[Historyoftheory] CFP: Lightning Talks, “Oral Cultures in the History of Music Theory”

[History of Music Theory]

Dear colleagues,

Please see our CFP below.


--Abby Shupe



Call for Lightning Talks: “Oral Cultures in the History of Music Theory”

Music theory tends to engage with written cultures, to the exclusion of
oral traditions (and contexts where non-written modes of knowledge
dissemination prevail). In a joint interest group meeting, the IGs for the
Analysis of World Musics and the History of Music Theory will inquire into
the overrepresentation of insights from written traditions in
music-theoretical scholarship. We invite proposals for lightning talks to
address this imbalance, its challenges, and possible avenues for future
engagement. Presentations could also focus on elucidating oral music theory
traditions.

Some guiding questions include:

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   How might we adapt our framing language, methodologies, scholarly
   assumptions, etc. to welcome greater participation of scholars associated
   with or working on oral traditions?
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   What are the different constraints or affordances of music-theoretical
   insights that take on an oral modality?


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   What are the stakes of addressing repertoires that are disseminated
   predominantly through oral tradition in theoretical contexts? What
   rationales might account for the shortage of examples?
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   Which precedents or traditions of theorizing attend to oral cultures of
   music? How?
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   Are there examples in which a theoretical account of orally-traded
   repertoires has influenced the repertoire itself, in its modes of
   dissemination, conceptual framing, idiomaticity, or stylistic development?


We envision the panel to feature a series of 10-minute lightning talks,
followed by general discussion.

Please email abstracts of no more than 250 words, together with a brief bio
(ca 150 words)  to historyofmusictheory at gmail.com. The deadline for
submission is Thursday, June 29, 2023. We will inform potential speakers of
the decision by July 17. Accepted speakers will be expected to participate
in person at the 2023 AMS/SMT Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado (November
9–12, 2023).
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