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Oye Como Va: Sound, Voice, and Movement in the Americas

15th Annual LACS Student Conference 2023 "Oye Como Va: Sound, Voice, and Movement in the Americas"

Join us on May 4th and 5th on campus in St. Mary's Hall Multipurpose Room. 

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Conference at a Glance

Pre-Conference Event

Afro-Caribbean Mental Health: Seeking Culturally Appropriate Care and Resources 

 

May 1, 2023

1:00 PM

Morrill Hall 0101

LACS Caribbean Week

Keynote Panel and Featured Faculty

"Dean's Keynote Panel: The Role of Listening in Scholarship"

Keynote Speakers are: 

ARHU Dean Dr. Stephanie Shonekan (moderator), Dr. Fernando Rios (Ethnomusicology), and Fatima Quander (School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies).

May 4, 2023 11:00AM-12:15PM St. Mary's Hall Multipurpose Room

 

"Destigmatizing Bilingualism in Latinx Communities"

Featured Faculty

Dr. José A. Ortiz Assistant Professor Department of Hearing & Speech Science

May 5, 2023 12:15-1:15PM St. Mary's Hall Multipurpose Room

 

Thursday May 4th

10:45 11:00  Opening Remarks
11:45 12:30  Dean's Keynote Panel: The Role of Listening in Scholarship
12:30 1:00 Lunch Break
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1:15 2:45 Panel:  Occupied Lands & Communities of Resistance: Multidisciplinary dialogues on social justice
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3:00 4:15 Panel:  Moving Across Borders: Identities, Synergies and Alternatives to Colonialism
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4:30 5:30 Roundtable: Oye Como Va: A research method(ology) on music, silence, and voices (Semi-virtual)
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5:45 7:00 Performance Night

 

Friday May 5th

     
10:45 12:00 Panel:  Grooves and Beats: Aesthetics of Rebellion and Political Contestation
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12:15 1:15 Lunch and Featured Faculty: Destigmatizing Bilingualism in Latinx Communities
     
1:15 2:45 Panel:  Addressing the Role of Music and Movement: Society, Identity, and social struggles in Latin America.
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3:00 4:00 Roundtable:  Sounds of Resistance: Interdisciplinary dialogues from the U.S. and the Caribbean
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4:15 4:45 Dance Workshop: Latin Dancing: Amazing Health Benefits Along With the Fun
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5:00 6:30 Reception; Closing Remarks; DJ Session

How to get to the conference

PARKING

Union Lane Garage: A 285-space garage situated between the Stamp Student Union and Cole Student Activities Building. Hours of operation are 7 a.m.–2 a.m. daily. Current rates are $3 per hour, with a $15 per day maximum. Payment is accepted at the digital pay stations located at the entrance of the garage. More information on digital pay stations here.

Lot 1: A large open lot a five-minute walk west of the Driskell Center. Lot 1 is free to the public after 4 p.m. on weekdays and all day weekends.

 

FROM  BALTIMORE  AND  POINTS  NORTH

Take I-95 South to Washington, D.C.'s Capital Beltway (I-495). At the 495 split, be sure to go toward the right (495 West). Be in the left lane so you can immediately take Exit 27 toward

Route 1 South, College Park. Take Exit 27 and then follow the sign to Exit 25 (U.S. 1 South toward College Park). Exit will end at a traffic light. Take a right onto Route 1 South. Proceed approximately 2-3 miles south on U.S. Route 1. Make a right onto Campus Dr., indicated by a gated entrance. Continue straight until you reach a circle with the letter M. Go halfway around the traffic circle (12 o’clock location) and continue down Campus Drive. Proceed 1/4-mile down Campus Dr. and you will see a building named Stamp Student Union. The David C. Driskell Center will be adjacent to Stamp Student Union and the parking garage is on Union Lane on your left.

FROM  VIRGINIA  AND  WASHINGTON, D.C.

Take I-95 North to Washington, D.C.'s Capital Beltway (I-495). Take Exit 25 (U.S. 1 South toward College Park). Exit will end at a traffic light, go South on Route 1. Proceed approximately 2-3 miles south on U.S. Route 1. Make a right onto Campus Dr., indicated by a gated entrance. Continue straight until you reach a circle with the letter M. Go halfway around the traffic circle (12 o’clock location) and continue down Campus Drive. Proceed 1/4-mile down Campus Dr. and you will see a building named Stamp Student Union. The David C. Driskell Center will be adjacent to Stamp Student Union and the parking garage is on Union Lane on your left.

FROM  MD 193-WEST/UNIVERSITY  BLVD.

Turn slightly left onto Stadium Dr. Enter the next traffic circle and take the first exit (3 o’clock position) onto Valley Dr. Pass through the next traffic circle. You will go past parking lot 1b and will approach a stop sign. Turn left onto Union Dr. You will pass tennis courts and, on your left will be the Cole Student Activities Building. Once you approach another stop sign, continue straight until you reach another stop sign. Make a left onto Union Lane and the parking garage will be on the left.

FROM  193-EAST/UNIVERSITY  BLVD.

Start out going southeast on University Blvd E / MD-193 E toward Lexington Dr. and make a slight right onto Campus Dr. Follow Campus Drive halfway around the circle (12 o’clock location). After you approach the stop sign turn left to stay on Campus Dr. After 1/4 mile you will notice Cole Student Activities Building in front. Follow the slight curve on Campus Dr. and you will approach a stop sign and turn left onto Union Lane. The parking garage will be on the left.

PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION

The university is served by Metro's green line; the nearest station stop is College Park-University of Maryland.

There is a free University of Maryland shuttle available from the College Park-University of Maryland Metro station to the university and back.

UM Bus 104: The university offers shuttle bus (UM 104) service between the Metro and Regents Drive Garage, which is a 10-minute walk from the center; however, shuttle service is available only when the university is in session. Unless you are familiar with the university's schedule and the shuttle route, this is not the recommended method.

 

Please call our office at 301.314.2615 or 301.314.7275 (Department of Transportation) if you need further assistance.

 

https://maps.umd.edu/map/

Co-Sponsors

Office of Graduate Diversity and Inclusion

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Arts for All

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The Clarice

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Full Schedule Thursday

Start Time  Event  Presenters  Location
10:45 Opening Remarks Dr. Isabella Alcañiz St. Mary's Multipurpose Room
11:00 Dean's Keynote Panel: The Role of Listening in Scholarship Dr. Stephanie Shonekan (moderator), Dr. Fernando Rios, Fatima Quander St. Mary's Multipurpose Room
12:30 Lunch Break (provided)  St. Mary's Multipurpose Room
1:15 Panel - Occupied Lands & Communities of Resistance: Multidisciplinary Dialogues on Social Justice St. Mary's Multipurpose Room
Patricia Manos - What is to Be Done? Zapa-Tourism, Internationalism, and Temporary Autonomous Zones in Global Contemporary Art
Gabrielle Tillenburg - Sound of Fire: Art and Sound in US Occupied Caribbean
T. A. Zaman - Building cultural and ecological identity in the shadows of a painful past
Mauro A. Gonzalez - Forest Fire: Mapuche Resistance to the Chilean State (1919-2022)
3:00 Panel - Moving Across Borders: Identities, Synergies and Alternatives to Colonialism St. Mary's Multipurpose Room
Jackson Mann - Each Other’s Oppression: Sympathetic U.S. Interpretations of Latin American Revolutionary Nationalist Music in the Liner Notes of Paredon Records
Kendall Medford - The emergence of dembow as a vehicle for Dominican linguistic reclamation
Michael Todd Parrott - Sounds of home: Music and the journey to know one’s roots
4:30 Roundtable - Oye Como Va: A research method(ology) on music, silence, and voices Jonathan Brower, Daniela Bulansky, Sergio García, Marco Polo Juarez, Mariana Reyes St. Mary's Multipurpose Room
5:45 Performance Night Open Mic St. Mary's Multipurpose Room

Full Schedule Friday

Start Time Event Presenters Location
10:45 Panel 2 (semi-virtual) - Grooves and Beats: Aesthetics of Rebellion and Political Contestation
St. Mary's Multipurpose Room
Elyse Veloria - “Riddim” In Wynter: Working Through Caribbean Aesthetics
Damian Deamici - From Tango to Jazz in Néstor Sánchez’s Experimental Poetics: Nosotros dos (1965) and Siberia Blues (1966)
Vicky Mogollón Montagne -  “Worshipping with Salsa Malandra: Espiritismo Marialioncero Ceremonies in a Caracas’  Cemetery”
12:15 Featured Faculty: Destigmatizing Bilingualism in Latinx Communitie

Lunch (provided)

Dr. José A. Ortiz St. Mary's Multipurpose Room
1:15 Panel - Addressing the Role of Music and Movement: Society, Identity, and Social Struggles in Latin America St. Mary's Lounge 

Igor Lemos Moreira - “Social Lives” Of Songs in Two Times: A Study on Consumption in Latin Pop Music

Talita Feitosa de Moisés Queiroz - A importância da música na constituição da identidade do Movimento Social PreceIgor Lemos Moreira - “Social Lives” Of Songs in Two Times: A Study on Consumption in Latin Pop Music
Juliana Ravelli - Você Não Entende Nada – A Personal Essay on Experiencing Language as a Nonresident Alien in the U.S.
Andrea Ramírez Rojas - "Muévete bien bailador/a y deja que te invada la alegría. Baile, afectos y saberes
3:00 Roundtable - Sounds of Resistance: Interdisciplinary dialogues from the U.S. and the Caribbean Twanna Hodge, Manuel Mendez, Josanne Francis, Victor Hernandez St. Mary's Lounge 
4:15 Latin Dancing: Amazing Health Benefits Along With the Fun Barb Bernstein H. J. Patterson Atrium 
5:00 Reception  H. J. Patterson Atrium