FRIDAY, 8 APRIL

8:30–9:00 am
Continental breakfast

9:00–9:10 am
Opening Remarks: TBA

9:10–9:30 am
Introduction to the Conference: BELL YUNG (Pittsburgh)

9:30–9:45 am
Thematic Overview: ANDREW WEINTRAUB (Pittsburgh)

9:45–10:00 am
Conference Logistics: CHRIS WHITE (Pittsburgh)

10:00–10:15 am
Break

10:15–11:45 am
PAPER SESSION I
“Indigenous Musics in the Global Marketplace”

Chair: PAMELA STEWART (Pittsburgh)

FELICIA SANDLER (Boston, MA)
“Indigenous Musics in the Global Marketplace”

JOE BOYD (London, England)
“Music and Cultural Rights: A ‘World Music’ Producer’s Experience”

JON KERTZER (Seattle, WA)
“New Digital Technologies and their Impact on the Global Music Industry: New Access and Markets”

Discussant: ANDREW WEINTRAUB (Pittsburgh)

11:45 am–12:30 pm
PROJECT REPORT
“Music, Youth, and the Police in Brazil”

SILVIA RAMOS DE SOUZA (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
JOHAYNE HILDEFONSO (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

12:30–1:30 pm
Luncheon: Medallion Room, PAA

1:30–3:00 pm
ROUNDTABLE I
“What Do We Mean by Cultural Rights?”

Chair and first speaker: WILLIAM IVEY (Nashville, TN)

JOEY AYALA (Manila, The Philippines)
ALEXANDER A. BAUER (Philadelphia, PA)
Lu EDMONDS (London, England)

3:00–3:45 pm
SPECIAL REPORT
“Culture as Intellectual Property and Community Rights”

ANTHONY SEEGER (Los Angeles, CA)
ROSEMARY COOMBE (Toronto, Canada)

3:45–4:00 pm
Break

4:00–5:30 pm
PAPER SESSION II
“Individual and Community Entitlement”

Chair: RICHARD SCAGLION (Pittsburgh)

ERIC O. BEEKO (Accra, Ghana and Pittsburgh)
“Composing for the Community or for the Self?: The Effects of Copyright Law on Akan Traditional Composers”

AMY KU ‘ULEIALOHA STILLMAN (Ann Arbor, MI)
“When Humpty Dumpty’s Pieces are Out of Reach: Cultural Rights, Indigenous Communities, and Access to Collected Resources”

NIMROD BARANOVITCH (Haifa, Israel)
“The Cultural Rights and Cultural Power of Integrated Minorities: The Music of Chinese-Tibetan Han Hong”

Discussant: BELL YUNG (Pittsburgh)

6:00 pm
Dinner for Conference participants at the STAR OF INDIA RESTAURANT, 412 South Craig St. (see map)

8:00 pm
CONCERT FOR CULTURAL RIGHTS

Featuring:

• Juan Pablo Hernandez Gomez (Tolima, Colombia)
• Jon Kamakawiwo’ole Osorio (Honolulu, HI)
• Joey Ayala (Manila, the Philippines)
  

Venue: Bellefield Hall Auditorium

SATURDAY, 9 APRIL

8:00–8:30 am
Continental breakfast

8:30–10:00am
ROUNDTABLE II
“Music and Cultural Rights Violations”

Chair and first speaker: ANA MARIA OCHOA (New York, NY)
JON KAMAKAWIWO ‘OLE OSORIO (Honolulu, HI)
JOE BOYD (London, England)
HELEN REES (Los Angeles, CA)

10:00–10:15 am
Break

10:15–10:45 am
PERFORMER’S VOICE

JOEY AYALA (Manila, the Phillipines)
RICARDO TRIMILLOS (Honolulu, HI)

10:45–11:30am

10:45-12:15 pm
PAPER SESSION III
“Authority, Ownership, & Representation”

Chair: DEANE L. ROOT (Pittsburgh)

JON KAMAKAWIWO ‘OLE OSORIO (Honolulu, HI)
“Songs of Our Native Selves”

HELEN REES (Los Angeles, CA)
“Use and Ownership of Folk Music in the People's Republic of China (PRC)”

RICARDO TRIMILLOS (Honolulu, HI)
“Notions of Cultural Rights and Ownership: the Philippines at the 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival”

Discussant: Anthony Seeger (Los Angeles, CA)

12:15–1:15 pm
Luncheon: Medallion Room

1:15–2:15 pm
PAPER SESSION IV
“Alliances and Partnerships”

Chair: NEEPA MAJUMDAR (Pittsburgh)

ZOE SHERINIAN (Norman, OK)
“Singing the Subaltern’s Song”

PATRICIA ACHIENG OPONDO (Durban, South Africa)
“Presenting South African Indigenous Music and Dance Groups at Local, African, and International Festivals”

Discussant: ANA MARIA OCHOA (New York, NY)

2:15–2:45 pm
FILM SHOWING AND DISCUSSION
“Like a God When He Plays”

CELIA LOWENSTEIN (London, England)

2:45–3:00 pm
Short Break and Group Photo

3:00–4:30 pm
ROUNDTABLE III
“Promoting Awareness of Cultural Rights”

Chair and first speaker: RICARDO TRIMILLOS (Honolulu, HI)

JUAN PABLO HERNANDEZ GOMEZ (Bogotá, Colombia)
JON KERTZER (Seattle, WA)
PATRICIA ACHIENG OPONDO (Durban, South Africa)

5:45 – 10:00 pm
Boat Cruise and Dinner

Participants meet promptly at 5:45 pm in lobby of Holiday Inn

SUNDAY, 10 APRIL

NOTE NEW LOCATION: Babcock Room of the Cathedral of Learning. Take the elevator to the 36th floor where Mr. Chris White will escort you to the 40th floor of the Cathedral (location of Babcock Room)

8:30-9:00 am
Continental Breakfast

9:00–10:30 am
ROUNDTABLE IV
“Cultural Policy and Economic Development”

Chair and first speaker: DANNY YUNG (Hong Kong)

SANDRA GIBSON (Long Beach, CA)
ANTHONY SEEGER (Los Angeles, CA)
DANIEL SHEEHY (Washington, DC)

10:30–10:45 am
Break

10:45–12:15 pm
WRAP-UP SESSION AND DISCUSSION OF FUTURE PLANS

Co-chairs:
BELL YUNG (Pittsburgh)
ANDREW WEINTRAUB (Pittsburgh)

12:45–2:15 pm
Luncheon

This conference is funded by a major grant from The Ford Foundation and is being co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Center and the Music Department at the University of Pittsburgh, co-organized by Bell Yung and Andrew Weintraub, assisted by Chris White. Supporting units within Pitt include the FAS Graduate School, Law School, International Legal Education, Anthropology Department, and Cultural Studies Program.

We would like to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance: Carolina Santamaria, Yi-tze Lee, Dorcinda Knauth, Alex Reed, Dianne Dakis, Elizabeth Greene, Doreen Hernandez, Dorothy Shallenberger, and Phil Thompson.