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10 / 6 "From the Space In Between to the Transcultural" -- A Talk by Denilson Lopes Start: 4:00 pm End: 6:00 pm Co-sponsored by The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and The Center for Ethnomusicology Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 4PM-6PM 420 Hamilton Hall In this talk Denilson Lopes discusses the theoretical basis of his current research called Transcultural Landscapes in Contemporary Cinema, establishing a dialogue with the ideas by Silviano Santiago, Néstor García Canclini and Arjun Appadurai. At this talk he also mentions the theoretical efforts of film criticism to address the issues of interculturality and multiculturalism. In exploring this issue, Denilson places Latin American critical theory in relation to authors who have addressed the topic of multiculturalism in film such as Robert Stam, Hamid Naficy, Laura Marks and Andréa Franca. more info
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10 / 9 "The Ghost World of Bollywood" --A Talk by David Novak Start: 12:15 pm End: 2:15 pm On Thursday, Oct. 9, at 12:15 PM, David Novak will give a talk entitled "The Ghost World of Bollywood" in the Heyman Center Common Room (East Campus). David Novak is a Fellow of the Columbia Society for Fellows in the Humanities, and holds the PhD in ethnomusicology from Columbia University. more info “Oyinbo, I go chop your dollar” -- A Talk By Christopher Waterman Start: 5:00 pm End: 7:00 pm “Oyinbo, I go chop your dollar”: Yahoo Boyz, dirty money, and 419 politics in Nigerian popular music A talk by Christopher Waterman Dean of the School of the Arts and Architecture, UCLA Thursday, October 9 5:00 PM 701C Dodge Hall In Africa as elsewhere, popular music has long been complexly articulated with the struggle to create, texture and defend viable life-spaces under challenging economic circumstances. This talk is a reflection on recent developments in Nigerian popular music, focusing on songs dealing with the 419/internet scammer controversy ("Yahoozee," by Olu Maintain, "No More Yahoozee [The Reply]," by Harri Best Moradiyo, and "Oyinbo, I Go Chop Your Dollar," by Nkem Owoh), and on musicians' reactions to the Central Bank of Nigeria's recent attempt to outlaw the "spraying" of cash at ceremonies. more info
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10 / 17 The 5th Annual Guria Benefit Start: 8:00 pm End: 10:00 pm Dimensions, Columbia University's Center for Ethnomusicology & Barnard College's Center for Research on Women Present The 5th Annual Guria Benefit Friday October 17th, 2008 8pm \| Roone Alredge Auditorium Lerner Hall, Columbia University An evening of classical South Asian music and dance. Dinner will be served more info