Jukebox Commons: Songs in the Key of 1966

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Abstract

This workshop brings together music scholars charged with a collaborative assignment: each panelist will bring in a song from 1966 and reflect upon the political, aesthetic, and technological transitions made lively in its recording and reception. How do the differences and similarities between each song help us develop strategies of critical listening across the cultural, political, and sonic geographies of the Americas? How were the sounds and songs of 1966 laying the groundwork for the inter-American and global revolutions of 1968? How were they the compound results of previous decades of sonic and musical sediment? We will explore the specific role that musical performance, musical audience, and musical encuentros of all types, plays in the formation of inter-American identities, performances, and politics.

Sub Track

• Performance and Visual Studies

Chair

• Alexandra T Vazquez, New York University

Presenters

• Alejandra M Bronfman, University of British Columbia

• Licia Fiol-Matta, City University of New York/Lehman College

• Josh Kun