor Tony Whyton at [email protected]

Official Website: http://www.salford.ac.uk/home-page/events/events/rethinking-jazz-cultures