8:30

10:00

SESSION 1

Keynote Lecture

Translocal Soundscapes and Strategic Positionings: Navigating a Sense of Belonging in Multiethnic Multireligious Malaysia

Tan Sooi Beng

University of Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

10:00

10:30

TEA BREAK

10:30

12:30

SESSION 2

Theme: Theoretical, Methodological, and Governmental Implications for the Study of Music and Dance of Minorities

Chair: TBA

Marko Kölbl

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria &

Rasika Ajotikar
University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany

The Crisis of Representation in Ethnomusicological Minority Studies

Zuzana Jurková

Charles University, Prague, Czechia

Who Counts as the Nation? A Contribution to Dialogic Knowledge Production

Kai Tang

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria

Engineering the Minorities: Intangible Cultural Heritage Preservation and Transformations of Folk Music in 21st Century Mainland China

Mark Hsiang-Yu Feng

University of California, Davis, Davis, USA

Beyond Neo-Traditional: A Non-Linear Triangular Model for Studying Folk Music Revival in Postcolonial Taiwan

12:30

13:30

LUNCH BREAK (catering)

13:30

15:30

SESSION 3

Theme: Theoretical, Methodological, and Governmental Implications for the Study of Music and Dance of Minorities

Chair: TBA

Alma Bejtullahu, Humboldt Research Fellow, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

The Venues of the Minorities’ Music: The Case of Slovenia

Ming Yue

University of York, York, United Kingdom

On the Stylistic Formation of the "Individual Voice" of Contemporary Chinese Composers. Rethinking of the Cultural Collision in Music Writing Based on Chen Qigang’s Stylistic Declaration

Haozhe Zhang
Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China

On the Possibility of the Modernization of Khoomii in China: Take Sainkho Namtchylak, Huun-Huur-Tu and Hanggai as Examples

Pankaj Rawat

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

Sacred Ethnomusicology and Religious Music Practices in Uttarakhand Himalayas: Shaping Social Spaces of Identity, Belongingness, and Community Caste Roles

15:30

16:00

TEA BREAK

16:00

18:00

SESSION 4

Theme: Theoretical, Methodological, and Governmental Implications for the Study of Music and Dance of Minorities

Chair: TBA

Essica Marks, Zefat Academic College, Zefat, Israel

Whose Music is This? Arab Music as a Cultural Field of Negotiations in Israeli Cultural Arena

Carol Silverman, University of Oregon,

Eugene, USA

From Diaspora to Intersectional Performative Mobilities:  Music-making in Transcultural Balkan Romani Communities

Ana Hofman

Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia

“Classy” Trubači:  Economies of “Othering” and the Balkan Brass Bands in Slovenia

Elena Marushiakova & Veselin Popov

Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Minority vs. Majority: The Case of the Origin of a Roma/Gypsy Song

18:15

FILM SESSION

Petr Nuska

Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Hopa lide: An Ethnomusicological Documentary on (and with) Slovak Romani Musicians

(Film, 90 minutes)

8:30

10:30

SESSION 5

Theme: Music, Dance, and Minorities Across the Indian Ocean

Chair: TBA

Eshantha Peiris

Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, Canada

Vannama: A Sri Lankan Cultural Product with Roots in Majority Sinhala and Minority Tamil Cultural Practices

K.M Manoj Sanjeewa

University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Enhancing Music Education in Muslim Schools in Sri Lanka: A Proposal for Action

R. M. C. S. Ranasinghe

University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka

The Impact of K-Pop in Peace Building among Sri Lankan Youth

Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, independent scholar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Music Keep-up Hopes to the Vulnerable

10:30

11:00

TEA BREAK

11:00

12:30

SESSION 6

Theme: Music, Dance, and Minorities Across the Indian Ocean

Chair: TBA

Chinthaka P. Meddegoda University of the Visual and Performing Arts,  Colombo, Sri Lanka

Lost and/or Forgotten Cultural Roots: Some Issues on the Migration of Malays to Sri Lanka

M. L. Nishadi Prageetha Meddegoda

University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka

The Buddhist Nationalism and the Promotion of North Indian Music in Sri Lanka

G. G. G. L. Abeysekara

University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Tamil Minority in Secondary Education: Preferences and Directions

12:30

13:30

LUNCH BREAK (catering)

13:30

15:30

SESSION 7

Theme: Music, Dance, and Minorities Across the Indian Ocean

Chair: TBA

Mohamed Haseeb N

Mangalore University, Mangaluru, India

Where Music Meet Strength: Emotion and Esteem, Revisit into the Kolkkali Performance of Mappilas of Malabar.

Shibinu S

International Institute of Migration and Development, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Letter Songs and Translocality in Music: The Emotional Voyages of Mappilas Migrants of Kerala

Nico Mangifesta

University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! for Gamelan Semar Pagulingan and Choir in Two Christmas Celebrations in Bali.

Manoj Sanjeewa, Kamani

University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Marginalized Moor’s Music and Misunderstanding

(Film, 20 minutes)

15:30

16:00

TEA BREAK

16:00

17:30

SESSION 8

Theme: Music, Dance, and Minorities Across the Indian Ocean

Chair: TBA

Sudesh Mantillake

University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka

and

Karthiha Parthiban

Tamil University, Thanjavur, India

Stigmatizing the Drummer in Traditional Performances of Sri Lanka: A Study Based on Kooththu and Kōlam

A. P. Rajaram

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

‘Moadi Yeduthu’, a Lost/Last Dance Component of ‘Sadir’ Repertoire from Tamil Nadu

W. Anuradha Sewwandi, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Music for Elders: A Case Study in an Elderly Home

17:45

FILM SESSION

George Murer

Hunter College, New York, USA

Facing Shores: Baloch Music on the Arabian Peninsula

(Film, 60 minutes)

8:30

10:30

SESSION 9

Theme: Diaspora/Translocality in Music and Dance of Minorities

From Sovereignty to ‘Minority’ and Back. Voicing Silenced Songs and Indigenous Knowledges of the Sikhs (pre-organized panel)

Chair: Francesca Cassio, Hofstra University, New York, USA

Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa-Baker

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA

Gurbani Sangit Parampara: Sustaining Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Bhai Baldeep Singh

The Anād Foundation, New Delhi, India

The Indigenous Perspective: Bhai Baldeep Singh speaks of his pioneering work of research and revival of the Gurbani Sangit Parampara

Francesca Cassio

Hofstra University, New York, USA

Migrating Knowledges. Dynamics of Adaptation, Colonization of Memory, and Strategies for Preserving the Sikh Musical Heritage in the Diasporas

Davindar Singh

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Thinking in Song, through Blood, and on Roads away from India: Censored Sikh Separatist Music in Everyday Political Discourse

10:30

11:00

TEA BREAK

11:00

12:30

SESSION 10

Theme: Diaspora/Translocality in Music and Dance of Minorities

Chair: TBA

Thea Tiramani

University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

“The Guru is pop!”
Young Sikh Generation in Italy and Their Efforts to Create New Sounds for a Transnational Kirtan

Fulvia Caruso

University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

The Oghene Damba Cremona Boys as an Example of Translocality

Isabel Frey

University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria

New Yiddish Song: Diasporic Futures and Minoritarian Alliances

12:30

13:30

LUNCH BREAK (catering)

13:30

15:30

SESSION 11

Theme: Diaspora/Translocality in Music and Dance of Minorities

Identities of Diaspora and Translocality: Music and Minorities in Malaysia (pre-organized panel)

Chair: Mayco A. Santaella, Sunway University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia

Mayco A. Santaella

Sunway University,

Subang Jaya, Malaysia

Javanese Wayang Kulit in Malaysia: Early Diasporas and Current (trans)Locality(ies)

Jotsna Nithyanandan

Sunway University, Subang Jaya,

Malaysia

Composing the Malaysian: Reflecting on Shared Spaces in Malaysian Contemporary Compositions and Composers

Samuel Tan

Sunway University, Subang Jaya,

Malaysia

Malaysian Chinese Art Song Competitions:
An Invented Tradition Bridging Past and Future

Abdul Azeem Shah

Sunway University, Subang Jaya,

Malaysia

Dabus Variant: The Acclimatization of Dabus in Malaysian Political Landscape

15:30

16:00

TEA BREAK

16:00

18:00

SESSION 12

Theme: Diaspora/Translocality in Music and Dance of Minorities

Chair: TBA

Elena Mikhailovna Shishkina

Astrakhan Regional Scientific and Methodological Center of Folk Culture, Astrakhan, Russia

Theoretical Aspects of the Preservation and Reduction of Traditional Wedding Rituals of the Volga Germans Ethnic Minority in the Russian Federation

Sukanta Singha

University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Exploring Diasporic and Trans-Local Variations in Manipuris: A Study of Inter and Intra Changes of Performing Arts

 Neil van der Linden

Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Music and Rituals of the Minority Communities of African Descent Around the Indian Ocean

Zhang Shan

Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China

The Tradition and Contemporary Changes of the Kazakh Musical Instrument Dombra in the Altay Region

18:15

FILM SESSION

Zhiyi Qiaoqiao Cheng, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Home Coming—A Record of Soundscape and Livelihood of Spring Festival in a Kam Village

(Film, 37 minutes)

8:30

10:00

SESSION 13

Business Meeting: chaired by Svanibor Pettan and Yuh-Fen Tseng

10:00 10:30

Yuh-Fen Tseng

National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan

Music Acting as a Bridge between Ethnic Groups: An Activist Research on the Creation Project of “Crossing Ridges— Appreciating the Bunun Music Story”

10:30

11:00

TEA BREAK

11:00

12:30

SESSION 14

Theme: (Musical) Differences and Commonalities Between Indigenous Peoples and Minorities

Chair: TBA

Manoj Alawathukotuwa

University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Impact of Cultural Tourism on the Music of the Sri Lankan Aboriginal Community Known as Veddas

Nadeeka Guruge, Sri Lanka Technological Campus, Padukka, Sri Lanka

The impact of Colonization, Urbanization, and Trans-Cultural Diffusion on Vedda People’s Music and Dance since the 17th to 21st Centuries in Sri Lanka.

Dasith Asela Tilakaratna

University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka &

Iranga Samindani Weerakkody

University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Tribal Music of Sri Lanka: A Qualitative Research on the Singing Style of the Dambana Indigenous People

12:30

13:30

LUNCH BREAK (catering)

13:30

15:30

SESSION 15

Theme: (Musical) Differences and Commonalities Between Indigenous Peoples and Minorities

Chair: TBA

Urmimala Sarkar Munsi

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

“To Participate or to Present: Dance as Embodied Knowledge / Specialized Skill”

Christian Poske

The Highland Institute, Kohima, India

Sonic Activism: Naga Song Responses to Political Conflict

Sayeem Rana

University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

The Reality of Practicing Performing Arts among Ethnic Communities Living in Chittagong Hill Tracts Area: Context Post 1997 Peace Accord

Upul Priyankara Lekamge

University of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Preserving Minority Music through Intellectual Property Rights: An Integrative Approach to Ascertain a Common Global Mindedness

15:30

16:00

TEA BREAK

16:00

17:30

SESSION 16

Theme: (Musical) Differences and Commonalities Between Indigenous Peoples and Minorities

Chair: TBA

Chun Chia, Tai

University of California, Riverside, Riverside, USA

Claiming Indigenous Sovereignty Online: Ponay’s The “Yuan (Indigenous)” Style Cover of Mandopop songs on YouTube

Liz Przybylski

University of California, Riverside, Riverside, USA

Belonging in the Mix: Indigenous and Minority Popular Musics in the Hip Hop Mainstream

Nicola Renzi

University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Today Has Been Hard: A Sonic Account on the Simultaneous Fall of Human Rights in Finland and Norway

17:45

FILM SESSION

Marcia Ostashewski

Cape Breton University, Sydney, Canada

Songs and Stories of Migration and Encounter in Unama’ki: Ukrainian Settler Communities, Intercultural Relationships, and Collaborative Research-Creation toward Reconciliation

(Film, 60 minutes incl. discussion)