Allison Sokil

University of Toronto

Participates in 1 Session

Sessions in which Allison Sokil participates

Sunday 26 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

1- Ghostbusting: Reframing Modular Synthesis’ Ghosts of Technoscientific Past with Suzanne Ciani - Allison Sokil, University of Toronto

2 hours, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Part of: Panel 7 - New Lives for Throwback Technology

Allison Sokil, University of Toronto (Participant)

The historiography of electronic music remains primarily framed by the “ghosts of technoscientific projects past” (Rodgers 2012, 475): discou...

Sessions in which Allison Sokil attends

Friday 24 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

8:30 AM

Registration

8 hours, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - Lobby

9:00 AM

Keynote speaker - From Reproach to Rapprochement? The Past’s Changing Presence in Bahian Music - Jeff Packman, University of Toronto

1 hour, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - DS-R510

Jeff Packman, University of Toronto (Participant)

Jonathan Dueck, Canadian Mennonite University (Moderator)

[ CHAIR: Susan Fast, McMaster University & Jonathan Dueck, Canadian Mennonite University ]History is very present in Salvad...

10:30 AM

4- Selling the “Orient”: A Critique of “Arab”-influenced UDM in Toronto and Montreal - Jillian Fulton, York University

2 hours, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Part of: Panel 1 - Cities and Scenes

Jillian Fulton, York University (Participant)

Migrants from the Arab world in Canadian diaspora collectives are challenging normative identity politics through their Underground Dance Mus...

1:30 PM

Panel 2 - Documentary - Girls Rock and the Ripple Effect: Disrupting Gendered Norms in Regina’s Local Music Scenes - Charity Marsh, University of Regina

2 hours, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - DS-R510

Charity Marsh, University of Regina (Participant)

Charity Marsh, University of Regina (Moderator)

In this documentary I explore how, after only 2 years, the Girls Rock Regina crew is already having both subtle and overt impacts on the...

4:00 PM

2- Cyborg Music: Gender, Technology, and Film Music - Joel Sutherland, University of Toronto

2 hours, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Part of: Panel 3 - Music, Technology and Social Media

Joel Sutherland, University of Chicago (Participant)

Suzanne Ciani’s score for the 1981 film The Incredible Shrinking Woman(Joel Schumacher, USA) marks a critical, and undiscussed, piec...

1- (Re)sounding Martyrdom: Musical Representations of Iranian Baha’i Persecution - Daniel Akira Stadnicki, University of Alberta

2 hours, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Part of: Panel 3 - Intersections of Private and Public, Sacred and Secular, Mainstreamness and Distinctiveness

Daniel Akira Stadnicki, University of Alberta (Participant)

This paper will explore how Baha’i musicians—or, “Baha’i-engendered" artists (Tuman 1993)—sonically-represent Iranian religious persecution, ...

Saturday 25 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

10:30 AM

Panel 4 - On Popular Music and Feminist Futures: Swag, Posture and Battle Raps

2 hours, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - DS-1540

melissa avdeeff, Coventry University (Moderator)

[ CHAIR: Melissa Avdeef, Coventry University In this panel, we explore some of the futures of popular music industries from...

Panel 4 - Roundtable - Tell Me a Story: Storytelling and Narrative in Public Spaces - Meghan Forsyth, Memorial U. - Judith Klassen, Canadian Museum of History - Michael McDonald, McEwan U. - Heather Sparling, Cape Breton U.

2 hours, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - DS-1520

Meghan Forsyth, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Moderator)

Judith Klassen, Canadian Museum of History (Participant)

Meghan Forsyth, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Participant)

Heather Sparling, Cape Breton University (Participant)

[ CHAIR: Meghan Forsyth, Memorial University of Newfoundland ] Ethnomusicologists have long recognized the power...

4:00 PM

Panel 6 - The EMI Music Canada Collection and the Canadian Music Industry

2 hours, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - DS-R520

Kip Pegley, Queen's University (Moderator)

[ CHAIR: Kip Pegley, Queen’s University ]This panel provides a variety of perspectives on research with the EMI Music Canada ar...

Panel 6 - Workshop - What makes an ethnomusicological film? Audiovisual ethnomusicology, cinemusicology, and cine-ethnomusicology in the era of digital cinema - Michael MacDonald, MacEwan University

2 hours, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - DS-1520

[ CHAIR: Michael MacDonald, MacEwan University ] Screening an ethnographic or documentary film at an ethnomusicol...

Sunday 26 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Panel 7 - New Lives for Throwback Technology

2 hours, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - DS-1545

Paul Théberge, Carleton University (Moderator)

1:30 PM

Closing remarks

1 hour, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - DS-R510