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Pop Convergence 2021

The 2021 Pop Convergence: A Virtual Pop Conference, April 22-25th
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Federico Perelmuter

Haverford College

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3:00pm PDT

Fluxed: Making Popular Music In the Midst of Change and Transition (Keynote Talk with Devonté Hynes, Roísín Murphy, Rostam, Tamara Lindeman, Ann Powers) www.youtube.com/nprmusicDevonté Hynes • Rostam • Tamara Lindeman (of The Weather Station) • Ann Powers • Roísín Murphy

11:30am PDT

The Quarantine Boogie: Music in the Times of Pandemics (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorCharles L. Hughes • Jabari Evans • Leigh H. Edwards • Jessica Cassyle Carr • Dan Margolies • J.A. Strub

2:30pm PDT

Black Music at its Interstices: From “Coon Songs” to Hip Hop (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorAlisha Lola Jones • Ambre Dromgoole • Beza Fekade • Zalika U. Ibaorimi • Matthew D. Morrison ruins, rebellion, & resurgence (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchHolly Kruse • Carleton S. Gholz • Alfred Soto • Tara Lopez • Lisa Pollock Mumme

4:00pm PDT

Black Critics Matter (Room B: Oscillator) Room A: Sky ChurchKimberly Mack • Thulani Davis • Daphne A. Brooks • Greg Tate • Danyel Smith • Wesley Morris

10:00am PDT

Flipping the Script: Traditions in Transition (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorGlenn Hendler • Alexandria Arrieta • Morgan Bimm • Kembrew McLeod What is the Creative? Rethinking the Social Value of Creativity in the Absence of Live Space (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchTavia Nyong'o • Freda Knowles (she/her) • Christian Scott • Shabaka Hutchings • Sarah Elizabeth Charles • Samora Pinderhughes • Talib Nelson

1:00pm PDT

Shifting Cultural Memory: Explorations in Black Voice (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchMelissa A. Weber • Steven Shaviro • Skye Landgraf • Kyle DeCoste • Kimberly Mack

2:30pm PDT

Session Players/Latina Feminist Critics: Nine Songs for Public Health (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorAlexandra T. Vazquez • Licia Fiol-Matta • Deborah R. Vargas

11:00am PDT

Artist Relations and the Power of the Interview w/ Jason King and Liz Pelly (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchJason King • Liz Pelly

12:00pm PDT

Art of the Pitch w/ Paula Mejía and Jenn Pelly (Private Mentorship Session) Private Mentorship RoomJenn Pelly • Paula Mejía

1:00pm PDT

How To Write a Hot Take…That Lasts w/ Ann Powers (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchAnn Powers