<div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><div><i><font size="4"><b>Call for Participation</b></font></i><br><font size="4"><b>Sare Patria: Romani Action</b></font><br><br>“Sare Patria: Romani Action,” a conference at New York University, is part of the <i>Opre Khetanes 5</i>
program organized by the Initiative for Romani Music in conjunction
with Center for Traditional Music and Dance and Voice of Roma, April
28-29, 2017. The program will also include a dance workshop and
concert.<br><br>“Sare Patria” (“All the Cards”) is the title of a
Russian Romani (Gypsy) song. In various dialects of Romani, “patria” can
mean “cards,” “leaves,” “sheet [of paper],” and/or “newspapers.” For
this year’s conference, we encourage submissions that address Romani
politics, though presentations and papers can be on any subject related
to Romani people. Through presentations and informal discussions, the
meeting will encourage dialogue between performers, activists, and
scholars.<br><br>Proposals for presentations of a scholarly, artistic,
and/or activist nature will be accepted. We will accept proposals for
the following two categories:<br><br>• 10-minute presentations geared
toward a general audience. Such presentations may include structured
talks, audiovisual demonstrations, recitations, interactive experiences,
or other forms of communication.<br>• 20-minute papers in the fields of
musicology, anthropology, sociology, history, political science, Romani
studies and related disciplines. <br> <br>The meeting will address a range of questions, including but not limited to the following:<br> <br> • What are the roads and obstacles to Romani participation in public and private institutions?<br> • What does it mean to be Romani in the 21st century?<br> • What roles does language play in forming Romani identities?<br> • How do Romani authors engage with cultural and other topics?<br> • How can the practice of music counteract or perpetuate “Gypsy” stereotypes?<br> • How might Romani speakers, scholars, and performers attain a greater voice in the public sphere?<br> • To what extent do Roma have access to, and an active voice in, secondary and tertiary education?<br>
• How and to what ends do Romani artists and service providers
engage in self-essentializing, both within their communities and in
public settings?<br><br>Please send a 500-word abstract to
<a href="mailto:irm.nyu@gmail.com">irm.nyu@gmail.com</a> by January 1, including your name, affiliation (if
any), and the best way to reach you.<br><br>For more information, please
visit the website of the Initiative for Romani Music at New York
University (<a href="http://www.romanimusic.org">www.romanimusic.org</a>), which links directly to the conference
website (<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/sarepatria2017/">https://sites.google.com/site/sarepatria2017/</a>) as well as the
website of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance
(<a href="http://www.ctmd.org/">http://www.ctmd.org/</a>).<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Siv B. Lie<br>Department of Music<div>Graduate School of Arts and Sciences<br>New York University<br></div><br></div>
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