South African Jazz Cultures: Indaba / discussion day
20 April 2013, Centre for Modern Studies and Department of Music, University of York.
Details
The South African Jazz Cultures indaba / discussion day is an interdisciplinary forum structured around five presentations and a round table. Contributions from academics (Eato, Pyper), filmmakers (Kaganof), heritage practitioners (Temple, Huntley), musicians (Abdul-Rahim, Brubeck, Moholo-Moholo), and Hazel Miller of Ogun Records will invite discussion on a range of issues broadly framed by the idea of South African jazz cultures. The day will bring together thinking on a range of topics including, but not limited to:
- Artistic heritage in post-authoritarian, post-censorship societies
- The artist in exile
- Vernacular intellectuals
- Informal / underground knowledge transfer structures
- Artistic modes of resistance
Website and Further Information
http://ev2.co.uk/jisa/research/
Programme
THE TREEHOUSE, BERRICK SAUL BUILDING
[09:00-09:35 registration / coffee]
09:35-09:45 Welcome
09:45-10:45 Presentation and discussion 1: Brett Pyper ‘Listening to jazz in a transitioning South Africa’
10:45-11.30 Presentation and discussion 2: Matthew Temple ‘Hidden Heritages’
[11:30-12:00 coffee]
12:00-13:00 In conversation: Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim and Louis Moholo-Moholo ‘On working with Mbizo Johnny Dyani’
[13:00-14:00 lunch]
MUSIC RESEARCH CENTRE
14:00-15:30 Roundtable: Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim, Darius Brubeck, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Hazel Miller, Brett Pyper, Matthew Temple (facilitator, Jonathan Eato)
[15:30-16:00 coffee]
16:00-17:00 Presentation and discussion 3: Jonathan Eato ‘Unheard Music, Unseen Images: recordings and photographs from the Ian Bruce Huntley archive’
17:00-18:30 Film and closing discussion: Aryan Kaganof ‘The Legacy’.
Registration
Registration is free (but essential). Please email jonathan.eato@york.ac.uk by 15 April 2013
