‘Comings and Goings’ Calypso: A Moment and Movement Concerning Memory, Migration and Displacement seminar will be held on 3 - 5 November 2005, in the Centenary Gallery at the University of Leeds.
This is a transdisciplinary seminar which seeks to interrogate the musical practices of West Indian Carnival by exploration of its roots/routes through, and contribution to, the evolution of contemporary music practices in Britain today, and by extension, its wider impact on British culture.
In particular the seminar will examine the genres of calypso, mento, spooge, steelband, reggae and sound systems and the more recent developments of soca, rapso, chutney, zouk and dance hall, as well as look at the impact of these genres have had within the context of contemporary popular music industry e.g., in the USA and UK. The starting point of these explorations is grounded in an initiative of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida who have developed a web exhibition, www.calypsoworld.org (co-curated by Stephen Stuempfle and Ray Funk), and conference project on the international dissemination of calypso music from Trinidad from the mid-twentieth century.
Invited Speakers: Ray Funk, Stephen Stuempfle, John Cowley, Gordon Rohlehr, Milla Riggio, Hollis Liverpool, Arthur France.
For more information please visit the seminar’s website.
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