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Pop Conference 2022 - "When I Think of Home: Race and Borders in Popular Music"

Pop Conference
in collaboration with New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
presents the 2022 Pop Conference

WHEN I THINK OF HOME: RACE AND BORDERS IN POPULAR MUSIC
April 21-24 2022
Open to the Public and Free admission with Conference Registration:
https://popconference2022.eventbrite.com

Produced by RJ Smith and Jason King
Artwork by Cyrus Kabiru; Maksaens Denis; Design by The Art Dictator

7:00pm EDT

Pre-Keynote Event: Toasting the Pop Conference at 20, hosted by Eric Weisbard Both Room A+BSonnet Retman • Daphne A. Brooks • Gayle Wald • Oliver Wang • RJ Smith • Douglas S. Ishii • Michelle Habell-Pallán • Barry Shank • Carl Wilson • David Grubbs • Chris Molanphy • Shana L. Redmond • Jack Hamilton • Gustavus Stadler • Eric Weisbard

8:00pm EDT

Keynote - The Way Back Home: How Musicians Navigate Race and Borders w/ Arooj Aftab, Youssou N’Dour, Lido Pimienta, moderated by Ann Powers Both Room A+BJason King • Lido Pimienta • Ann Powers • Arooj Aftab • Youssou N'Dour

12:00pm EDT

Industry Baby: How Money Crosses, Melts, and Redefines Borders Room B: OscillatorLuis Rivera-Figueroa • Mano Sundaresan • Caitlyn Ng Man Chuen • Franklin Bruno Homeward Bound: Pandemic Sounds and Boundaries Room A: Sky ChurchAnn Powers • Holly Kruse • Alfred Soto • Gina Arnold • Kyle Barnett • Annie Zaleski

1:15pm EDT

Bonus Beats 1 w/ Jamila Woods, LIYATHATGIRL, Golder Both Room A+BJamila Woods • LIYATHATGIRL • Golder

1:30pm EDT

At Home with the Stars Room A: Sky ChurchMathew Flynn • Lennon Mhishi • George Blake • Nate Chinen From the Wide Awakes to Woke AF: A Century-and a Half of Protest Music Room B: OscillatorEmily Gale • Georgia Christgau • Jody Rosen • Nico Rosario

2:45pm EDT

Bonus Beats 2 w/ Jamila Woods, Golder, Claire Hawkins, Rodney Chrome, Computerwife Both Room A+BJamila Woods • Claire Hawkins • Rodney Chrome • Golder

3:00pm EDT

Borders of Identity Room B: OscillatorLiz Przybylski • Sadie Hochman-Ruiz • Eric Hung Sounding Homelands, Composing Continuance: Listening to “Lenapehoking” in Manahatta Room A: Sky ChurchJohn-Carlos Perea (Mescalero Apache, Irish, Chicano, German) • Brent Michael Davids (Mohican/Munsee) • Joe Baker (Lenape) • Hadrien Coumans (Lenape) • Mixashawn Rozie (Maheekanew/Mohawk) • Delbert Anderson (Diné) • Curtis Zunigha (Lenape) • Jessica Bissett Perea (Dena’ina)

4:15pm EDT

Bonus Beats 3 w/ Jamila Woods, Mi-Kaisha, LIYATHATGIRL, Rodney Chrome, Océane Both Room A+BJamila Woods • LIYATHATGIRL • Mi-kaisha • Rodney Chrome • Océane

4:30pm EDT

Home-ly: Revealing and Evading Country's Marginalizing Practices Right Where They Live Room B: OscillatorFrancesca T. Royster • Steacy Easton • Lilli Lewis • Jewly Hight Girl Talk: Power, Community, and Voice at the Borders of Pop Room A: Sky ChurchAlexandra Apolloni • Sarah Dougher • Kyra Gaunt • Jacqueline Warwick

5:45pm EDT

Bonus Beats 4 w/ Jamila Woods, Saba Jenga, Océane Both Room A+BJamila Woods • Océane • Saba Jenga

6:00pm EDT

All I Do Is Think of You: Notes on Blackness, Music, and Agency Room A: Sky ChurchMichael Boyce Gillespie • Emily Lordi • Walton Muyumba • Julie Beth Napolin • Tavia Nyong’o Telling It Otherwise: Listening to the Archive of Women Musicians Room B: OscillatorDaphne A. Brooks • Alexandra T. Vazquez • Gayle Wald • Clara Wilson-Hawken • Ambre Dromgoole

7:15pm EDT

Special Announcement Re: The Ralph Gleason Book Prize Shortlist + Bonus Beats Remixes from "Toasting the Pop Conference at 20" with Daphne Brooks, Gayle Wald, and Sonnet Retman (NEWLY ADDED!)Holly George-Warren • RJ Smith • Daphne A. Brooks • Gayle Wald • Sonnet Retman

8:00pm EDT

A Special Pop Conference Concert: Jamila Woods Live from NYC; in Conversation with Fredara Hadley Both Room A+BJamila Woods • Fredara Hadley

12:00pm EDT

Domestic Sounds: the Kid in the Backyard, the Girl Next Door, the Box Store Outside of Town. What We Say About Them--and What They Say About Us Room B: OscillatorAnn Powers • Holly Kruse Rocking the House, Making Our Homes: Chicana Feminists Reflections about Music, Radio, Fan Cultures, and Sound Studies Room A: Sky ChurchMichelle Habell-Pallán • Dr. Monica De La Torre • Martha Gonzalez • Yessica Garcia Hernandez

1:15pm EDT

Bonus Beats 5: Golder, Claire Hawkins, Rodney Chrome, Computerwife Both Room A+BClaire Hawkins • Rodney Chrome • Golder • Computerwife

1:30pm EDT

Border States Room A: Sky ChurchYessica Garcia Hernandez • Kathy Fennessy • Steve Waksman Sonic Transgressions: Defying Borders and Redefining Home Room B: OscillatorTara Lopez • Oliver Wang • Alex La Rotta • Marisol Encinias

2:45pm EDT

Bonus Beats 6: Jamila Woods, Saba Jenga Both Room A+BJamila Woods • Saba Jenga

3:00pm EDT

Fences and Country Music: Building and Reinforcing Them, Jumping Over or Sneaking Under Them, Tearing Them Down Room B: OscillatorDavid Cantwell • Charles • Nadine Hubbs • Marcus K. Dowling Vernon Reid in Conversation with Kimberly Mack about Time’s Up Room A: Sky ChurchKimberly Mack • Vernon Reid

4:15pm EDT

Bonus Beats 7 w/ Mi-Kaisha, LIYATHATGIRL, Rodney Chrome, Océane, Computerwife Both Room A+BLIYATHATGIRL • Mi-kaisha • Rodney Chrome • Océane • Computerwife

4:30pm EDT

Not Home: The Music of an Unsafe Place Room A: Sky ChurchMark Katz • Alim Braxton • Charlie McGovern 20/20 Visions of Home Room B: OscillatorKaren Tongson • Raquel Gutiérrez • Sarah Kessler • Summer Kim Lee • Iván A. Ramos

5:45pm EDT

Bonus Beats 8: Jamila Woods, Rodney Chrome, Océane, Mi-kaisha Both Room A+BJamila Woods • Rodney Chrome • Golder • Océane

6:00pm EDT

Encounters with Pop Music and Indigeneity (NOTE NEW TIME) Both Room A+BCristina Verán • Alex de Lacey • Erica Violet Lee • Jessica A. Schwartz

7:00pm EDT

Bonus Beats: Thank You from Conference Co-Organizer RJ Smith (Live) Both Room A+BRJ Smith

7:15pm EDT

A Special Pop Conference Concert - Aurelio Martínez: Garifuna Homelands (PLEASE NOTE UPDATED START TIME!) Both Room A+BAurelio Martínez

8:00pm EDT

Special Event: Robert Christgau @ 80: A Birthday Tribute (PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATED START TIME!) Room A: Sky ChurchTricia Romano • RJ Smith • Robert Christgau

1:00pm EDT

Mentorship Session: Music Curation w/ Josh Kun Room A: Sky ChurchJosh Kun Film Screening: Tierra Sagrada (Sacred Ground), directed by Ned Sublette and Caridad Diez Room B: OscillatorNed Sublette

2:00pm EDT

Mentorship Session: How to Write Humanizing Profiles w/ Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone Room A: Sky ChurchBrittany Spanos

3:00pm EDT

Mentorship Session: Writing the Self in Music Criticism w/ Sasha Geffen (NEWLY ADDED!) Room A: Sky ChurchSasha Geffen

3:15pm EDT

Live Post-Film Talkback: Ned Sublette and Pablo D. Herrera Veitia discuss Tierra Sagrada Room B: OscillatorNed Sublette • Pablo Herrera

4:00pm EDT

Mentorship Session: Writing Home - a Poetry Writing Workshop with Jamila Woods Room A: Sky ChurchJamila Woods

5:00pm EDT

Closing Keynote - Homegoing Service: A Writers' Tribute to Greg Tate, w/ Daphne Brooks, Kandia Crazy Horse, Lynnée Denise, Karen R. Good-Marable, dream hampton, Fredara Hadley, Joan Morgan, Doreen St. Felix Room A: Sky ChurchKandia Crazy Horse • Karen Good Marable • Doreen St. Felix • Lynnée Denise • Joan Morgan • dream hampton • Fredara Hadley • Daphne A. Brooks

6:00pm EDT

Closing Keynote - NPR Music Listening Party: a Greg Tate Memorial - On The Music of Greg Tate and Burnt Sugar, featuring Jared Michael Nickerson, Vernon Reid, Matana Roberts and Christina Wheeler, hosted by Ann... www.youtube.com/nprmusicAnn Powers • Vernon Reid • Jared Michael Nickerson • Matana Roberts • Christina Wheeler