May 5 – 8
Presented by University of the Fraser Valley, Department of Asian Studies and the Centre for India and South Asia Research, Institute of Asian Research, UBC
By donation
View full details on the University of the Fraser Valley website.
Exploring culture, identity and the relationship of caste and Bhangra in society.
Why are second-generation South Asians in Canada listening, watching, performing and creating Bhangra music and dance? How is the Canadian identity negotiated for the children of immigrants from South Asia? Is Bhangra a force for social change? How does caste influence the music? How has British Bhangra transformed traditional folk Bhangra? DISorienting Bhangra has been expanded into a multi-day conference. This multi-day discussion panel and forum will bring together scholars of music, professional singers and dancers to discuss and debate this and other topics with our partner institutions: University of British Columbia and the University of the Fraser Valley.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010 (3 Events)
Saturday May 8, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
University of Fraser Valley
B101-33844 King Road, Abbotsford
Opening Reception & Dinner 6:00 -7:15pm (Invited Guests Only)
7:15 - 9:15pm
The following presenters will discuss the various topics:
Satwinder Kaur Bains (University of the Fraser Valley) - "Punjabi Diaspora – Gazing Back while Looking Ahead"
Verne Dusenbery (Hamline University) - "Indo-Canadians", "Sikh Canadians", and "Punjabi Canadians": The Global/National Implications of What’s in a Name
Margaret Walton-Roberts (Wilfred Laurier University - "Post Millennium Migration from Punjab: Tracking Changes in the Nature of Indian Immigration to Canada"
Thursday, May 6, 2010
University of Fraser Valley
B101-33844 King Road, Abbotsford
7:00-9:15pm
The following presenters will discuss the various topics:
Inderpal Grewal (Yale University) - Twenty-first Century Diasporas
Doris Jakobsh (University of Waterloo) - Offline Politics/Online Shaming: Sikhs and Gurdwara Politics
Michael Nijhawan (York University) - On the Making of Musafer(s): On the Perplexities and Anxieties of Staging Diasporic Lives in Ethnographic Film
Friday, May 7, 2010
UBC Asian Centre Auditorium
1871 West Mall, Vancouver
12:30 - 1:45 pm
Reorienting Bhangra in the New Millennium
Presented by Anjali Gera Roy (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur)
DISorienting Bhangra Catered lunch and Public talk, Sponsored jointly by the Department of Asian Studies and the Centre for India and South Asia Research, Institute of Asian Research, UBC.
Please RSVP to Navi.Bhangu@vibc.org to reserve your spot and for lunch.
This paper juxtaposes celebratory narratives of Bhangra’s globalization against anxieties raised by the neo-orientalist discourses in which it has been appropriated. It weighs both the uses and costs of visibility provided by global networks to marginalized groups in diverse localities and inquires if the collaborations between Bhangra practitioners in Punjab and the diasporas give ordinary people any control over the circulation of culture in the global village. Finally, it asks if cultural practices can alter hierarchies and power structures in the real world.
Friday May 7, 2010
UBC Asian Studies Auditorium
1871 West Mall, Vancouver
2:00pm-3:15pm
The following presenters will discuss the various topics:
Harjant Gill (PhD Candidate, American University) - "From Putt Jattan De (Sons of Jat Farmers) to Munde UK De (Boys of UK): Masculinity, Migration and the Transnational Circulation of Regional Punjabi Cinema"
Nicola Mooney (University of the Fraser Valley) - "Punjabi Virsa: Caste, Gender, and the Experience of Diaspora in Bhangra and Film"Gibb Schreffler (PhD Candidate, University of California, Santa Barbara)
Gibb Schreffler - "A Look Back: The Brief Role of ‘Bhangra’ in the Longer Trajectory of Punjabi Popular Music"
Sponsored jointly by the Department of Asian Studies and the Centre for India and South Asia Research, Institute of Asian Research, UBC.
Friday May 7, 2010
'British Bhangra: Pasts, Presents and Futures?'
DISorienting Bhangra Public talk hosted by VIBC
UBC Robson Square
Room C680 - 800 Robson Street, Vancouver
6:00pm-8:00pm
Rajinder Dudrah will present his paper "British Bhangra: Pasts, Presents and Futures?" The presentation will be followed by a discussion by panelists Manjot Bains and Gurp Sian and will be moderated by with Anne Murphy. Anne Murphy (Ph.D. Columbia University) is Assistant Professor and Chair, Punjabi Language, Literature and Sikh Studies in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia.
The discussion will focus on questions raised from the presentation in particular looking at Bhangra as a force for social change and how Bhangra is changed by these same forces. Members of the audience are encouraged to participate as well.
UBC Asian Centre
UBC Point Grey Campus, 101 C.K. Choi Building 1855 West Mall, UBCl, Vancouver, BC
10:00 – 11:45am
The following presenters will discuss the various topics:
Manjot Bains (York University) - Romeos & Gangstas: (De)-Constructing Hybrid Performances of Masculinity in Canadian Bhangra Music
Naveen Girn (York University) - Monumentalizing Religion: Sacred Space and the Ideology of Arthur Erickson
Ashveer Pal Singh (University of California, Berkeley) - Imagining the Punjab: Traditionality in the North American Bhangra Circuit
