ERIC HUNG, MUSIC OF ASIAN AMERICA RESEARCH CENTER
Proposal Type
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Place
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
- Theory
Abstract
Music can help us heal, grow, form community, and open difficult conversations. It can also be used to inflict pain, divide us, and spread hatred. To date, the functions of music have been under-theorized in public history scholarship, and practitioners have not fully explored all the different ways that music can be incorporated into interpretations, events and education programs. This roundtable aims to spark greater interest in music in public history.
Description
As you can see from the abstract, our idea is currently pretty open-ended. We are primarily looking for more panelists. How we ultimately shape the abstract will depend on who is coming aboard.
If you have a direct offer of assistance, sensitive criticism, or wish to pass along someone’s contact information confidentially, please get in contact directly: Eric Hung, [email protected]
All feedback and offers of assistance should be submitted by July 1, 2019. If you have general ideas or feedback to share, please feel free to use the comments feature below.
Hi Eric,
The DC Punk Archive (housed in the D.C. Public Library) does library basement shows where local bands play in the library as a way to facilitate community engagement and generate interest in local music preservation projects. You could either reach out to someone who works with the archive or this could just be something to further think about with regards to your topic.
Thank you, Abigail.
Thinking about the role music played in historic moments (Albany Movement, March on Washington, Live Aid) makes me wanna holler and throw up both my hands. The NPS Summer in the Parks turned 50 recently, the program coincided with the death of MLK and the use of NPS sites in DC to provide creative outlets for DC youth. It spurred punk, go-go bands that shaped the sound of DC in the 70s and 80s. National Capital Region ethnography program has been collecting oral histories of those bands, rangers, and local constituents. Noel Lopez is the ethnographer who has been working on this consistently.
Hi Eric!
Saw your comments on my proposal, and will send you an email shortly. Let me know if you don’t receive it, thanks!