Month: April 2010

Conference 2010: final program announcement

sonicscape CONFERENCE

Dear conference participants,

We worked on the final program for the IAPMS 2010 conference. Reflecting the registration and balancing the panelists’ numbers and themes, we moved around the panelist so that there are significant changes in the panels. This is as close as what will happen on the conference days. If you have any question about the program or anything else concerning the conference, feel free to email us. We look forward to seeing you all in Hong Kong.

Regards,

Organizing Committee
IAPMS 2010 in Hong Kong

Attachment:
Conference program: program_final
List of panels and presentations: panel_final

Update (may 11, 2010): We updated the final program and panels reflecting recent add/drops. You can find them here the links below:

Attachment:
Conference program: program_final-0511
List of panels and presentations: panel_final-0521

CFP: Perfect Beat will publish two special issues in 2011 on ‘trends in contemporary music in Asia’

sonicscape CALL FOR PAPERS

Reminder: CALL FOR PAPERS
Perfect Beat will publish two special issues in 2011 on ‘trends in contemporary music in Asia’. The first issue (January 2011) concerns traditional, and contemporary fusion, hybrid and crosscultural musics of Asia, whereas the second issue (July 2011) will focus on the popular musics of Asia. While both of these special issues are open to a range of topics, articles which focus on the following themes are especially welcome:

• Cultural nationalism and music;
• Tradition and globalization;
• Networks and structures of patronage;
• Reconfigurations of the social structures of music;
• Media and digital culture;
• Cultural consequences of economic globalisation;
• Issues related to the mobility of people, musics, ideas and sounds;
• Innovative uses of technology and communication;
• New trends in performance practice.

Expressions of Interest
Intended contributors are asked to submit expressions of interest in order to identify the likely scope of material in the issue and to ensure priority consideration in the event of there being more material submitted than can be published. Expressions of interest should not exceed 300 words. Two guest editors have been commissioned to produce the special issues, and any further questions should be directed to them.

The deadline for expressions of interest for the January 2011 issue, edited by Dr Adrian McNeil, has lapsed, but expressions of interest concerning popular music in Asia remains open.

Please email Dr Shelley Brunt (Editor July 2011 issue) shelley.brunt@otago.ac.nz
Deadline for expressions of interest is 31 July 2010

Acceptance of abstracts does not guarantee publication.

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Established in 1992, and published biannually, Perfect Beat is a research journal an international, peer-reviewed
journal published by Equinox Publishing (London). It is dedicated to the study of the music and cultures of indigenous
and Euro/Asian/North American migrant groups in the Pacific since the late 1800s.
For more information about the journal please go to: http://www.equinoxjournals.com/ojs/index.php

Conference 2010: Hotel information

sonicscape CONFERENCE

Dear Participants,

Welcome you again to join our conference. It is time to handle the logistics.

In this email, I want to tell you more about the accommodation arrangement. For those who will go to Crossroads at Lingnan University (at Tuen Mun, the western side of the New Territorities), you can choose to remain in your hotel/hostel that you have already booked. But keep in mind that it takes at least 1 and 1/2 hour to travel to Chinese University (at Shatin, the eastern side of the New Territorities).

For those want to live nearby Chinese University, there are a few choices for you:

1.      Hyatt Regency Shatin Hotel (which is exactly located at the University MTR (subway) station and it is our University’s teaching hotel). This is the closest but expensive (five star). The cheapest price for a night is over HK$1,000 (US$1=HK$7.8). http://hongkong.shatin.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

2.      Royal Park Hotel (which is right on the top of the Shatin MTR station). Only two stations from the University (10 minutes traveling time). The price is around HK$700-800. http://www.royalpark.com.hk/

3.      Regal Riverside Hotel (which is close to the Shatin MTR station, separated by a river). 15 minutes by walking from the Shatin MTR station (just walking across the bridge) (or 10 minutes by bus). The price is around HK$400-600.
http://www.regalhotel.com/Regal-Riverside-Hotel/Main/Hotel-Home/Hotel-Home.aspx

There are only three hotels in the Shatin area. Another option is that you can live in a hotel along the East Rail (Light blue line) and you can travel to the University MTR station within 30 minutes. Along the East Rail, there are two hotels:

1.       Royal Plaza Hotel at Mongkok East MTR station. 5 stops from the University MTR. Price is a little bit more than Royal Park Hotel.
http://www.royalplaza.com.hk/Hotel_info.do

2.      Harbor Plaza Metropolis at Hunghom MTR station. 6 stops from the University. Price is more expensive than Royal Plaza Hotel.
http://www.harbour-plaza.com/en/home.aspx?hotel_id=hpme&section_id=home&subsection_id=overview

You can directly go to the website of these hotels. All of them have their own website for booking. Or you can go to the following discount booking sites:

Hotels.com
http://www.hotels.com/de606379/hotels-hong-kong-hong-kong/

Think2Travel
http://www.think2travel.com/asia/hong_kong/hong_kong/shatin/shatin_hotels.html

Booking.com
http://www.booking.com/city/hk/sha-tin.en.html?aid=306395;label=sha-tin-VqvHEcMQllZqRmZfgO6njwS3825009119;ws=&gclid=CNPe4eDg6aACFQ3EbwodXkgOFw

Please notice that the Lingnan conference is located in the West Rail of the MTR which is quite far away from the East Rail. If possible, do the moving immediately after the Crossroads conference.

Please also keep in mind that when you arrive at the University MTR station, you have to take the school bus to the Humanities Building of the New Asia College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (the mountain top of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the last stop of the bus) where the conference will be held. The bus runs every 15 minutes and it takes another 15 minutes to get up to the top. In the morning, the waiting time may be longer because there are many people queuing up.

Please also notice that there is NO campus housing and hostel.

Local Organizer

Anthony Fung