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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Institute for Jazz Research<\/h4>\n

Jazz Re:Search in 21st-Century Academia and Beyond<\/strong><\/h3>\n

13th International Jazz Research Conference, Graz (Austria), 18\u201421 November 2021
\nHosted by the Institute for Jazz Research and the International Society for Jazz Research at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz<\/p>\n

\"\u00a9Wolfgang

\u00a9Wolfgang Hummer<\/p><\/div>\n

Confirmed Keynote Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nichole Rustin-Paschal (Rhode Island School of Design)<\/p>\n

Walter van de Leur (University of Amsterdam \/ Conservatorium van Amsterdam)<\/p>\n

Update 28.7.2021:<\/strong>
\nSince the COVID-19 pandemic is under control at the moment, right now we are optimistic that our conference will take place as a live event planned. Nevertheless, as we all now, the situation during the COVID-19 pandemic can change anytime, which is why we have to wait until the beginning of the fall term to make a decision on the type of event (live or online).<\/p>\n

The conference will be held together with the 41st<\/sup> Radio Jazz Research Conference that discusses the work of internationally renowned musician and musicologist Ekkehard Jost, themed \u201cSocial History in Jazz\u201d. Jost willed his musicological and musical estate to the Institute for Jazz Research, where the \u201cEkkehard Jost Archive\u201d will be officially opened during the conference.<\/p>\n

Updates on the conference and information about travel and accommodation will be available at https:\/\/jazzforschung.kug.ac.at\/<\/a> and https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Jazzforschung<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions, please contact jazzresearch2022@kug.ac.at<\/a> or jazzforschung@kug.ac.at<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Call for Papers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Founded in 1971, the Institute for Jazz Research at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG) is a historic cornerstone of academic jazz research. Along with similar institutions, like the Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies (founded 1966), the Institute helped to pave the way for and profoundly shape the discipline known as \u201cjazz studies\u201d, bearing witness to its transformation from a decidedly musicological to an inter-, even transdisciplinary investigation into what has been understood as jazz in their respective times.
\nNot only have the people, practices, sounds and settings of jazz changed considerably since then, developments such as the increasingly capitalist character of academia, the globalization of knowledge and the blurring of disciplinary boundaries continue to influence the present and future of jazz studies.
\nOn the occasion of its 50th anniversary and as host of the 13th International Jazz Research Conference, the Institute for Jazz Research invites the submission of papers that celebrate, reflect, enhance and advance the study of jazz, both within and outside academia. We welcome papers addressing the conference theme from multiple perspectives, including musicology, cultural studies, jazz history, media studies, sociology, music analysis and practice-based research. Within the general theme, we have identified several sub-themes; please clearly identify which you are referring to in your proposal.<\/p>\n

Re: Fwd: Jazz Research<\/strong>
\nIn recent decades, jazz research has developed into a broad, interdisciplinary field of research, encompassing a multitude of different research approaches. This strand covers global historiographies of jazz research, including the examination of writings about jazz (research), the work of jazz archives and private archival practices and the wider (political) role of scholars, jazz institutions and jazz practitioners in the field. It furthermore explores future perspectives, issues and methodologies (e.g. the digitalization of jazz research), as well as the status of jazz studies in academia and beyond.<\/p>\n

The Jazz in Jazz Studies: Boundaries and Synergies<\/strong>
\nHistorically, debates about the nature of the \u2018real\u2019 jazz, for study purposes, have shaped the contours of the discipline. But what happens once we widen our scope, including musics from \u2018other\u2019 people and \u2018other\u2019 regions in our research? Given the local contexts of KUG (e.g. ethnomusicology, popular music studies, music pedagogy, jazz practice and performance practice in contemporary music) and its networks into South-East Europe, this strand invites papers that discuss the synergies and challenges that musical border-crossing entails, from the standpoint of methodology, politics, aesthetics, stylistics, nationality, ethnicity or other related issues.<\/p>\n

Jazz Studies and Gender<\/strong>
\nWhile research has characterized the jazz world as male-dominated, no sufficient solution for the achievement of gender equality has been formulated so far. To address this damaging gap in jazz scholarship, in cooperation with the KUG\u2019s Centre for Gender Studies, this strand explores questions of jazz studies and gender, including historical and contemporary gender relations, (non-male) perspectives on gender-related jazz studies, and the work and significance of women and members of the queer community in jazz. This theme aims to raise awareness of women and people of non-binary gender in jazz and jazz research, and to generally increase sensitivity for gender issues among (male) scholars.<\/p>\n

Sites of Jazz (Research)<\/strong>
\nJazz takes place at a multitude of sites, ranging from the physical (clubs, concert halls, festivals, music schools) to the virtual (television, radio and the internet) to the conceptual (networks, collectives, aesthetics, sounds). Therefore, the sites for jazz research and its respective approaches are just as variable. This strand covers investigations about\/at various public and private forums for jazz and discusses their impact on applied jazz research, such as artistic research (an international Artistic Jazz Research Network has been founded from within Austria).<\/p>\n