Symposium: "Sound: Print: Record: African American Legacies"
October 1 & 2
Roselle Center for the Arts
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required.
This symposium is being presented in conjunction with the University Museums exhibit of the same name that runs from September 2 - December 6 in the Mechanical Hall Gallery.
"The symposium will explore how black music and its traditions are preserved, recorded, fixed and imagined by artists and scholars." - Janis Tomlinson, Director of University Museums
Thursday, October 1 will feature a keynote address at 5 pm and an evening of performances beginning at 8 pm.
Friday, October 2 will feature panel discussions based around the following themes:
- "Fixing a Legacy": Black Music and History
- Sound/Record: Technological, economic and cultural dynamics that shaped African American participation in sound recording.
- Art/Music/Art: Spoken word, performance, the visual and the aural-- sight and sound.
For more information: www.udel.edu/museums
Supported by a grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum |
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