Music Research, Now! Fri the 26th January

Hei & hello

The 13th annual ”Music research, now!” is next Friday. The symposium invites Turku-based researchers from whatever field of study, engaging with music or sound, to present their ongoing research at this event.

The main purpose of the event is to facilitate networking among music researchers from various departments and units at the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Sibelius Museum, and other educational and cultural institutes in Turku.

Please see the program below (some minor changes in the presentation order are possible).

Tervetuloa!

26.1.2024
Turun yliopisto / Åbo Universitet / University of Turku
Venue: Arcanum, A112 (Arcanuminkuja 1)

10:00 Welcome / opening
10:15 Charlotta Wolff, UTU: Åbo och Paris som musik- och teaterstäder, 1790–1840: ett nytt projekt
10:30 Kaj Ahlsved, ÅA & Forskningsföreningen Suoni rf: Musik och cykling: Cyklingens klingande historia i Finland (ca 1884–1900)
10:45 Marika Ahonen, TY /kulttuurihistoria: Naiset rock-muistelmissa ja mahdollisen tutkimus populaarimusiikissa
11:00 Tiina Käpylä, TY /musiikkitiede: Marginaalimerkintöjä -taiteen ja populaarikulttuurintutkijat Wikipedian täydentäjinä

11:15 Break

11:45 Inka-Maria Nyman, ÅA /musicology: Opera. Meaning and value in contemporary society
12:00 Aila Mustamo, UTU /folkloristics: Nature and politics in Black Metal
12:15 Polina Holitsyna, UTU /Juno program: Extreme Metal Scenes in Finland, Estonia and Ukraine: A Discussion on Subcultural Authenticity and Metal-Lore
12:30 Hanna-Mari Riihimäki, UTU /musicology: Alternative Femininities and Women’s Political Artistic Agency in Current Pop Music Video Performances: Four Case Studies from the Years 2016–2020
12:45 Johannes Brusila, ÅA /musikvetenskap: The changing mediations of children’s music and ethnicity: Arn(i)e Alligator’s move from the Finland-Swedish domestic scene to international streaming services

13:00 Lunch break

13:45 Timo Korhonen, Turun AMK:n Taideakatemia: Näkökulmia teknologia-avusteineen lähiopetukseen musiikin instrumenttiopetuksessa
14:00 Kimi Kärki, TY /kulttuurihistoria & UNIARTS /kulttuurinen musiikintutkimus: Mustavalkoista! Varhaisten norjalaisten black metal -musiikkivideoiden estetiikasta
14:15 Teppo Reinikainen ja Riikka Juntunen, TY /musiikkitiede: ”Kyllästynyt Häpeen” — Häpeän ja ableismin kokemukset Mc Ceparin tuotannossa
14:30 Sanna Qvick, TY /musiikkitiede: Kurkistus Instagramin kissakelojen musiikkivalintoihin
14:45 Milla Tiainen, TY /musiikkitiede: Mitä ihmisäänen tutkimus ja uusmaterialismi voivat antaa toisilleen? Mattering Voices -artikkelikokoelman esittely

15:00 Seminar ends > Get-together at Portti (Hämeenkatu 7)

cpf: EUPOP 2024: Borders

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Tallinn, Estonia, July 1st – 3rd, 2024.

Deadline: 15^th March, 2024

Individual paper and panel contributions are welcomed for the tenth annual international conference of the European Popular Culture Association (EPCA), to be held at Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Tallinn, Estonia, July 1st – 3rd, 2024.

With the overarching theme of Borders, EUPOP 2025 will explore European popular culture in all its various forms. This includes, but is by no means limited to, the following topics: European Film (past and present), Television, Music, Costume and Performance, Celebrity, The Body, Fashion, New Media, Popular Literature and Graphic Novels, Queer Studies, Sport, Curation, Digital Culture, the idea of European identity and its relation to popular culture. A special emphasis, this year, will be on topics such as popular culture borders, politics, forms of propaganda and influencing, and methodological framings within cross-disciplinary thinking.

Papers and Complete Panels for all strands will be subject to peer review. Proposals for individual presentations must not exceed 20 minutes in length, and those for panels limited to 90 minutes. In the latter case, please provide a short description of the panel along with individual abstracts. Poster presentations and video projections are also warmly welcomed.

There will be opportunities for networking and publishing within the EPCA. Presenters at EUPOP 2024 will be encouraged to develop their papers for publication in a number of Intellect journals, including the EPCA’s Journal of European Popular Culture. Journal editors will be working closely with strand convenors – a full list of Intellect journals is available at: http://www.intellectbooks.com

Proposals comprising a 300-word abstract, your full name, affiliation, and contact details (as a Word-file attachment, not a PDF) should be submitted to Dr Kimi Kärki (kimi.karki@utu.fi) by 15^th March, 2024. Receipt of proposals will be acknowledged via e-mail. The conference draft program will be announced in May 2024, along with the conference registration and accommodation details. The likely conference fee will be 150 euros (student), and 200 euros (other). The fee includes coffees, lunches, evening reception and dinner, and EPCA Membership (includes one sample issue European Journal of Popular Culture, Intellect Press). For details of conference fee payment, please contact EPCA Treasurer Tommi Iivonen (ttiivo@utu.fi).

The keynote speakers will be announced in early 2024.

The European Popular Culture Association

The European Popular Culture Association (EPCA) promotes the study of popular culture from, in, and about Europe. Popular culture involves a wide range of activities, material forms and audiences. EPCA aims to examine and discuss these different aspects as they relate both to Europe and to Europeans across the globe, whether contemporary or historical.

EUPOP 2024 is organised by:

European Popular Culture Association (EPCA): https://epcablog.wordpress.com/

International Institute for Popular Culture (IIPC): http://iipc.utu.fi/

EPCA President, Kimi Kärki, kierka@utu.fi

EPCA Vice-President, Pamela Church Gibson, pamelachurchgibson@gmail.com

EPCA Secretary, Anna Peltomäki, ankpel@utu.fi

EPCA Treasurer, Tommi Iivonen, ttiivo@utu.fi
EPCA Membership Secretary, Graham Roberts, grahamroberts83@gmail.com

Local organizer contact, Brigitta Davidjants, brigitta.davidjants@eamt.ee

IIPC Debate 16 Nov

IIPC Debate 121, Thursday 16.11.2023 16.00-17.30, Arcanum A270 (Arcanuminkuja 1, University of Turku)

Speculating from the Border: Transnational Connections and Cosmopolitan Concerns in Twenty-First Century Science Fiction Cinema
Pablo Gómez-Muñoz (University of Zaragoza, Spain)

In this talk I will introduce some of the key ideas I explore in my book Science Fiction Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Transnational Futures, Cosmopolitan Concerns (Routledge, 2023). The book argues that recent films are increasingly using themes and conventions of science fiction such as dystopian societies, catastrophic environmental disasters, apocalyptic scenarios, aliens, monsters, time travel, teleportation, and supernatural abilities to address cosmopolitan concerns related to human rights, the climate crisis, borders, economic precarity, mobility, and sexuality. Drawing on Mezzadra and Neilson’s notion of “border as method” (2013), I analyze the transnational turn towards cosmopolitanism in science fiction cinema by focusing on four topics that have received major attention from the genre in recent years: borders and economic exploitation, disaster and the climate crisis, human-alien love, and random personal connections across time and space. The book considers a wide selection of examples, including case studies of films such as Elysium, In Time, 2012, Andrew Niccol’s The Host, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, and Cloud Atlas. The book also questions the seeming cosmopolitanism of these narratives and exposes how they sometimes reproduce social hierarchies and exploitative practices.

Bio:
Pablo Gómez-Muñoz is Assistant Professor of English and Film at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). His book Science Fiction Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Transnational Futures, Cosmopolitan Concerns was published by Routledge in 2023. He has also written about films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still, Upside Down, In Time, Elysium, and The Hunt (2020). His research interests include transnational cinema, science fiction, borders, cosmopolitanism, precarity, space, spectacle, climate change, and sexuality. He is a member of the research project “From Social Space to Cinematic Space: Mise-en-Scènes of the Transnational in Contemporary Cinema”. He is also Book Reviews Editor at Film Journal and co-coordinates the Speculative Fiction workgroup at NECS.

Warm welcome!

International Institute for Popular Culture
https://iipcblog.wordpress.com/

Musiikintutkimus, nyt! / Musikforskning, nu! / Music research, now! 26 January, 2024

Musiikintutkimus, nyt! / Musikforskning, nu! / Music research, now!

26.1.2024
Turun yliopisto / Åbo Universitet / University of Turku
Venue: Arcanum, A112 (Arcanuminkuja 1)

The 13th annual Music research, now! symposium invites Turku-based researchers from whatever field of study, engaging with music or sound, to present their ongoing research at this event.

The main purpose of the event is to facilitate networking among music researchers from various departments and units at the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Sibelius Museum, and other educational and cultural institutes in Turku. We especially encourage scholars from such fields as, but not limited to, musicology, music education, cultural history, art and media studies, cultural studies, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, and archive work, to actively participate in the event. The symposium is an opportunity for a researcher to receive feedback from the entire pool of music/sound researchers working in the city.

This CFP is written in English, but presentations are invited in Finnish and Swedish in addition to English. Please make sure your proposed headline is in the same language you intend to present with.

The presentations will be 10-minute presentations with 5 minutes for discussion (15min in total).

In order to register please fill in the online registration form at:
https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/x4KWef5ITh9J1N6B

The registration deadline is Friday January 19, 2024. The event is as per usual free of charge.

The seminar program will be sent to all registars via email. There will be a casual get-together after the seminar open for all participants.

For more information, please write to the event organizer Meri Kytö (meri.kyto@utu.fi)

You are warmly welcome!

Studying Japanese Popular Music, 17 Nov

Study Day: Studying Japanese Popular Music

Time: 17 November 2023 (Fri), 11:30-16:30
Place: EDU2 (University of Turku, Educarium, 2nd Floor)

This study day focuses on the examination of Japanese popular music, offering insights into several prominent musical phenomena from the past few decades. The lectures throughout the event will delve into topics such as the history and cultural significance of Japanese popular music, the relationship between Japanese popular music and media, and the role of popular music in Japanese society.

One of the guest lectures will be provided in person by Tamiya Terashima – an award-winning Japanese film, video game, and popular music composer internationally recognized for his score for the Studio Ghibli animation “Tales from Earthsea” (2006).

Programme:

11:30-12:45: Introduction: Current themes in Japanese popular music studies (Lasse Lehtonen)

12:45-13:30: Lunch break

13:30-14:45: Making sense of Japanese popular music genres (Lasse Lehtonen) / Vocaloid Stardom (Kimi Kärki)

14:45-15:00: Break

15:00-16:00: Making popular music in Japan (Tamiya Terashima)
16:00-16:30: Closing remarks and discussion

Students can earn 5 credits by attending the study day, reading selected supplementary materials (approximately 150-200 pages), and writing a reflective study diary or essay on the study day’s themes and additional readings. For more information and registration: https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/MUSI233A/94886?period=2022-2024

Welcome!

Organised by the International Institute for Popular Culture (IIPC)
Inquiries: Lasse Lehtonen (lasse.a.lehtonen@helsinki.fi)

All Over Now? Reflections on Social Class (Fri 17 Nov)

All Over Now? Reflections on Social Class

A joint event hosted by Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) and the International Institute for Popular Culture (IIPC)

Friday 17 November 2023, Edu 3, Educarium

Please note that it is not necessary to register for this event and attendees may just turn up on the day.

Is social class still relevant in the digital age? Has it been superseded by other forms of identity? Are we “all middle class now”? What roles has class played within popular culture? Join us for all this and more in this event hosted jointly by the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) and the International Institute for Popular Culture (IIPC).

PROGRAMME

10.30 Opening remarks (Martin Cloonan, Kari Kallioniemi, Laura Saarenmaa)

10.45. Panel 1: Reflections on social class (i): A collection of 15 minute provocations. Chair: Martin Cloonan

Ranjana Saha: Midwifery, Childbirth and Breastfeeding in colonial Bengal
Aymeric Pantet: Social critique in cinema: tool for a class-consciousness (and the other social parameters)
Tiina Männistö-Funk & Riikka Taavetti: Riikka Taavetti & Tiina Männistö-Funk: Class on the Ferry: Social Class, Gender and Nationality in M/S Romantic (2019)
Jeffrey Wall: Class is Immaterial: Status trumps kapital in the postmodern fever

12.15 Lunch break (at own cost)

13.30 Panel 2: Reflections on social class (ii): More 15 minute provocations. Chair: Laura Saarenmaa

Kari Kallioniemi: The Beatles, Music and class
Ralf Kauranen: Class and Cartoons: Is That a Thing in 21st Century Finland?
Noora Kallioniemi: Comedic Reflections of Contented Unemployment: Reimagining Leisure in 1990s Finland during Economic Depression
Laura Saarenmaa: Lego Friends at Work – hopes and fears of work life in the neoliberal age

15.00: Coffee break (at own cost)

15.20 Keynote: Hanna Kuusela (Tampere University): Streaming privilege: How television teaches us to accept class divisions

16.20: Concluding remarks and comments (Martin Cloonan, Kari Kallioniemi, Laura Saarenmaa)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Hanna Kuusela is an Academy Research Fellow and adjunct professor, working in the intersection of culture and economy. She currently works as an Academy Research Fellow at the Tampere Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication, at Tampere University. Hanna’s research interests include economic elites, cultural analysis of capital, consultocracy, contemporary cultural formations as well as university autonomy in the postdemocratic age. Her specific interests in literature include collaborative writing practices and literary appropriations. She is a member of the Academic Board at Tampere University, the editor-in-chief of the journal Kulttuurintutkimus and a founding member of the Helsinki Centre for Global Political Economy.

https://www.utu.fi/en/research/research-collegia/tias/events/social-class-2023

Reframing Music Video Research Online Conference: registration

Reframing Music Video Research Online Conference

October 12–13, 2023 

Dear all,

 

Registration for the Reframing Music Video Conference has been continued. The event is free of charge. We kindly ask all participants to register; the Zoom links will be sent accordingly before the event.

Here is the link to the registration form: https://forms.gle/eEJqvxN88CXGQb6DA

If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach me via the conference email: reframingmusicvideoresearch@gmail.com

We are happy to confirm our keynote speakers, Emily Caston, Kai Arne Hansen, Mathias Bonde Korsgaard, and a special guest speaker, Lisa Perrott. The preliminary schedule can be found athttps://reframingmusicvideoresearch.wordpress.com

A warm welcome to you all!

On behalf of the organizing committee,

Hanna-Mari Riihimäki

Politics of Fandom, 3 Nov 2023

Politics of Fandom: Affect, Activism, and the Limits of Agency

The International Institute for Popular Culture (IIPC) at the University of Turku and the research project Intersectional Reading, Social Justice, and Literary Activism (INTERACT) funded by KONE Foundation, organize a seminar on fan studies at the University of Turku.

Date: Friday, 3 Nov 2023
Time: 13.00-17.00
Venue: Calonia building (Caloniankuja 3), room 1006

Programme:

https://sites.utu.fi/interact/news/half-day-seminar-politics-of-fandom/

IIPC Online Series Vol. 9: Popular Music Climates

The 9th volume of IIPC Online series, Popular Music Climates. Proceedings from the XXI Biennial Conference of IASPM, Daegu, South Korea, 5th – 9th July 2022, is now out. It’s been edited by Dr Kimi Kärki.

IIPC Online Series:

Publications

Direct link:

https://iipc.utu.fi/iaspm2022/

Politics of Fandom

CALL FOR PAPERS

Politics of Fandom: Affect, Activism, and the Limits of Agency

The International Institute for Popular Culture (IIPC) at the University of Turku and the research project Intersectional Reading, Social Justice, and Literary Activism (INTERACT) funded by KONE Foundation, organize a seminar on fan studies at the University of Turku.

Date: Friday, 3 Nov 2023
Time: 13.00-17.00, 1-5 PM
Venue: Calonia building, room 1006

In an early essay on fan studies, Lawrence Grossberg argued that the defining characteristic of the sensibility of fandom is affect – that which gives colour, meaning and intensity to experience. Grossberg also emphasized that the affective charge of fandom opens possibilities for political struggle. In the decades since Grossberg’s essay was published, forms of fandom have changed in many ways. The internet and social media have made fandom more visible and mainstream, and also of greater economic interest to the cultural industries.

Social media enable fans to connect with each other and with the objects of their fandom, but they are also platforms governed by companies seeking to monetize user data. Fans have organized campaigns to promote various causes, ranging from issues internal to fandom to issues of social justice. At the same time, fans’ attempts to police stars and other fans have drawn negative public attention. In the literary field, fans rewrite their favorite texts anew giving e.g. female characters more agency, inventing queer plotlines, or enabling new kinds of identity positions –  dismantling the border between the author and the reader.

We call for proposals for 20 min. presentations on the politics of fandom, understood in a wide sense. The aim of the seminar is to link together scholars of fandom in Finland. Presentations may be related to fans as activists, fans gaining collective power, fandom as an identity position, fans as political actors, or constraints within fan culture. What kind of politics and activist possibilities do different fan cultures foster? Can these cultures be restraining? How can activism be related to fandom? How do online platforms and the datafication of fandom shape fans’ agency? How does heightened commercial interests influence fan cultures? What kind of affects are involved in contemporary fan cultures?

Please send your abstract (max. 300 words) to Kaisa Ilmonen and Mari Pajala (kailmo(at)utu.fi, marpaja(at)utu.fi) no later than 11.9.2023.

The accepted speakers will be notified on 15.9.2023, when the final program will also be published. We also encourage PhD-students to submit their papers for the seminar.

Warmly Welcome all scholars interested in Fan Studies!

Kaisa Ilmonen
PI: INTERACT-project
University lecturer
Dept. of Comparative literature

Mari Pajala
Board: IIPC, International Institute for Popular Culture
University lecturer
Dept. of Media Studies