CFP - Center for Indian Film Music Studies

Inaugural conference – Center for Indian Film Music Studies, Chennai, India

Call for papers:

The Center for Indian Film Music Studies (CIFMS), the research wing of the School of Indian Film Music will hold its first annual conference on the 27th May 2012 at Chennai.

Studies on Indian film music are still in its rudimentary stage. There is neither a university program devoted to Indian film music nor a journal dedicated to the exploration of this phenomenon. Indian film music has received minimal consideration from international popular music studies and existing paradigms of popular music studies may not be adequate in
understanding the culture, economies, and histories of India’s film music. The new Center for Indian Film Music Studies is earnest about raising academic interest in Indian film music studies and facilitating knowledge synthesis between academics and practitioners. The CIFMS annual
conference is meant to foster scholarly conversations surrounding the emerging field of
Indian film music studies.

The conference theme “Plurality” thematizes the synthesis of multiple creative, technical, historical and socio-cultural influences that form the basis of creative music practice in Indian filmdom.

The main focus will center around creative musicology, technology and space.

Areas of interest include (but are not limited to):

- (New) methodologies for the study of film soundtracks/songs;

- Creativity and Performance;

- Collectivity and Synchronisation;

- Technology and production;

- Historical studies and evolution;

- Society and Culture


Program committee:

Pashcall de Paor (University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom)

Prof. Kristen Rudisell (Bowling Green State University, Ohio)

Divakar Subramaniam (University of Glamorgan/School of Indian Film
Music)


Academics, practitioners and postgraduate students are invited to submit papers proposals (20 minutes). Each submission should include the following information: author(s) name(s), academic affiliation(s), e- mail address, title of presentation, abstract (300 words max.), a short CV, and a list of technological requirements (overhead, power point, etc). CIFMS will support remote paper presentations through Skype this year.

All proposals must be submitted by 01 May 2012 to
dsubrama@schifm.comdsubrama@schifm.com>