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Pop Convergence 2021

The 2021 Pop Convergence: A Virtual Pop Conference, April 22-25th
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Maren Hancock

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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

10:00am PDT

Revolutions or Spinning Wheels? JPMS at 33.3 (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchEric Weisbard • Jonathan Leal • Jonathan Sterne • Karen Tongson • Jennifer Messelink

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

1:00pm PDT

Staying Flux-ible: Artists Adapting to Change (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorBrittany Spanos • Hilarie Ashton • Katherine Morayati • Charlotte Murtishaw • Paula Clare Harper

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

5:15pm PDT

Flower Bomb Friday: Songs In the Key of Stevie Wonder (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchMorgan Rhodes • Hans Elder • Joy Trible

6:15pm PDT

The Power of Club Quarantine: A Special Conversation with D-Nice and Jason King about Uniting the World Through Music in Times of Flux (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchJason King • D-Nice

7:00pm PDT

The Flaming? Midnight Musical (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchAlisha Lola Jones • LaQuentin “Q” Jenkins • Tamara Jade • Charles Anthony Bryant • Larry Brownlee • Angela Marie Jones • Patrick Dailey • Harold Wheat • Philip Bingham

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

11:30am PDT

Listening Queerly: Sounds of the Asian/American Diaspora in Flux (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchJuliana Chang • Runchao Liu • Douglas S. Ishii • Jewel Pereyra • Thea Quiray Tagle Pop Musicking and Survivance in Native North Pacific Communities (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorJessica Bissett Perea (Dena’ina) • John-Carlos Perea (Mescalero Apache, Irish, Chicano, German) • SimHayKin Swawilla Jack (San Poil/Nez Perce/Moses-Columbia/ Nespelem/Lakota) • Tory Johnston (Quinault) • Jack Flesher

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 Re / vision / ist History (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorPaula Mejía • Andrea Warner • Erin MacLeod • Isis Semaj-Hall

2:30pm PDT

Pod Out the Jams: Podcasting and the Changing Mediums for Music Writing (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchOliver Wang • Sidney Madden • Jon Caramanica • Chris Molanphy • Puja Patel Session Players/Latina Feminist Critics: Nine Songs for Public Health (Room B: Oscillator) Room B: OscillatorAlexandra T. Vazquez • Licia Fiol-Matta • Deborah R. Vargas

4:00pm PDT

“Going, Going, Gone: The Future After Marvin’s Masterpiece” (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchRJ Smith • Natalie Hopkinson • Lynnée Denise • Mark Anthony Neal • Guthrie P. Ramsey • Shana L. Redmond

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 Strategizing a Book Launch w/ Regina Bradley (Private Mentorship Session) Private Mentorship RoomRegina Bradley

12:00pm PDT

Art of the Pitch w/ Paula Mejía and Jenn Pelly (Private Mentorship Session) Private Mentorship RoomJenn Pelly • Paula Mejía Public Writing For Academics w/ Hua Hsu and Oliver Wang (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchOliver Wang • Hua Hsu

1:00pm PDT

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

2:00pm PDT

Finding Your Voice: A Writing Workshop with Joan Morgan and NYU Students of The Collective Blive Recorded Music Chapter (Room A: Sky Church) Room A: Sky ChurchJoan Morgan