[Linganth] Call for Participation: Sare Patria: Romani Action, Deadline 1 Jan 2017

[Siv B. Lie]

*Call for Participation*
*Sare Patria: Romani Action*

“Sare Patria: Romani Action,” a conference at New York University, is part
of the *Opre Khetanes 5* 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.

“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.

Proposals for presentations of a scholarly, artistic, and/or activist
nature will be accepted.  We will accept proposals for the following two
categories:

• 10-minute presentations geared toward a general audience.  Such
presentations may include structured talks, audiovisual demonstrations,
recitations, interactive experiences, or other forms of communication.
• 20-minute papers in the fields of musicology, anthropology, sociology,
history, political science, Romani studies and related disciplines.

The meeting will address a range of questions, including but not limited to
the following:

    •    What are the roads and obstacles to Romani participation in public
and private institutions?
    •    What does it mean to be Romani in the 21st century?
    •    What roles does language play in forming Romani identities?
    •    How do Romani authors engage with cultural and other topics?
    •    How can the practice of music counteract or perpetuate “Gypsy”
stereotypes?
    •    How might Romani speakers, scholars, and performers attain a
greater voice in the public sphere?
    •    To what extent do Roma have access to, and an active voice in,
secondary and tertiary education?
    •    How and to what ends do Romani artists and service providers
engage in self-essentializing, both within their communities and in public
settings?

Please send a 500-word abstract to irm.nyu at gmail.com by January 1,
including your name, affiliation (if any), and the best way to reach you.

For more information, please visit the website of the Initiative for Romani
Music at New York University (www.romanimusic.org), which links directly to
the conference website (https://sites.google.com/site/sarepatria2017/) as
well as the website of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance (
http://www.ctmd.org/).

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Siv B. Lie
Department of Music
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
New York University
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