Event overview
Dr Jenny Mbaye explores relational thinking in theory and practice to research popular music in context.
Drawing on a geographical background, this talk explores relational thinking in theory and practice to research popular music in context. It focuses on an urban sound – Hip Hop – and its practitioners located in the capital city of Dakar (Senegal), in order to stress the liminal terrain of its cosmopolitics, in-between pop music, citizenship and social transformation.
Dr. Mbaye is a Lecturer in Culture and Creative Industries, in the Department of Music, Culture and Creative Industries at City, University of London. She is interested in urban popular cultures, and has researched the music economy in relation to entrepreneurship, development and social transformation in Francophone West Africa. Her work generally focuses on cultural labour and creative production processes, as well as the work and policy practices of urban creativity in African contexts.
The Music Research Series is designed to help postgraduate students advance their research and careers. The events stimulate exchange, hones skills, facilitates the creation of professional networks and helps to consolidate the department’s postgraduate community, all over a glass of wine! Attendance is strongly recommended for all postgraduate students (MA, MMus and PGR) in Music but of course undergraduates, music researchers, and visitors from across the college and the community are also most welcome to these public lectures.
Photo: https://thisisafrica.me/ from Arterial Network
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 26 Feb 2019 | 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
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