Women Performers as Agents of Change: Perspectives from India, March 15-16 2010

A workshop to explore the work of scholars and activists who have a common interest in women performers and their unique place in Indian Society in order to create a conversation concerned with exploring, problematizing and strengthening female agency through performance.

Written Contributions

Selected participants have been invited to submit relevant writings (published or unpublished) from their research for all participants to read ahead of time in order to facilitate discussion.

University of Alberta

Christina Gier

• Music, Music and Gender, feminist theory
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

Regula Qureshi

• Director Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology
  • "Female Agency and Patrilineal Constraints"

Charn Jagpal

• English and Film Studies, University of Alberta
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

Stephen Slemon

• English and Film Studies, Postcolonial theory
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

Jo-Ann Wallace

• Director, Women’s Studies
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

Canada

Beverly Diamond

• CRC Ethnomusicology, Memorial University (Video Link)
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

Davesh Soneji

• South Asian Religions, McGill University
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

Margaret Walker

• Music, Queens University
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

United States

Amanda Weidman

• Anthropology, Brynmore College
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

Amelia Maciszewski

• Ethnomusicology/ South Asian Studies, Austin
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

Kaley Mason

• Music/South Asian Studies, University of Chicago
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

Carol Babiracki

• Music/ South Asian Studies, Syracuse University
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

Matthew Allen

• Music, Wheaton College Boston
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

India

Shabi Ahmad

• Indian Council of Historical Research
  • title of selection & link to page, uploaded document, etc.

Details

• Date: Monday March 15 and Tuesday March 16, 2009
• Location: Arts Lounge, Arts Bldg, University of Alberta
  • Monday 9 am - 5pm: Individual Presentations / Discussion

8 pm: Vocal Recital, Kiran Ahluwalia, with Rez Abbasi

• • Tuesday 9 am - 1pm: Musical and Round Table Discussion,