Research Guides
The Commons at Parrington Hall, Room 308
April 15, 2011, 8:30am-7:00pm
8:30-9:00: Coffee & pastries
Chair: Dr. Daniel Hart, American Indian Studies; Chair and Director of Canadian Studies (University of Washington)
9:00 - Libby Concord (University of Victoria) Frances Densmore’s Music of the Indians of British Colombia: An Unexplored History
9:30 - Kim Carter Munoz (University of Washington) Transnational and Local Identities Performed in Náhuatl Trío Huasteco Music in Mexico Post- NAFTA
10:00 - Brooke Wilken (University of Victoria) Living Culture: Celu Amberstone Describes Stoney Nation’s North American Indian Ecumenical Conferences and the Yellow Wolf Intertribal Powwow
10:30 - Robert Pitzer (University of Washington) Musical Identities at the Yakama Nation Tribal School
Chair: Dr. Michael Asch, Professor Emeritus (Univeristy of Alberta); Adjunct Professor (University of Victoria)
11:15 - Wendi Lindquist (University of Washington) Death on the Northwest Coast of America in the Late 18th Century
11:30 - Amanda Barney (University of Washington) Geotourism as a Means to Promote Social Sustainability in the Communities of Fogo Island, Newfoundland
11:45 - Bonnie McConnell (University of Washington) African Music in Canada: Immigration, Innovation and Identity
12:00-1:00 - Lunch Buffet
12:15-12:45 - Devon & Dejah Leger, Acadian Fiddle Music Performance
Chair: Dr. Patricia Shehan Campbell, Donald E. Petersen Professor of Music (University of Washington)
1:00 - Christopher Herbert (University of Washington) Becoming Cousins: Race, National Identity, and the California and British Columbia Gold Rushes, 1848-1871
1:30 - Sara French (Emily Carr University) Norman Ebertstein: Guarding the Douglas Crossing, Peach Arch Park, Surrey, B.C.
2:00 - Christopher Roberts (University of Washington) Children's Musical Cultures in the United States and Canada: An Exploration of the Smithsonian Folkways Children's Music Collection
2:45 - Dr. D. A. Sonneborn, Associate Director of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Canada-U.S. Cross-border Relationships with Simthsonian Folkways Recordings
3:00 - Dr. Patrician Shehan Campbell, Donald E. Petersen Professor of Music (University of Washington) Both Sides Now: Smithsonian Folkways as Vehicle for Teaching Music/Teaching Culture
3:20 - Margaret Asch, co-curator of the exhibit Seeing the World of Sound: the Cover Art of Folkways Records (University of Alberta) Seeing the World of Sound: The Cover Art of Folkways Records, A Canadian Contribution
4:15 - Dr. Michael Asch, Professor Emeritus (Univeristy of Alberta); Adjunct Professor (University of Victoria) Made for You and Me: Treaties with First Nations and the Settlement of Canada
5:15 - Seattle Fandango Project, Participatory Presentation, Social, Political and Cultural Change and the Practice of Fandango Jarocho
6:15 - Swil Kanim, Lummi Storyteller, Musician and Actor, The Healing Power of Honor and Self-Expression
6:45 - Closing and Thanks
Respondent: Marcia Otashewski, Canada-U.S. Fulbright Research Chair (2010/2011) in Canadian Studies, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies (University of Washington)
Graduate Co-Chairs: Julia Day, Ethnomusicology, Canadian Studies FLAS Fellow (2010/2011) and Bonnie McConnell, Ethnomusicology, Canadian Studies FLAS Fellow (2010/2011)