Event overview
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Wheel an Come Again: Sound System Culture in Lockdown
Keynote address to open the conference.
Professor Emerita Carolyn Cooper is an inventive literary critic who has made an exceptional contribution to the development of Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. She is the author of two influential books – Noises in the Blood: Orality, Gender and the ‘Vulgar’ Body of Jamaican Popular Culture; and Sound Clash: Jamaican Dancehall Culture At Large. She is the editor of the award-winning collection of essays, Global Reggae. Professor Cooper initiated the establishment of the University’s Reggae Studies Unit which she directed for a decade and a half. She writes a weekly column for the Sunday Gleaner on a wide range of contentious issues; and blogs at carolynjoycooper.wordpress.com. For her outstanding work in the field of Education, Professor Cooper was awarded the national honour, the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander in 2013.
6pm UK time:
Sound System Session: Feminine Hi Fi (Brasil)
Attend on YouTube Channel: Sound System Outernational
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSr0p8yInsGr2DeR_ERU4Ug
Feminine Hi-Fi is a creative platform founded in 2016, focused on promoting reggae as an appreciation of the role and presence of women in music. Dani Pimenta and Lovesteady select songs and Laylah Arruda drops into versions and communication. In addition to the musical selections, the FHF activities include online talks and workshops, and also the Feminine Hi-Fi Records label, the first in the country dedicated exclusively to recording, promoting and distributing music with a focus on female reggae voices. Feminine Hi-Fi has toured Europe twice, in 2018 and 2019, with passages in Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Scotland and UK. In 2018, we produced the jamaican singer Jah9’s first concert in São Paulo, as part of her first Brazilian tour. Since May 2021, Feminine Hi-Fi has been a resident of the Brazilian branch of Dublab, an important radio station based in Los Angeles (USA).
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 12 Jul 2021 | 4:00pm - 7:00pm |
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