FEL XIX - FEL NOLA, New Orleans, USA
7-10 October 2015
Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans
CONFERENCE PROGRAM | PDF version
Program last updated 6 October 2015
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Tuesday 6 October 2015 17:00-19:00 WELCOME RECEPTION, Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC), 1834 Club, room 215 |
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Wednesday 7 October 2015 |
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08:00- | BREAKFAST BUFFET, LBC, Room 213 | ||
09:30 | Brenda Lintinger, Nicholas Ostler & Judith Maxwell | WELCOME to FEL NOLA and the Music of Endangered Languages from Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, Tulane University, and FEL |
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10:00 |
Susanna Zaraysky |
KEYNOTE 1: Do-Re-Mi breathes life into dying languages |
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10:45 |
BREAK |
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11:00 |
SESSION 1. TEACHING & LEARNING LANGUAGES |
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11:00 |
Donna M. Pierite & Elisabeth M. P. Mora |
Instilling Cultural Pride through Lawuhara and Modern Tunica Songs and Dances |
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11:30 |
Megan Pucket |
Creek hymns- Promoting Language and Culture in Oklahoma |
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12:00 |
Gabina Funegra |
The music of Quechua |
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12:30 |
Jurgita Antoine |
The Role of Traditional Songs in the Maintenance and Preservation of Lakota Language and Culture |
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13:00 |
LUNCH BUFFET, LBC, ROOM 213 |
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14:30 |
SESSION 2. THE LANGUAGE OF SONG |
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14:30 |
Michael Hammond |
Gwlad y Gaˆn: Welsh language, song, and meter |
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15:00 |
Ichchha Purna Rai |
Poeticity and musicality of the Chhulung Ritual Language: A case study in Chhulung Community |
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15:30 |
Siri Tuttle & Håkan Lundström |
Taking Charge: learner agency in the transmission of song and speech traditions |
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16:00 |
Sally Treloyn, Andrew Dowding & Mary Anne Jebb |
Thaabi tools for change: a first look at the solo public songs of the west Pilbara |
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16:30 |
ADJOURN |
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18:00-21:00 |
Susanna Zaraysky | LADINO DOCUMENTARY, LBC, Room 213. Seating begins at 5:30pm |
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Thursday 8 October 2015 |
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08:00- | BREAKFAST BUFFET, LBC, Room 213 | ||
SESSION 3. ECHOING DOWN HISTORY |
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09:00 |
Guilnard Moufarrej |
Music, Chants, and Language Preservation: The Revival of the Syriac language in the Syro-Antiochean Catholic Maronite Church |
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09:30 |
Eda Derhemi |
The capricious mutations of the old Arbëresh song “O e bukura More” |
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10:00 |
Clint Bracknell |
Walanginy ba Waangkiny (Singing and Speaking): Old Song and Aboriginal Language Revitalisation in the South-West of Western Australia |
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10:30 |
Lucy Bell & Vern Williams Jr. |
The Enduring Haida song |
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11:00 |
BREAK |
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11:30 |
SESSION 4. RITUAL AND CEREMONIAL |
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11:30 |
Jessica Fae Nelson |
Playing with the ancestors: the role of the Toré in Pataxó Hãhãhãe language revitalization |
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12:00 |
Nicholas Reid |
Djanba, Wangga and Lirrga: using musical innovation to renegotiate social contracts, rebuild social strength and recreate community. |
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12:30 |
Andrey Rosowsky |
Heavenly verses: the role of devotional song in minority language maintenance |
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13:00 |
LUNCH BUFFET and FEL Annual General Meeting, LBC room 213 |
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14:30 |
SESSION 5. TRANSMISSION TO THE YOUNG |
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14:30 |
Teresa Proto & Paolo Bravi |
Introducing traditional vocal music in Sardinian schools |
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15:00 |
Shane McClain |
Music as a Vehicle for Language Maintenance for Indigenous Mexican Migrants |
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15:30 |
BREAK |
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16:00 |
Dirksen Bauman |
Sign Language Music Videos: Language Preservation or Denigration? |
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16:30 |
Zubair Torwali |
Making music of the endangered language to the taste of youth—a case of Torwali music and poetry |
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17:00 | ADJOURN | ||
19:00 | CONFERENCE DINNER, Superior Seafood, 4338 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans | ||
Friday 9 October 2015 |
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08:00 | BREAKFAST BUFFET, LBC, Room 213 | ||
09:15 |
Chris Moseley |
KEYNOTE 2: Getting their voices heard: Endangered languages and the recording industry |
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10:00 |
SESSION 6. ATTITUDES TO TRADITION |
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10:00 |
Doug Marmion |
Singing the Train: bringing back the Nyamal language |
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10:30 |
Michael Walsh & Jakelin Troy |
Song and Music in Aboriginal Australia |
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11:00 |
BREAK |
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11:30 |
Soichiro Harada |
The standardization of traditional Yonaguni songs : |
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12:00 |
Shane Lief & Jeffery Darensbourg |
Indigenous Traditions and Popular Music in Louisiana |
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12:30 |
LUNCH BUFFET, LBC room 213 |
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14:00 |
SESSION 7. ASSERTING IDENTITY |
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14:00 |
Eden Naby |
Musical Bridges for Assyrian Identity Retention |
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14:30 |
Joan A. Argenter |
Mixing languages and mixing music: ethnic and linguistic identities among Catalan Gypsies in France |
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15:00 |
Bret D. Woods |
Songs of Past and Present: Fèis an Eilein and the Milling Frolic in Gaelic Cape Breton |
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15:30 |
D. J. Hatfield |
Performed but Not Spoken: Double Binds and Limitations of Musical Performance in Language Revival Movements on Taiwan |
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16:00 |
BREAK |
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16:30 |
OPEN SESSION |
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17:00 |
CONFERENCE CLOSE |
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Saturday 10 October 2015 - Cultural Program |
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10:00 | BRUNCH BUFFET, Freeman Auditorium & Woodward Way Breezeway in the Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University (Newcomb Place between Ferret St and Willow St) | ||
12:00 | Native Voices - Presentations of languages by representatives of the Coushatta, Houma, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and Tunica-Biloxi Tribes |
CULTURAL PROGRAM: Native Voices, location as Brunch Buffet above |
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15:00 | CLOSE |