Leadership for a Changing World
Call for Nominations
Deadline: January 7, 2005
Leadership for a Changing World seeks to recognize, strengthen and support leaders and to highlight the importance of community leadership in improving people’s lives. The program seeks to confirm that resourceful leaders are bringing about positive change in virtually every community. Together with these leaders, Leadership for a Changing World hopes to facilitate a new dialogue about community leadership, one that encourages others to appreciate that leadership comes in many forms and from many different communities.
Each year, Leadership for a Changing World recognizes 17-20 leaders and leadership groups not broadly known beyond their immediate community or field. Nominated community leaders may work in fields that include: economic development; community development; environment and environmental justice; human rights; citizen participation and government accountability; human development; sexual and reproductive health; education reform; youth development; religion and social change; arts and social action; and access to media, including new technologies. Awardees receive $100,000 over two years to support their programs or new work that is related to the initiatives for which they are being recognized.
To nominate a leader in your community, download the nomination brochure and form at the Leadership for a Changing World Website.
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FolkWorks Seeking Contributors for Bi-monthly Publication
FolkWorks is seeking contributing writers for its bi-monthly publication. The publication focuses on Folk and Traditional music, dance, storytelling and other related folk arts in the greater Los Angeles community. FolkWorks is looking for articles and/or interviews to print in the newspaper.
Interested parties should contact Leda Shapiro at (818) 785-3839 or by email to ledas@pacbell.net, for more information. Visit the FolkWorks website to view past issues of the FolkWorks publication.
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Theorizing Cultural
Heritage - Fellowship
Deadline for 2005-06 fellowships: January 14, 2005
The Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is hosting up to six Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellows for each of three years to work on the theoretical development of the concept of cultural heritage. Fellows will examine the relationship between cultural heritage and political representation (2004-05), economic pursuits (2005-06), and the arts (2006-07). The fellows are humanities-oriented thinkers engaged in the work of academic institutions, public organizations, and cultural communities.
Fellowships include a stipend and an allowance for travel to and from Washington, D.C., as necessary. The residency term is six weeks to five months, between September 1, 2005, and July 31, 2006. The application process for 2005-06 Fellowships begins with a letter of interest, due January 14, 2005. Based on letters of interest, a limited number of applicants will be notified by February 25, 2005, and invited to submit full proposals. Full proposals will be due April 1, for the 2005-06 fellowships.
To learn more about this opportunity including detailed information on Fellowship goals and the application process, visit The Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage website, or contact Carla Borden or James Early (202) 275-1461 or (202) 275-1576.
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Call for Papers: UCLA Spring Conference on Applied Ethnomusicology
Abstracts due: February 4, 2005
All students, faculty, and professionals involved in ethnomusicology, musicology, music performance, cultural studies, anthropology, media studies, folklore, music journalism, and related fields and professions are invited to share their work and experiences at the fourth UCLA Ethnomusicology Graduate Student Organization Conference, “Ethnomusicology at Work and in Action,” April 9 – 10, 2005 in Los Angeles.
As the old notion of a disengaged academic “ivory tower” continues to lose its relevance, ethnomusicologists are faced with a variety of hands-on roles in the wider community as consultants, activists, specialists, and educators. The term “applied ethnomusicology” has emerged to help define how ethnomusicologists interact with people and interests beyond the traditional domain of academia. But what does “applied” actually mean? In what ways has “traditional” ethnomusicology already demonstrated community engagement? How do we problematize long-held distinctions between theory and praxis, home and field, and the university and society? Are there limits to the scholar’s role in advocacy and social justice?
As it stands, applied ethnomusicology encompasses community activism, world music pedagogy, archiving, and grassroots organizing among many other forms of engagement. Advancing the conversation requires perspectives from all who support communities and their arts: universities, community arts institutions, teachers, performers, concert programmers, film composers, etc. This conference seeks papers that address the theoretical, practical, and ethical issues that develop from their community application. Submissions are encouraged from a wide range of disciplines and institutions on subjects that draw from recent research or works-in-progress; address current community issues; and present community resources.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Archiving and museum work
- Sound media production
- Ethnographic filmmaking
- Concert promotion and artist management
- Cultural policy/brokering
- World music pedagogy
- The place of applied work in ethnomusicology
- The future of applied work in ethnomusicology
The standard presentation format is a 20-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute question and answer period. Proposals for panel discussions and workshops are also welcomed. Submissions of paper, panel, or workshop abstracts should include a title and be limited to 250 words. Please include contact information including affiliation, address, email, and phone.
Please send submissions via email to kcmiller@ucla.edu by Friday, February 4, 2004
Questions regarding submissions may be directed to Kevin Miller at the email address above or by phone to Megan Rancier at (310) 745-8841. Presenters will be notified of acceptance by February 28, 2004.
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The Association of Western States Folklorists and the Alliance for California Traditional Arts announces The Bea Roeder Fund: For the Future of Public Folklore in the West
Deadline: February 14, 2005
This fund, named in honor of western folklorist, Bea Roeder, provides support for graduate, undergraduate and/or community scholars with demonstrated interests in careers in public folklore, to attend the annual Association of Western States Folklorists (AWSF) meeting. AWSF has established this Fund as a way to celebrate Bea's life and work and to create opportunities for networking and professional development for a new generation of public folklorists and cultural workers. The fund is administered by the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) on behalf of AWSF.
General Guidelines—The Bea Roeder Fund will be awarded to graduate, undergraduate and/or community scholars who show a demonstrated interest in public sector folklore. The fund will provide the recipient(s) up to $300 to be used to attend the annual Association of Western States' Folklorists meeting. For more information about AWSF, visit their website.
Applications are available on the ACTA website. Applications need to be postmarked by February 14, 2004. The recipient(s) of this award agree(s) to attend the annual meeting of the Association of Western States' Folklorists in Boise, Idaho to be held from April 16-19, 2005. Funding will be used to cover, in part, travel to and from the conference, meals and accommodation.
For more information about the application process, contact:
Carol Spellman
Oregon Historical Society Folklife Program
(503) 306-5292
email: carols@ohs.org
or
Darcy Minter
Western Folklife Center
(775)-738-7508
email: dminter@westernfolklife.org
This fund is offered in memory of folklorist Bea Roeder whose vision, humanity and passion for the field inspired and impacted folklorists, students, community scholars and people from many cultures around the world.
About Bea: Bea Roeder passed away suddenly on June 12, 2003. She was known to her friends, family and colleagues as warm, caring and involved. She was married to Dave Roeder and had two sons, Mark and Bryan. Bea loved to travel, and enjoyed people, culture and ecology everywhere. Bea worked as a Colorado State Folklorist for the Colorado Council on the Arts since 1988.
During that time she was involved in both statewide and local folklore, historical projects, archiving and oral history collections. In 1990 at the Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities Bea organized the first Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering, an event which is still going strong after fifteen annual gatherings. She was a force behind the CCA/NEA project "Ties That Bind," a folklore education multimedia kit for teachers, and she deeply enjoyed conducting education workshops and partnerships. She organized the Colorado Folk Arts Festival at Four Mile Historic Park. She was deeply involved with Native American culture and spirituality, and a student of the Lakota language.
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Call for Papers: American Italian Historical Association Annual Conference
The American Italian Historical Association (AIHA) will hold the 38th annual conference, “AIHA in LA – 2005” November 3 – 6, 2005. The theme, Speaking Memory: Oral History, Oral Cultural and Italians in America, will focus on research in the fields of oral history (“spoken memory”), local history, ethnography, oral and folk tradition, as they pertain to Italians in America, and will consider: research methodologies, applications, and their sites (academia, community, public sector).
Call for Papers: Send name, affiliation, and a one-page paper proposal to conference chair. Panel submissions encouraged. Digital submissions preferred. Deadline: June 1, 2005. In addition to the conference theme, AIHA encourages submissions on all topics that touch on Italian American culture. All participants must be paid up members of AIHA for 2005. Join online at the AIHA website.
For more information contact “AIHA in LA 2005” Conference Chair, Luisa Del Giudice, Director, IOHI – Italian Oral History Institute, P.O. Box 241553, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1553; Tel: (310) 474-1698, Fax: (310) 474-3188, E-mail: luisadg@humnet.ucla.edu or visit the event website.
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