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SUMMARY:Book Launch—Soundin’ Canaan: Black Canadian Poetry\, Music\, and Citizenship\, by Paul db Watkins
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the initial book launch for Soundin’ Canaan: Black Canadian Poetry\, Music\, and Citizenship\, by Improvising Futures team member\, Paul db Watkins on Thursday\, February 6\, at 7:00 PM (PST).\n \nThe event will take place in person at The Vault Café\, (499 Wallace Street\, Nanaimo\, BC). The book launch is by donation (5$ suggested).\n \nLearn more about the book and pre-order by following this link! \n\nMore About the Event:\nThis initial book launch will feature poet and musician Sonnet L’Abbé (Sonnet’s Shakespeare) and Nanaimo Poet Laureate Neil Surkan (Unbecoming). The author will also be performing remixed versions of sections from the book.  \nDoors open at 6:30 p.m.\, and the readings will run from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.  \nMore About the Book:\nPart exploration of a key group of Black Canadian poets\, part literary\, cultural\, and musical history\, Soundin’ Canaan demonstrates how music in Black Canadian poetry is not solely aesthetic\, but a form of social\, ethical\, and political expression. \nSoundin’ Canaan refers to the code name often used for Canada during the Black migration to Canada. The book analyzes the contributions of key Black Canadian poets\, including their poetic styles and their performances. The book has several key objectives\, including recuperating the collision of the historical and the Biblically derived figure of Canaan\, the promised land of freedom and security for an African American population seeking to leave the shackles of slavery behind and the northern terminus of the underground railroad. Centering around the poetry of George Elliott Clarke\, Dionne Brand\, M. NourbeSe Philip\, Wayde Compton\, and rapper K’naan\, it delves into how these poets draw inspiration from African American and Afro-diasporic musical genres\, such as blues\, jazz\, reggae and dub\, hip-hop\, and remix\, to reshape the notions of identity and citizenship. Soundin’ Canaan asks: what does Canadian citizenship sound like\, especially when voiced by Black Canadian poets who embrace a fluid and multicultural form of citizenship that moves between local and global spaces\, much like music does? \nMore About the Presenter:\nPaul db Watkins is a Professor of English at Vancouver Island University. He is also a research team member with the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI). He has published widely on multiculturalism\, hip-hop\, Canadian poetry\, jazz\, DJ culture\, and improvisation. Under his DJ alias\, DJ Techné\, he has completed several DJ projects that explore the spaces between poetry\, hip-hop\, and jazz.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/book-launch-soundin-canaan-black-canadian-poetry-music-and-citizenship-by-paul-db-watkins/
LOCATION:The Vault Cafe\, 499 Wallace Street\, Nanaimo\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Andrew Goldman\, "The Cognition of Musical Improvisation: Theories and Experiments"
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Tuesday\, February 11 at 12:00 PM (ET) for Thinking Spaces: “The Cognition of Musical Improvisation: Theories and Experiments” with Andrew Goldman.\n \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \nTo attend the talk\, RSVP via our Google Forms. \nMore About this Workshop:\nImprovisation is a challenging topic to study using the theories and methods of cognitive science owing to the difficulty of defining it\, and the diversity of improvisatory practices. I share my theoretical frameworks for engaging this challenge as well as the results from some behavioral and neuroscientific studies. Ultimately\, I draw upon improvisation as a case study for exploring the difficulties of using science to understand music more generally. \nMore About the Presenter:\nAndrew Goldman is a music theorist and cognitive scientist\, and is currently Assistant Professor in Music Theory and Cognitive Science at Indiana University\, where he also directs IU’s Music and Mind Lab. He received his PhD in 2015 at the Centre for Music and Science at the University of Cambridge. He was in the inaugural cohort of Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience at Columbia University\, and also held a postdoctoral position with the Music\, Cognition\, and the Brain initiative at Western University before joining the faculty at Indiana University.  \nHis research considers how we can (and cannot) use scientific methods to learn about musical perception and cognition in theory\, and he also designs and conducts behavioral and neuroscientific experiments on music perception and cognition. Goldman’s research has focused on improvisation in music and dance\, and more recent work has addressed the perception of musical form\, melodic contour\, metrical perception\, and embodiment in music. His work has been published in both music and psychology journals\, and has been presented at national and international conferences including the Society for Music Theory\, the International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition\, and the American Psychological Association. Goldman is also a pianist and composer. His original musical\, “Science! The Musical” provides an alternate platform to explore the worlds of music and science. Musical numbers include “The Interdisciplinary Rag\,” “The Real World\,” “Publish or Perish\,” and more!\n \nTo attend the talk\, RSVP via our Google Forms.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-andrew-goldman-the-cognition-of-musical-improvisation/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Thinking Spaces
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