SYMPOSIUM: New Frontiers in the Study of Music, Autism, & Neurodiversity (Thurs 02/08/18, 6-9PM) -- NEW ROOM and LIVESTREAM ANN
Event Start:
Thu, 02/08/2018 - 6:00pm
Location:
701C Dodge Hall (The Center for Ethnomusioclogy)
The Columbia University Center for Ethnomusicology Presents a Symposium:
NEW FRONTIERS IN THE STUDY OF MUSIC, AUTISM, & NEURODIVERSITY
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018 6:00PM - 9:00PM 622 DODGE HALL (NOTE ROOM CHANGE FROM EARLIER ANNOUNCEMENTS) Columbia University Morningside Campus, Broadway at 116th St. FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, NON-SPECIALISTS WELCOME!
LIVESTREAM LINK -- We will be livestreaming this event on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/EcoMusicology
KENNETH AIGEN(Associate Professor of Music Therapy, Steinhardt School, New York University) “Contemporary Developments in Music Therapy Practice & Research in Autism: Beyond the Medical Model” * MICHAEL BAKAN(Professor of Ethnomusicology, Florida State University) “Speaking for Themselves: Conversations on Life, Music, & Autism” * JOSEPH STRAUS(Distinguished Professor of Music, The Graduate Center, City University of New York) "Idiots Savants, Retarded Savants, Talented Aments, Mono-Savants, Autistic Savants, Just Plain Savants, People with Savant Syndrome, & Autistic People Who Are Good at Things: A View from Disability Studies" * MICHAEL WEDD(Columbia College Senior Anthropology Major and Autism Activist) “Autism and Music in Other Words” * with distinguished guest commentary from: RACHEL ADAMS (Professor of English & Comparative Literature, Columbia University, & Director, The Future of Disability Studies Project)