Call for Papers - English
First Call for Papers
North Atlantic Fiddle Convention 2008: Crossing Over
Dates: August 3rd–8th, 2008Location: Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
Submission Deadline: October 2nd, 2007
After two very successful North Atlantic Fiddle Conventions hosted by The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, NAFCo is crossing over the Atlantic in 2008 to St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, to explore and celebrate the rich fiddle and dance traditions of Atlantic Canada, the North Atlantic rim, and beyond.
Once again an international academic conference will combine with performances and workshops to create an event devoted to the theme of Crossing Over, conceived broadly as including transference of musical styles from the Old to the New World, and back again, changing musical canons, shifts of repertoire, exchange of tunes between cultures, switches in instrumentation, the generational transfer of musical traditions from old to young, and the interplay with popular music. Further cross overs appear in the dance traditions of Newfoundland and Labrador, where accordion players are sometimes called fiddlers, where dance can be accompanied by mouth music, and where popular media influences interact with traditional set dances and step dance. Which came first? The Fiddle or the Dance?
Papers on all aspects of fiddle and dance traditions are invited, and since scholars of dance and fiddle are often performers too, papers involving performance and demonstration are encouraged. If you are interested in offering a twenty-minute academic paper, please submit a 250-300 word abstract by October 2nd, 2007. Abstracts of papers will be peer-reviewed.
Please send your abstract by e-mail to: nafco2008@mun.ca
If you are interested in proposing a workshop or performance please send us an outline for consideration at the same address.
Information on travel to St. John’s, accommodation, and all other aspects of NAFCo2008 will appear on the Convention website: www.mun.ca/nafco2008