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		<title>Music Globalisation Through Tourism</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2008/04/18/music-globalisation-through-tourism/151/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Onion spoof on musical influences.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Parody site <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/index"><em>The Onion</em></a> posted this fake news item: <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/vacationing_teen_introduces">Vacationing Teen Introduces Wilco To West Indies (MP3)</a>.<br />
Mentions of &#8220;musical anthropologists,&#8221; &#8220;cross-pollination,&#8221; and &#8220;polyrhythmic traditions.&#8221; Maybe someone at <em>The Onion</em> cares about globalisation through music?<<img src="--50157f69f993f71a71198eba0ee98830--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;f5d61e8d5272bb440212a6f1dfd07c82&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Musical Curiosity</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2008/02/27/musical-curiosity/150/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Thrift Sounds
A new blog version of a musical &#8220;cabinet of curiosities.&#8221; By L&#233;on Lo.
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A new blog version of a musical &#8220;cabinet of curiosities.&#8221; By L&#233;on Lo.<<img src="--f7f66ad2cebdf6a15522f9d4f414b81f--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;eac2d38388e78b31f8bdd168fafc8f7c&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Fun with Music Business Scenarios</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/07/11/fun-with-music-business-scenarios/146/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Going back to the series of ideas about the future of the record industry as published by Rolling Stone a few weeks ago and mentioned here.In the original article, five &#34;theories&#34; about what the future may hold for the record industry were listed, in connection with quotes from participants in that industry.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><p>Going back to the series of ideas about the <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/15152483/the_fall_of_the_record_business_what_next">future of the record industry</a> as published by <em>Rolling Stone</em> a few weeks ago and <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/07/11/thinking-back-on-the-record-industry/145/">mentioned here</a>.</p><p>In the <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/15152483/the_fall_of_the_record_business_what_next">original article</a>, five &quot;theories&quot; about what the future may hold for the record industry were listed, in connection with quotes from participants in that industry.</p><br />
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    <li>Theory 1: Ad-Supported Music</li>
    <li>Theory 2: Peer-to-Peer Goes Legit</li>
    <li>Theory 3: Endless Access Points for Music</li>
    <li>Theory 4: Labels Change Their Stripes</li>
    <li>Theory 5: Consumers Become Retailers</li><br />
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	<p>These &quot;theories&quot; encourage me to add my own personal ideas about the future of music and the record industry. With reference to the <a href="http://www.gbn.com/">Global Business Network</a>, my ideas are thought of as scenarios or possible models. Given my very limited experience with the record industry itself (I&#8217;m an ethnomusicologist and a musician), these are purely based on my personal opinions and may seem unrealistic. But the exercise is quite fun.<p>Some of these scenarios overlap with one another or with the <em>Rolling Stone</em> &quot;theories.&quot; This is how it should be as the future is rarely one-dimensional.</p><p><strong>Scenario 1: <span class="caps">DIY </span>Music</strong></p><p>Music ceases to be a spectator sport. Sales of recording equipment, music instruction material, musical instruments, music-related software, and musical charts all skyrocket, eventually making up for lost revenues in the record industry. While professional musicians remain important, emphasis is put on music-making activities. Music teachers, music researchers, and music therapists all gain recognition in the process. Increasingly, <a href="http://sunsite.queensu.ca/memorypalace/parlour/Small02/">musickers</a> and musicians are put on a continuum.</p><p>While it may not represent a radical shift, I notice such a tendency toward &quot;democratised&quot; music-making. Games like <em>Guitar Hero</em>, social networking sites like GarageBand.com, television shows like <em>American Idol</em>, and computer software like iLife <em>GarageBand</em> all seem to point in the same direction. Given the number of YouTube videos of people playing or otherwise participating in music, one can envision business models based on the fact that playing music is itself quite enjoyable.</p><p>As an analogy, <a href="http://robrohan.com/2006/08/28/home-cooking-is-killing-the-restaurant-industry-steal-this-film/">home cooking</a> might have an impact on restaurant businesses.</p><p><strong>Scenario 2: Alternative Business Plans</strong></p><p>Related to ideas about licensing mentioned in <em>Rolling Stone</em> but music-making becomes more of a commercial endeavour, like some forms of photography have become. Licensing music for use in videogames, grocery stores, wedding videos, lounges, commercials, ringtones, elevators&#8230; What would be sold then would not be the access to musical recordings but the association between musical elements and some location, product, person, or use. While such a scenario sounds very restrictive it could in fact be quite liberating as long as the licensing systems are extremely user-friendly and if musicians are truly involved in the financial transactions.</p><p>I recently <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/07/01/cost-of-ringtones-rant/144/">blogged about ringtone sales</a> as making some sense, in my mind. Through data available in the <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/15137581/the_record_industrys_decline">previous <em>Rolling Stone</em> article</a>, I came to realise that the figures I had in mind were apparently off-base and that ringtone sales amount to much less than I originally thought. Still, it seems that some of those alternative business models have some chance of becoming quite important in the near future.</p><p><strong>Scenario 3: The Two Cultures</strong></p><p>Inspired by Lessig&#8217;s well-known <a href="http://free-culture.org/"><em>Free Culture</em> book</a>, the idea that &quot;permission culture and free culture&quot; or &quot;commercial culture and noncommercial culture&quot; may coexist for a significant amount of time. I have actually given this scenario a fair bit of thought and it seems to me to be panning out to a certain extent.</p><p>The most radical examples of &quot;free culture&quot; are still rather marginal in terms of the awareness of the general population in North America but there seems to be a lot of dynamism in &quot;free culture&quot; in North America and elsewhere, especially as they relate to online activities.</p><p><strong>Scenario 4: <em>Status Quo</em></strong></p><p>I really doubt that this is the scenario which will pan out but it&#8217;s important to think about the general instability of the current model. Most participants in the record industry&#8217;s business (including many musicians and music listeners) agree that the current situation is not at all viable. In fact, the agreement between record industry executives and music listeners is quite striking: we all know that <em>things need to change</em>. We just don&#8217;t agree on where those changes should lead us.</p><p><strong>Scenario 5: Dinosaurs Wake Up</strong></p><p>Though I have come to doubt that the member corporations in the Recording Industry Association of America might &quot;get a clue&quot; any time soon, it is something to consider. If it were the case, executives in these corporations might be able to save their stakes in the commercial transactions involving music. In order to do so, they would need to implement important changes to please everybody involved. In fact, they would need to make amends with those who have been involved in those numerous lawsuits, many of which are quite ludicrous.</p><p><strong>Scenario 6: Music is Dead, Long Live Musics!</strong></p><p>Call it the CriticalWorld scenario: Thinking Globalisation Through Music.</p><p>This one would be quite close to my heart, as an ethnomusicologist and anthropologist. And it&#8217;s a scenario which seems to be off the radar of many people &quot;in the industry.&quot; People who grok this scenario tend to be closer to the &quot;free culture&quot; movement, possibly because of the Anglo-American origins of market-based liberalism.</p><p>The Euro-American dominance on music distribution networks makes way for a music diversity. Music scenes flourish all around the World, musicians from different parts of the World travel anywhere else without having to go through major distribution labels, music becomes social glue across any cultural or social border.</p><p>Of course, some music scenes may become more important than others and there is likely to be a lot of overlap between musical styles and genres across the Globe. But music diversity can be a powerful force whether or not we think of biological analogies. In this context, talking about &quot;The Music Industry&quot; would be like talking about &quot;The Cuisine&quot; or &quot;The Language.&quot; Some people might envision a completely homogeneous world but I just cannot see that it will happen.</p><p></p><p>My hunch is that some mix of these and other ideas will make up &quot;the future of music&quot; yet there will not be a single direction for the whole of music-related businesses.</p><p>The future is bright. And complex.</p><<img src="--805acf28b01bd44f95ec06a0c424d0f7--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;82a30363fd3867dbbb6eb95ac43b58da&#8212;><!--dddab9bd93d546c24ecd753bfa5b4e04--></p>
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		<title>Student Journalism on Music and Globalisation</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/05/29/student-journalism-on-music-and-globalisation/140/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 15:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The third and final part of a series on music, the Internet, and cultural diversity.
Agence de presse &#233;tudiante mondiale &#8211; La diversit&#233; culturelle au Nord et au Sud : deux poids, deux mesures
Not that much new material and it could use some examples of alternative business models used by musicians in Brazil and elsewhere.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>The third and final part of a series on music, the Internet, and cultural diversity.<br />
<a href="http://www.apetudiante.info/spip.php?article247">Agence de presse &#233;tudiante mondiale &#8211; La diversit&#233; culturelle au Nord et au Sud : deux poids, deux mesures</a><br />
Not that much new material and it could use some examples of <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/08/31/new-models-for-music-as-business/103/">alternative business models</a> used by musicians in <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/10/03/new-models-for-music-as-business-brazilian-tecno-brega/116/">Brazil</a> and <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/01/26/new-models-for-music-as-business-attali-got-it/130/">elsewhere</a>.  Nonetheless, it&#8217;s fun to see student journalists take on the issue of globalisation through music.<<img src="--0475cb9325e11a79560fb903bf79ce1f--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;423d72d869336a09b5c1a4efa3ff7a98&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Canada Council Consulting Community</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/05/22/canada-council-consulting-community/139/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 09:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Canada Council for the Arts is soliciting feedback on its strategic plan. Those of us with Canadian connections have a vested interest in what the Canada Council will become.
They do seem to welcome broad feedback even though the main consultation method is through an online survey.
Strategic plan consultation &#8211; Canada Council for the Arts
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>The Canada Council for the Arts is soliciting feedback on its strategic plan. Those of us with Canadian connections have a vested interest in what the Canada Council will become.<br />
They do seem to welcome broad feedback even though the main consultation method is through an online survey.<br />
<a href="http://www.50.canadacouncil.ca/en/consultation/">Strategic plan consultation &#8211; Canada Council for the Arts</a><!--afeb4abada4f73f5f1ddcfc9124e4091--></p>
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		<title>DRM-Freedom and Artist Recognition</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/03/09/drm-freedom-and-artist-recognition/132/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Amie Street signs major artists to sell DRM-free music
While the system has been in place for a while, the fact that some well-recognised musicians are now included in the Amie Street catalogue is major news. In a way, it rewards music exploration and demonstrates the concrete implications of popularity in the sale of musical recordings.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070307-amie-street-signs-major-artists-to-sell-drm-free-music.html">Amie Street signs major artists to sell <span class="caps">DRM</span>-free music</a><br />
While the system has been in place for a while, the fact that some well-recognised musicians are now included in the Amie Street catalogue is major news. In a way, it rewards music exploration and demonstrates the concrete implications of popularity in the sale of musical recordings.<<img src="--5c39129e241dce83512522fc8046a984--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;fb1a703622804670e1242de69bab66c8&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Montreal At Austin?</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/02/10/montreal-as-austin/131/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	So, one of Montreal&#8217;s music scenes is, yet again, being described in relationship to U.S. realities. This time, in the context of the SXSW (formerly &#8220;South by Southwest&#8221;) festival in Austin, TX.
Podmodernisme: SXSW ou Pop Montr&#233;al: l&#8217;&#233;dition texane?
(The blog entry is in French but it&#8217;s commenting on an article in English.)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>So, one of Montreal&#8217;s music scenes is, yet again, being described in relationship to U.S. realities. This time, in the context of the <span class="caps">SXSW </span>(formerly &#8220;South by Southwest&#8221;) festival in Austin, TX.<br />
<a href="http://podmodernisme.blogspot.com/2007/02/sxsw-ou-pop-montral-ldition-texane.html">Podmodernisme: <span class="caps">SXSW</span> ou Pop Montr&#233;al: l&#8217;&#233;dition texane?</a><br />
(The blog entry is in French but it&#8217;s commenting on an article in English.)<br />
Can&#8217;t find an online text version of Mark Lepage&#8217;s article but it&#8217;s an entertaining read.</p>

	<p>Interestingly enough, <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A145344">some are wondering</a> if Austin&#8217;s music scene isn&#8217;t dying. Not that Montrealers haven&#8217;t been asking the same questions about their city&#8217;s musical dynamism. But it does seem like rent is the main issue for musicians anywhere (in English-speaking North America).<<img src="--f28867b35f839da9dcba63088db53e7b--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;9b325c671317f56c5d80676b057a7a4a&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Majors, Indies, and DRM</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2007/01/20/majors-indies-and-drm/127/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	In a NYT piece on Digital Rights Management restrictions (on Apple&#8217;s iTunes and elsewhere), some interesting comments about differences between the four major music labels (Universal, Warner Music Group, EMI and Sony BMG) and a large variety of independent music labels.
Want an iPhone? Beware the iHandcuffs &#8211; New York Times


	David Pakman, the C.E.O. of eMusic, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>In a <span class="caps">NYT</span> piece on Digital Rights Management restrictions (on Apple&#8217;s iTunes and elsewhere), some interesting comments about differences between the four major music labels (Universal, Warner Music Group, <span class="caps">EMI</span> and Sony <span class="caps">BMG</span>) and a large variety of independent music labels.<br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/business/yourmoney/14digi.html?_r=3&#38;ei=5087%0A&#38;em=&#38;en=53015d2825fc3704&#38;ex=1168923600&#38;oref=slogin&#38;tag=nl.e777&#38;pagewanted=print">Want an iPhone? Beware the iHandcuffs &#8211; New York Times</a></p>


	<p><blockquote>David Pakman, the C.E.O. of eMusic, said the major labels have watched their revenues decline about $10 billion since a 2001 peak; meanwhile, revenue earned by the independents has held steady. He said his service offers music from 9,800 labels, each of which has embraced downloads in <span class="caps">MP3</span> format. Only four labels still cling to copy protection, even though piracy has not declined, and those are the four major labels.</blockquote></p>

	<p>The same article points to a wireless music subscription service in South Korea which allows users to listen to music for $5 a month. It would be interesting to know more about that service and its effects on local music.<br />
As mentioned before, the &#8220;Fair-Trade Music&#8221; site CalabashMusic.com applies no restriction to the audio files they sell. In a context in which major music labels are getting burnt by <span class="caps">DRM</span>, it is in fact possible that independent labels might eventually win big, which could mean a lot in terms of music diversity.<!--1ebc3d3a3c99532c57dffc1f7ab379e8--></p>
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		<title>Solidarythmé 18 novembre 2006</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/11/13/solidarythme-18-novembre-2006/126/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	AQOCI [l&#8217;Association qu&#233;b&#233;coise des organismes de coop&#233;ration internationale]

	Solidarythm&#233; pour un changement durable pr&#233;sente  : Gadji Gadjo, Tomas Jensen, Opossum, Zi King Kow, cirque Kaolectif, peinture live, expo photo, danse et plus!





	QUOI : 6&#232;me &#233;dition de cette soir&#233;e pluridisciplinaire engag&#233;e

	QUI : Tomas Jensen, Gadji Gadjo, Opossum, Zi King Kow, cirque Kaolectif, peinture live, expo photo, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://aqoci.qc.ca/jqsi2006/JqsiIndex.html"><span class="caps">AQOCI </span>[l&#8217;Association qu&#233;b&#233;coise des organismes de coop&#233;ration internationale]</a></p>

	<p>Solidarythm&#233; pour un changement durable pr&#233;sente  : Gadji Gadjo, Tomas Jensen, Opossum, Zi King Kow, cirque Kaolectif, peinture live, expo photo, danse et plus!</p>





	<p><span class="caps">QUOI </span>: 6&#232;me &#233;dition de cette soir&#233;e pluridisciplinaire engag&#233;e</p>

	<p><span class="caps">QUI </span>: Tomas Jensen, Gadji Gadjo, Opossum, Zi King Kow, cirque Kaolectif, peinture live, expo photo, danse afro-colombienne et plus!</p>

	<p><span class="caps">QUAND </span>: samedi 18 novembre &#224; partir de 20h</p>

	<p>O&#217; : au Kola Note (5240 rue du Parc)</p>

	<p><span class="caps">COMBIEN </span>: En pr&#233;-vente &#8211; 12$ (avec pr&#233;sentation de carte d&#8217;&#233;tudiant) et 15$ pour le public en g&#233;n&#233;ral. A la porte &#8211; 15$ pour les &#233;tudiants et 18$ pour le public en g&#233;n&#233;ral. Les billets sont en vente sur le r&#233;seau admission.com, au Kola Note, &#224; l&#8217;AQOCI au 871-1086, a l&#8217;UdeM au B-2253 ou au 514-343-7896. Nous vous encourageons fortement &#224; acheter vos billets chez l&#8217;un des deux organismes pour &#233;viter les frais de service .</p>





	<p>L&#8217;Action Humanitaire et Communautaire de l&#8217;Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al s&#8217;associe &#224; l&#8217;Association Qu&#233;b&#233;coise des Organismes de Coop&#233;ration Internationale pour c&#233;l&#233;brer le pouvoir qu&#8217;a la musique de faire bouger les gens. Solidarythm&#233; pour un changement durable vient ainsi clore deux &#233;v&#233;nements de solidarit&#233; majeurs au Qu&#233;bec : la Semaine de la Solidarit&#233; UdeM et les Journ&#233;es Qu&#233;b&#233;coises de la Solidarit&#233; Internationale. Les organisateurs de la Semaine d&#8217;Action Contre le Racisme se joignent &#224; l&#8217;initiative en appuyant l&#8217;organisation du spectacle. Ces trois &#233;v&#233;nements sont maintenant devenus des rendez-vous annuels incontournables o&#249; se m&#234;lent, l&#8217;espace d&#8217;une dizaine de jours, colloques, d&#233;bats, tables rondes, activit&#233;s jeunesse, expositions, cin&#233;ma et musique, entre autres. Autant de passerelles qui visent &#224; d&#233;mystifier les diff&#233;rentes formes que peuvent emprunter dans notre soci&#233;t&#233; les manifestations de solidarit&#233;.</p>




	<p>Merci de bien vouloir difuser ce message le plus possible <img src="!" alt="" border="0" />!</p>



	<p>Au plaisir de vous y retrouver!</p>



	<p>Carminda Mac Lorin</p>

	<p>Coordonnatrice du Solidarythm&#233;</p>

	<p>Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al/AQOCI</p>

	<p>514-831-7090</p>

	<p>semainedelasolidarite@gmail.com<!--b77a3ddaf4a8667ffc7ea2b3d0cd4ed8--></p>
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		<title>Anniversaire Scena Musicale</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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La Scena Musicale c&#233;l&#232;bre son 10e anniversaire avec un gala b&#233;n&#233;fice

	POUR DIFFUSION IMM&#201;DIATE

	Montr&#233;al, le 12 octobre 2006

	Le 21 octobre 2006, certains des plus importants musiciens de la sc&#232;ne montr&#233;alaise participeront &#224; un concert gala visant &#224; c&#233;l&#233;brer le 10e anniversaire de La Scena Musicale. Cet &#233;v&#233;nement unique s&#8217;annonce comme l&#8217;un des moments forts de [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://scena.org/">Scena Musicale</a><br />
La Scena Musicale c&#233;l&#232;bre son 10e anniversaire avec un gala b&#233;n&#233;fice</p>

	<p><span class="caps">POUR DIFFUSION IMM</span>&#201;DIATE</p>

	<p>Montr&#233;al, le 12 octobre 2006</p>

	<p>Le 21 octobre 2006, certains des plus importants musiciens de la sc&#232;ne montr&#233;alaise participeront &#224; un concert gala visant &#224; c&#233;l&#233;brer le 10e anniversaire de La Scena Musicale. Cet &#233;v&#233;nement unique s&#8217;annonce comme l&#8217;un des moments forts de la saison musicale de Montr&#233;al. En tout, 77 musiciens pr&#233;senteront 4 heures de musique allant du baroque au jazz, en passant par les r&#233;pertoires classique, romantique et contemporain, ainsi que l&#8217;op&#233;ra.</p>

	<p>La premi&#232;re moiti&#233; de la soir&#233;e sera r&#233;serv&#233;e &#224; la musique de chambre : le duo Les Voix humaines interpr&#233;tera la musique de Sainte-Colombe ; le violoncelliste Denis Brott se joindra au pianiste Wonny Song dans un programme Beethoven ; le pianiste Patrice Lar&#233; jouera Liszt ; Paul Merkelo, trompette solo de l&#8217;OSM, improvisera en compagnie du pianiste Alexandre Vovan, qui interpr&#233;tera &#233;galement Chopin ; la soprano Nathalie Paulin chantera des m&#233;lodies fran&#231;aises de C&#233;cile Chaminade et Pauline Viardot accompagn&#233;e du pianiste Michael McMahon ; le Quatuor Molinari interpr&#233;tera Tan Dun, et Musica Camerata pr&#233;sentera un duo de Piazzolla. Cette premi&#232;re partie se conclura avec un programme jazz de trente minutes durant lequel la pianiste Lorraine Desmarais et son ancienne &#233;l&#232;ve Marianne Trudel joueront en solo et en duo.</p>


	<p>Afin de souligner le 250e anniversaire de Mozart, la musique de ce dernier sera &#224; l&#8217;honneur durant la seconde partie de la soir&#233;e, d&#233;di&#233;e &#224; des &#339;uvres pour soliste et orchestre. Le chef Joseph Milo dirigera l&#8217;Orchestre symphonique des musiciens du monde de Montr&#233;al, un ensemble fond&#233; en 2006 afin de donner aux musiciens immigrants l&#8217;opportunit&#233; de jouer, dans la Symphonie no 41 et l&#8217;ouverture du Mariage de Figaro de Mozart. Le pianiste Ludwig S&#233;merjian jouera le Rondo pour piano et orchestre en la majeur de Mozart, &#224; la m&#233;moire de son professeur Charles Reiner, alors que la soprano Nathalie Paulin interpr&#233;tera l&#8217;air &#171; Dove sono &#187; du Mariage de Figaro. La violoniste Anne Robert se joindra &#224; l&#8217;OMMM dans des pages c&#233;l&#232;bres de Tcha&#239;kovski, Raff, Kreisler et Brahms, la violoncelliste Velitchka Votcheva interpr&#233;tera Kol Nidrei de Bruch, et la soir&#233;e se conclura avec le finale du Concerto pour piano no 3 de Beethoven interpr&#233;t&#233; par Wonny Song.</p>


	<p>Le Gala 10e anniversaire du 21 octobre s&#8217;inscrit dans les c&#233;l&#233;brations du 10e anniversaire de La Scena Musicale et marque le d&#233;but de sa campagne de financement 2006-2007. Le num&#233;ro comm&#233;moratif du 10 e anniversaire de La Scena Musicale, paru en octobre 2006, peut-&#234;tre t&#233;l&#233;charg&#233; au http://www.scena.org .</p>


	<p>Les billets pour le Gala sont en vente au co&#251;t de 35 $ (25 $ pour les &#233;tudiants). Des billets <span class="caps">VIP</span> sont &#233;galement disponibles &#224; 130 $, incluant un re&#231;u fiscal de 100 $, tirages de prix, buffet et r&#233;ception. On peut se procurer des billets en communiquant directement avec La Scena Musicale au 514-948-2520, la billetterie McGill au 514-398-5145 ou sur le r&#233;seau Admission (les billets <span class="caps">VIP</span> sont disponibles uniquement en communiquant avec <span class="caps">LSM</span>).</p>


	<p>Pour les biographies des musiciens et davantage d&#8217;information : http://www.scena.org/pdf-files/sm12-2gala.pdf</p>


	<p>Propositions de sujets</p>



	<p>Gala 10e anniversaire. Pourquoi les musiciens ont accept&#233; de jouer gratuitement pour aider La Scena Musicale &#224; amasser des fonds?</p>

	<p>La Scena Musicale. Le magazine sans but lucratif fait la promotion de la musique classique et du jazz depuis 10 ans.</p>

	<p>Entrevue avec Wah Keung Chan, r&#233;dacteur fondateur et &#233;diteur. Quelle est la motivation derri&#232;re le magazine?</p>


	<p>&#192; propos du gala</p>



	<p>Dimanche le 21 octobre 2006</p>

	<p>Salle Pollack, Universit&#233; McGill, 555 Sherbrooke O., Montr&#233;al</p>

	<p>Partie A : 17 h 00 &#224; 19 h 00</p>

	<p>Partie B : 20 h 00 &#224; 22 h 15</p>


	<p>Billets : 35 $ (25 $ pour les &#233;tudiants)</p>

	<p>Billets <span class="caps">VIP </span>: 130 $, incluant une r&#233;ception de 19 h &#224; 20 h, un buffet de desserts apr&#232;s le gala B et un re&#231;u fiscal de 100 $.</p>

	<p>Info : 514-948-2520 ou info@scena.org</p>

	<p>Pour commander des billets: info@scena.org</p>


	<p>Musiciens invit&#233;s</p>
	<ul>
		<li>Orchestre symponique des musiciens du monde de Montr&#233;al, Joseph Milo, chef</li>
		<li>Anne Robert, violon</li>
		<li>Suzie LeBlanc, soprano</li>
		<li>Nathalie Paulin, soprano</li>
		<li>Quatuor Molinari</li>
		<li>Lorraine Desmarais, piano (jazz)</li>
		<li>Marianne Trudel, piano (jazz)</li>
		<li>Ludwig S&#233;merjian, piano</li>
		<li>Wonny Song, piano</li>
		<li>Denis Brott, violoncelle</li>
		<li>Les Voix humaines, duo baroque</li>
		<li>Paul Merkelo, trompette et Alexandre Vovan, piano</li>
		<li>Michael McMahon, accompagnateur (piano)</li>
	</ul>

	<p>Pour les biographies des musiciens et davantage d&#8217;information : http://www.scena.org/pdf-files/sm12-2gala.pdf</p>


	<p>Tirages pour les titulaires de billets <span class="caps">VIP</span></p>
	<ul>
		<li>&#338;uvre originale encadr&#233;e (valeur de 600 $) de l&#8217;artiste Ann McCall</li>
	</ul>

	<ul>
		<li>&#338;uvre originale encadr&#233;e (valeur de 550 $) de l&#8217;artiste Wah Wing Chan</li>
	</ul>

	<ul>
		<li>3 consultations en design d&#8217;int&#233;rieur (valeur de 180 $), gracieuset&#233; de L&#8217;interior Studio</li>
	</ul>

	<ul>
		<li>2 romans d&#8217;Alain Cavenne sign&#233;s par l&#8217;auteur</li>
	</ul>


	<p>Programme d&#233;taill&#233;</p>



	<p>Partie A, 17 h</p>

	<p>Sieur de Sainte-Colombe, Concerts &#224; deux violes esgales, &#171; L&#8217;attentif &#187;, &#171; Les Couplets &#187;<br />
Les Voix humaines (Susie Napper et Margaret Little, violes de gambe)</p>

	<p>Ludwig van Beethoven, Sept Variations sur un th&#232;me de Die Zauberfl&#246;te de Mozart<br />
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonate no 3 en la majeur, opus 69 (Adagio cantabile et Allegro vivace)<br />
Denis Brott, violoncelle et Wonny Song, piano</p>

	<p>Franz Liszt, Valse M&#233;phisto no 1<br />
Patrice Lar&#233;, piano</p>

	<p>Jacques Ibert, Impromptu<br />
Improvisation sur Nana de Manuel de Falla<br />
Paul Merkelo, trompette et Alexandre Vovan, piano</p>

	<p>Fr&#233;d&#233;ric Chopin, Quatri&#232;me Ballade<br />
Alexandre Vovan, piano</p>

	<p>C&#233;cile Chaminade, Si j&#8217;&#233;tais jardinier<br />
C&#233;cile Chaminade, La lune paresseuse<br />
Pauline Viardot, Hai luli<br />
Nathalie Paulin, soprano et Michael McMahon, piano</p>

	<p>Tan Dun, Eight Colours for String Quartet<br />
Quatuor Molinari</p>

	<p>Astor Piazzolla, Prep&#225;rense &#38; Oblivion<br />
Musica Camerata, Luis Grinhauz, violon et Berta Rosenohl, piano</p>

	<p>Lorraine Desmarais, piano jazz<br />
Marianne Trudel, piano jazz<br />
Lorraine Desmarais et Marianne Trudel en duo</p>



	<p>Partie B, 20 h</p>


	<p>Mozart, Ouverture, Mariage de Figaro<br />
Tchaikovsky, Melody<br />
Raff, Cavatina<br />
Anne Robert, violin</p>


	<p>Mozart, Rondo pour piano et orchestre en la majeur<br />
Ludwig S&#233;merjian, piano</p>

	<p>Mozart, Symphonie no 41 (Jupiter)</p>

                       Entracte

	<p>Rossini, Overture, Barbier de S&#233;ville</p>

	<p>Massenet, m&#233;ditation de Thais (Tatiana Smirnov, violon solo de l&#8217;orchestre)</p>

	<p>Bruch, Kol Nidrei<br />
Velitchka Votcheva, violoncelle</p>

	<p>Mozart, &#171; Dove Sono &#187; (Mariage de Figaro)<br />
Nathalie Paulin, soprano</p>

	<p>Kreisler, Liebeslied<br />
Brahms, Danse hongroise no 2 (arr. Gilles Bellemare)<br />
Anne Robert, violon</p>

	<p>Beethoven, Concerto pour piano no 3, 3e mouvement<br />
Wonny Song, piano</p>

	<p>Orchestre symphonique des musiciens du monde de Montr&#233;al<br />
Joseph Milo, chef</p>

	<ul>
		<li>programme sujet &#224; changement</li>
	</ul>


	<p>pour plus d&#8217;information, contacter info@scena.org, 514-948-2520, 514-815-0465</p>

	<p>&#192; propos de La Scena Musicale , guide canadien de la musique classique</p>

	<p>La Scena Musicale est un magazine mensuel gratuit publi&#233; en fran&#231;ais et en anglais par La Sc&#232;ne Musicale, un organisme sans but lucratif vou&#233; &#224; la promotion de la musique classique. Chaque num&#233;ro contient un calendrier des concerts du mois, des critiques, des entrevues, des profils d&#8217;artistes et des articles traitant de diff&#233;rents aspects de la sc&#232;ne musicale locale, nationale et internationale.</p>

	<p>La version imprim&#233;e est distribu&#233;e &#224; travers le Canada, avec une emphase particuli&#232;re dans les r&#233;gions de Montr&#233;al, Qu&#233;bec et Ottawa-Hull. La version &#233;lectronique est disponible sur l&#8217;Internet.</p>

	<p>&#192; propos de La Scena Musicale Online (http://www.scena.org)</p>

	<p>Publi&#233; par La Sc&#232;ne Musicale, un organisme sans but lucratif vou&#233; &#224; la promotion de la musique classique, La Scena Musicale Online est un des plus importants sites Internet d&#233;di&#233;s &#224; la musique classique. Il propose du contenu original (entrevues, articles, critiques), le Calendrier canadien de la musique classique, ClassicalMusicNews.info (des liens vers des articles parus dans des publications canadiennes et internationales) et Communiqu&#233;s <span class="caps">LSM </span>(communiqu&#233;s relatifs &#224; la musique classique, de partout au monde). La Scena Musicale Online a &#233;t&#233; un des premiers sites Web a offrir en ligne l&#8217;int&#233;gralit&#233; du contenu de son magazine imprim&#233;, et ce en formats html et <span class="caps">PDF</span>.</p>

	<p>Dans son num&#233;ro de f&#233;vrier 2000, la revue Chamber Music Magazine a choisi La Scena Musicale Online comme troisi&#232;me meilleur site Web sur la musique au monde. Dans son &#233;dition sp&#233;ciale sur Internet de mai 2000, Le Monde a choisi La Scena Musicale Online comme deuxi&#232;me meilleur site Web sur la musique classique, lui attribuant 4 &#233;toiles sur 4, un honneur r&#233;serv&#233; &#224; seulement deux sites. Le magazine fran&#231;ais Best on Web (no 8, juillet 2001) a s&#233;lectionn&#233; La Scena Musicale Online comme l&#8217;un des 500 meilleurs sites Web au monde. En d&#233;cembre 2001, La Scena Musicale Online a &#233;t&#233; choisi par le London Daily Telegraph comme l&#8217;un des meilleurs sites sur la musique.</p>

	<p>On peut acc&#233;der &#224; La Scena Musicale Online par les noms de domaine scena.org, lascenamusicale.org et ClassicalMusicNews.info.</p>

	<p>&#192; propos de La Sc&#232;ne Musicale</p>

	<p>La Sc&#232;ne Musicale est un organisme sans but lucratif vou&#233; &#224; la promotion de la musique classique. Nos activit&#233;s comprennent:</p>

    * Le magazine La Scena Musicale
    *   Le magazine The Music Scene
    * La Scena Musicale Online
    * Le Concours d&#8217;articles d&#8217;&#233;tudiants sur la musique classique
    * Le programme Sortez votre ado <img src="<" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;09e6d0098c4d8565c38517ea330afccb&#8212;>
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		<title>Nationalisms in Montreal / Nationalismes à Montréal (20/10/06)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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	// Artivistic + MAI (Montr&#233;al, arts interculturels) pr&#233;sentent //


	Nationalisme : l&#8217;exercice des cultures d&#8217;occupation&#8212;-
Une discussion autour des nationalismes &#224; Montr&#233;al

	Le vendredi 20 octobre 2006, &#224; midi
Caf&#233; du MAI (3680, Jeanne-Mance)

	12h00 &#8211; Table ronde 1
14h00 &#8211; Table ronde 2

	avec:

	Devora Neumark (mod&#233;ratrice)

	Stefan Christoff (Tadamon!)
Lynne Cooper (Le Trunk Collectif)
Sujata Dey [...]]]></description>
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	<p>// Artivistic + <span class="caps">MAI </span>(Montr&#233;al, arts interculturels) pr&#233;sentent //</p>


	<p>Nationalisme : l&#8217;exercice des cultures d&#8217;occupation&#8212;-<br />
Une discussion autour des nationalismes &#224; Montr&#233;al</p>

	<p>Le vendredi 20 octobre 2006, &#224; midi<br />
Caf&#233; du <span class="caps">MAI </span>(3680, Jeanne-Mance)</p>

	<p>12h00 &#8211; Table ronde 1<br />
14h00 &#8211; Table ronde 2</p>

	<p>avec:</p>

	<p>Devora Neumark (mod&#233;ratrice)</p>

	<p>Stefan Christoff (Tadamon!)<br />
Lynne Cooper (Le Trunk Collectif)<br />
Sujata Dey (Qu&#233;bec Solidaire)<br />
Ehab Latoyef (Shalom Salaam Montreal)<br />
Afshin Matlabi (artiste)<br />
Leila Pourtavaf (No One Is Illegal &#8211; Montreal)<br />
Guy Sioui-Durand (sociologue/commissaire)<br />
Rahul Varma (Teesri Duniya)</p>


	<p>+++</p>

	<p>Dans le cadre de l&#8217;exposition solo Terrorisme, D&#233;mocratie, Loisir (pr&#233;sent&#233;e au<br />
<span class="caps">MAI</span> jusqu&#8217;au 28 octobre) de l&#8217;artiste irano-canadien Afshin Matlabi, le<br />
collectif montr&#233;alais Artivistic et le <span class="caps">MAI </span>(Montr&#233;al, arts interculturels)<br />
pr&#233;sentent Nationalisme : l&#8217;exercice des cultures d&#8217;occupation, un &#233;v&#233;nement<br />
compos&#233; de deux tables rondes. Ces activit&#233;s bilingues auront lieu dans<br />
l&#8217;atmosph&#232;re conviviale du Caf&#233; du <span class="caps">MAI</span> au 3680, rue Jeanne-Mance. Cette<br />
rencontre a pour source d&#8217;inspiration le travail d&#8217;Afshin Matlabi, qui explore<br />
avec humour et ironie des th&#233;matiques comme le r&#244;le des Nations Unies,<br />
l&#8217;obsession nord-am&#233;ricaine du loisir et les discours nationalistes.</p>

	<p>Anim&#233;e par l&#8217;artiste et activiste Devora Neumark, les deux tables rondes<br />
r&#233;uniront divers repr&#233;sentants du milieu artistique, universitaire, activiste<br />
et communautaire de Montr&#233;al et de Qu&#233;bec.  Les principaux interlocuteurs<br />
seront Ehab Latoyef (Shalom Salaam Montreal), Stefan Cristoff (Tadamon!),<br />
Afshin Matlabi (artiste), Guy Sioui-Durand (sociologue), Rahul Varma (Teesri<br />
Duniya), Lynne Cooper (Le Trunk Collectif), Leila Pourtavaf (Personne n&#8217;est<br />
ill&#233;gal &#8211; Montr&#233;al) et Sujata Dey (Qu&#233;bec solidaire).  Le nationalisme sera<br />
trait&#233; sous l&#8217;angle de l&#8217;occupation dans ses diverses formes &#8211; territoriale,<br />
physique ou imaginaire &#8211; en tentant de d&#233;montrer comment l&#8217;appropriation de<br />
l&#8217;espace est &#224; la fois source de conflit et d&#8217;alliance.</p>

	<p>Le public est invit&#233; &#224; venir &#233;changer sur ce sujet tr&#232;s pr&#233;sent dans<br />
l&#8217;actualit&#233;<br />
lors de cette rencontre gratuite.</p>

	<p>L&#8217;&#233;v&#232;nement a pour but de rassembler des artistes, th&#233;oriciens, et activistes<br />
communautaires locaux afin de r&#233;fl&#233;chir sur la notion (trop souvent tabou) du<br />
nationalisme dans nos contextes actuels. Prenant en consid&#233;ration les enjeux<br />
sp&#233;cifiques au contexte montr&#233;alais, dont son cadre socio-politique, sa soci&#233;t&#233;<br />
pluraliste, son pass&#233;/pr&#233;sent coloniale, et dans le cadre des affaires<br />
globales, sous quelles conditions et dans quelles circonstances apparaissent,<br />
d&#233;veloppent, s&#8217;entrecroisent, et se confrontent diff&#233;rentes formes de<br />
nationalismes? A quelle fin l&#8217;humiliation, la fiert&#233;, la menace, et les<br />
sentiments multiples d&#8217;appartenance de l&#8217;individu, &#224; la fois &#224; des communaut&#233;s<br />
locales et globales, prennent-ils forme dans des expressions collectives et des<br />
manifestations de nationalisme? Comment se n&#233;gocient les tensions de la<br />
culpabilit&#233;, la honte, l&#8217;identit&#233;, la m&#233;moire, et la g&#233;ographie? Dans quelles<br />
mesures peut-on dire que le nationalisme est responsable pour les guerres, des<br />
communaut&#233;s fortes, la patriarchie, la h&#233;t&#233;ronormalit&#233;, et le sexisme? Quelles<br />
sont les nouvelles formes de nationalisme cr&#233;&#233;es par voies de r&#233;seaux globaux<br />
d&#8217;artistes, d&#8217;activistes, et de r&#233;fugi&#233;s&#8230; Il y a-t-il plusieurs formes de<br />
nationalismes? Comment ces complexit&#233;s sont-elles trait&#233;es ou manifest&#233;es dans<br />
diff&#233;rentes d&#233;marches et pratiques artistiques?</p>


	<p>+++</p>

	<p>Pour de plus amples informations :</p>

	<p>Cl&#233;o Myers, Responsable des relations publiques, <span class="caps">MAI  </span>(514) 982-1812,<br />
comm@m-a-i.qc.ca</p>

	<p>Catherine Melan&#231;on, Coordonnatrice pour Artivistic (514) 524-9019,<br />
catherine.melancon@umontreal.ca / info.artivistic@gmail.com</p>

	<p>http://m-a-i.qc.ca/ | http://artivistic.omweb.org/</p>

	<p>http://artivistic.omweb.org/<br />
http://m-a-i.qc.ca/</p>


	<p>// Artivistic + <span class="caps">MAI </span>(Montreal, arts interculturels) present //</p>


	<p>Nationalism: Performing Cultures of Occupation&#8212;A Discussion on Nationalisms in Montreal</p>

	<p>Friday, October 20, 2006 at 12 noon<br />
<span class="caps">MAI </span>Caf&#233; (3680, Jeanne-Mance)</p>

	<p>12 noon &#8211; Round Table 1<br />
2 pm &#8211; Round Table 2</p>

	<p>with:</p>

	<p>Devora Neumark (moderator)</p>

	<p>Stefan Christoff (Tadamon!)<br />
Lynne Cooper (Le Trunk Collectif)<br />
Sujata Dey (Qu&#233;bec solidaire)<br />
Ehab Latoyef (Shalom Salaam Montreal)<br />
Leila Pourtavaf (No One Is Illegal &#8211; Montreal)<br />
Guy Sioui-Durand (sociologist/curator)<br />
Rahul Varma (Teesri Duniya)</p>


	<p>+++</p>

	<p>Within the framework of the solo exhibition, Terrorism, Democracy, Leisure, by<br />
Iranian-Canadian artist, Afshin Matlabi at the <span class="caps">MAI</span> until October 28, the<br />
Montreal-based collective Artivistic and the <span class="caps">MAI </span>(Montr&#233;al, arts<br />
interculturels)<br />
present Nationalism: Performing Cultures of Occupation, featuring two round<br />
table discussions.  These bilingual activities will be held in the informal<br />
atmosphere of the <span class="caps">MAI </span>Caf&#233;, at 3680 Jeanne-Mance.  This event builds from<br />
Afshin Matlabi&#8217;s work in which he explores, with humour and irony, such<br />
questions as the role of the United Nations, North American leisure-based<br />
society and nationalist discourse.</p>

	<p>Moderated by the artist and activist, Devora Neumark, two round table<br />
discussions will bring together representatives from various milieus, including<br />
artistic, academic, activist and community, in Montreal and Quebec City.  g<br />
together representatives from various milieus, including artistic, university,<br />
activist and community, in Montreal and Quebec City. The main participants will<br />
be Ehab Latoyef (Shalom Salaam Montreal), Stefan Cristoff (Tadamon!),<br />
Afshin Matlabi (artist), Guy Sioui-Durand (sociologist/curator), Rahul Varma<br />
(Teesri Duniya), Lynne Cooper (Le Trunk Collectif), Leila Pourtavaf (No One is<br />
Illegal &#8211; Montr&#233;al) and Sujata Dey (Qu&#233;bec solidaire).  Nationalism will be<br />
examined through the lens of occupation in all of its forms &#8211; territorial,<br />
physical, imaginary &#8211; in an attempt to show how the appropriation of space can<br />
be both a source of conflict and alliance.</p>

	<p>All are invited to participate in this free event which will allow for dialogue<br />
on this very topical issue.</p>

	<p>The event aims to bring together local artists, theorists, and community<br />
activists in order to critically question the (often taboo) notion of<br />
nationalism in our diverse cultural contexts. Taking into consideration<br />
Montreal&#8217;s distinct socio-political framework, pluralist society, dual<br />
white-settler colonialist history, and within the present state of global<br />
affairs, under what conditions and circumstances do differing forms of<br />
nationalism unfold, meet, overlap or contest with one another? How are<br />
humiliation, pride, threat, and individuals&#8217; multiple senses of belonging to<br />
both local and transnational communities performed through collective<br />
expressions and manifestations of nationalism? How does one negotiate the<br />
tensions of guilt, shame, identity, memory, geography? How does nationalism<br />
cause wars, strong communities, patriarchy, heteronormality, sexism? What new<br />
forms of nationalism are being created by way of global networks of artists,<br />
activists, refugees&#8230; Are there many nationalisms? How do different artistic<br />
practices deal with or manifest these complexities?<<img src="--b677e7dbcdb83686c9f138ad21fa590c--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;5457cb0c4b7ceec077068b606bb5c280&#8212;><!--f9767da77ef9f79c037932c189504ea1--></p>
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		<title>Arabic World Festival du Monde Arabe (Montréal, 26/10/06-12/11/06)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Festival du Monde Arabe de Montr&#233;al

	FESTIVAL DU MONDE ARABE DE MONTREAL
26 OCTOBRE AU 12 NOVEMBRE 2006

	C&#185;est en partenariat avec Radio Canada, TV5, CH, Radio Couleurs Jazz, le
Devoir, Loto Qu&#233;bec, Hydro Qu&#233;bec, et divers instances tant municipales que
gouvernementales que le Festival du Monde Arabe de Montr&#233;al offrira sa
septi&#232;me &#233;dition, plac&#233;e sous le th&#232;me

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.festivalarabe.com/fma/catalog.jsp">Festival du Monde Arabe de Montr&#233;al</a></p>

	<p><span class="caps">FESTIVAL DU MONDE ARABE DE MONTREAL</span><br />
26 <span class="caps">OCTOBRE AU 12 NOVEMBRE 2006</span></p>

	<p>C&#185;est en partenariat avec Radio Canada, <span class="caps">TV5</span>, CH, Radio Couleurs Jazz, le<br />
Devoir, Loto Qu&#233;bec, Hydro Qu&#233;bec, et divers instances tant municipales que<br />
gouvernementales que le Festival du Monde Arabe de Montr&#233;al offrira sa<br />
septi&#232;me &#233;dition, plac&#233;e sous le th&#232;me</p>

            <span class="caps">PROPH</span>&#200;TES <span class="caps">REBELLES</span>

	<p>parce que la proph&#233;tie est le lieu m&#234;me de notre humanit&#233;.<br />
Le verbe des proph&#232;tes du  <span class="caps">FMA</span> sera musique, danse, th&#233;&#226;tre, po&#233;sie et<br />
r&#233;flexion. Les Proph&#232;tes rebelles sont ces cr&#233;ateurs qui r&#233;sistent &#224;<br />
l&#185;effondrement de l&#185;humain, qui tentent d&#185;ajouter de la chaleur et de la vie<br />
&#224; ce monde d&#233;compos&#233; et d&#233;senchant&#233;. Ils sont ceux et celles qui osent<br />
encore inventer un &#171; nous &#187; pour que la rencontre soit possible.</p>

	<p>Tenant compte de l&#185;importance de l&#185;apport du Festival du Monde Arabe de<br />
Montr&#233;al dans le cadre de cette rentr&#233;e automnale, dont vous pourrez trouver<br />
toute la programmation au</p>

	<p>www.festivalarabe.com<br />
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		<title>Music and Coffee: &#8220;Fair-Trade&#8221; and The Global Order (Draft)</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/10/13/music-and-coffee-fair-trade-and-the-global-order-draft/120/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Critical World</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Seems like Calabash Music&#8217;s &#34;Fair-Trade Music&#34; concept has been on my mind lately. A bit of context&#8230;I had mentioned Calabash Music here before. It&#8217;s an online music store which specialises in what people tend to call &#34;World Music.&#34; I have been downloading their free singles for quite a while but haven&#8217;t yet purchased music from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><p>Seems like Calabash Music&#8217;s <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/free-singles-from-calabashmusiccom/21/">&quot;Fair-Trade Music&quot; concept</a> has been on my mind lately. A bit of context&#8230;</p><p>I had mentioned Calabash Music here <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/free-singles-from-calabashmusiccom/21/">before</a>. It&#8217;s an online music store which specialises in what people tend to call &quot;World Music.&quot; I have been downloading their free singles for quite a while but haven&#8217;t yet purchased music from the service. I do hope that <a href="http://enkerli.wordpress.com/2006/04/24/madou-diarra-et-dakan/">Madou Diarra and Dakan</a> (the band in which I play) will sell its music through Calabash Music.</p><p>Yesterday, after having listened to a podcast about online music stores which sell tracks without copy protection, I posted an <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/10/12/music-no-strings-attached/119/">entry right here</a> and another <a href="http://enkerli.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/free-content-on-itunes-and-elsewhere/">on my personal blog</a>. Though I didn&#8217;t mention Calabash Music specifically, it was clearly at the back of my mind when I wrote one of my crazier posts about <a href="http://enkerli.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/glocal-craftiness-coffee-beer-music/">music, coffee, beer, and glocalisation</a>.</p><p>Thinking about it a bit more, and thanks to fellow Critical World member Pascal, I now feel that this concept of &quot;fair-trade music&quot; is especially relevant for Critical World, whose mission is to Think Globalisation Through Music.</p><p>Through a cursory look at Calabash Music&#8217;s <a href="http://news.calabashmusic.com/world/musicians">Q&#038;A for musicians</a> and <a href="http://news.calabashmusic.com/world/artist_terms">Artist Terms of Agreement</a>, it does seem like they care about artists. <span class="caps">IANAL</span> but it does sound like their conditions are rather &quot;good for artists.&quot; This part is rather telling:</p><br />
<blockquote></p>
    <h1><strong>Q. How does the money work?</strong></h1>
    <p class="title"><strong>A.</strong> Our customers may purchase downloads of your music at a price range between 75 and 99 cents per song. Your music is sold by the downloadable track. You will receive 50% of the net revenues from your music downloads sold. Net revenues are determined as the gross revenues less merchant fees. Artists can expect to earn an average of 44 cents per track sold. We pay you four times a year (every quarter) for your downloads. (If the amount we owe you is less than $50 then we will hold the amount until the amount is greater than $50.) We give you an account with a user name and password that allows you to look at reports of how many downloads your songs have received and how much money you have earned.</p><br />
</blockquote><p>Apart from the actual royalty structure, the very fact that Calabash Music prominently displays this explanation on their website implies a direct relationship with artists. You get the impression that you don&#8217;t even need an agent to sell music through Calabash Music. Of course, agents are still extremely important for artists but in this &quot;fair-trade&quot; model, they don&#8217;t hold all the cards. Because coffee is the best-known case for fair-trade, the notion of a &quot;direct relationship coffee&quot; is quite appropriate here:</p><br />
<blockquote>
    <div class="hed"><a href="http://www.reason.com/0603/fe.kh.absolution.shtml">Absolution in Your Cup. The real meaning of Fair Trade coffee</a></div><br />
</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>
    <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Farmers were being squeezed by middlemen, known as coyotes, so that even the dismal profits from cheap mass-produced coffee failed to reach them. Growers lacked basic information about what their crop was worth, how to maximize production, and how to market their beans, and it was to the coyotes&#8217; advantage to keep it that way. Fair Traders, by contrast, sought a direct relationship between coffee farmers and coffee drinkers: clean, just, transparent transactions.</span></p><br />
</blockquote><p>In &quot;fair-trade music,&quot; the agent is less of a middleman and more of a consultant, helping artists to negotiate deals in their own terms. Calabash Music serves as middleman to a certain extent but mostly as a distributor, not as a gatekeeper. The notion is that this model is more ethical than &quot;free-trade&quot; because it gives control to those who produce what is being sold. It&#8217;s especially compelling an idea in a global context. Musicians from around the Globe are able to sell their own music to listeners from around the Globe. Control is distributed, to a certain extent.</p><p>One of the most <a href="http://www.coffeeresearch.org/politics/fairtrade.htm">basic characteristics</a> of fair-trade coffee is that there is a floor price ($1.26/lbs.) for green coffee beans. Calabash Music&#8217;s royalty scheme uses a similar principle in that musicians are getting a &quot;fair share&quot; of the profits, allegedly much higher than the <a href="http://www.musicbizacademy.com/articles/dl_newmedia.htm">net artist royalty</a> on other online music stores. It undercuts the law of supply and demand to ensure that those who did the work get a &quot;fair share.&quot; Of course, this &quot;fair share&quot; is decided by the &quot;fair trade system&quot; itself. In anti-globalization/alter-mondialisme terms, those in &quot;developing countries&quot; still get their business decisions made by those in &quot;industrial countries.&quot; But to the consumer, buying &quot;fair-trade&quot; seems like &quot;the ethical thing to do&quot;: <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; letter-spacing: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.reason.com/0603/fe.kh.absolution.shtml">selling a clear conscience at a premium</a>.</span></p><p>Of course, not all is good with &quot;fair-trade.&quot;</p><br />
<blockquote>
    <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">You&#8217;d think this confluence of social responsibility and double lattes, good business practices and lefty politics, would make [coffee activist] Katzeff a happy man. But he and a growing number of roasters say the Fair Trade movement has lost its way. The movement has always aroused suspicion on the right, where free traders object to its price floors and anti-globalization rhetoric. Yet critics from the left are more vocal and more angry by half; they point to unhappy farmers, duped consumers, an entrenched Fair Trade bureaucracy, and a grassroots campaign gone corporate.</span></p><br />
</blockquote><p>Calabash Music is too small to get the same treatment as TransFair (the regulatory body for fair-trade coffee in the U.S.). But it doesn&#8217;t mean that the disadvantages of the fair-trade model won&#8217;t hit the music industry.</p><p>There are major differences between &quot;fair-trade coffee&quot; and a fair-trade model applied to music. One is that, contrary to coffee, <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/05/08/music-not-a-commodity/93/">music is not a commodity</a>. In the online distribution of audio files, supply is unlimited in that you don&#8217;t suddenly run out of a specific <span class="caps">MP3</span> file. Online distribution is still costly, but the costs scale much differently from the distribution of physical goods. </p><p>A related issue is that &quot;music consumption&quot; is affordable, almost anywhere on the planet. While coffee growers may be too poor to afford brewed coffee, the poorest musician in Mali can listen to music. There is a huge imbalance between The Rich and The Poor, between The Core and The Periphery, but this imbalance cannot be described in a similar way.</p><p>The injustice in music has a lot to do with issues in what so-called &quot;Intellectual Property.&quot; An important dimension of an &quot;ethical&quot; music model would be that it doesn&#8217;t prevent music listeners from privately using music as they wish. Ethical music would also ensure that musicians are the ones who get the better part of the profits instead of large-scale pirates, producers, or retailers. The whole &quot;protect the artists&quot; stance, applied to the actual artists (not the record labels). A <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/08/31/new-models-for-music-as-business/103/">new business model</a> which actually compensates musicians for their work. That, most might agree, would be fair.</p><p>Though some music productions may sound indistinguishable from one another, music is quite distinctive. While some coffee consumers may not care about the coffee they drink, music listeners select music according to their tastes. With this distinctiveness comes a sense of &quot;brand,&quot; to think in marketing terms, but also a sense of shared experience. Fans of a given Indie Rock band may feel a bond which can extend far beyond the &quot;consumption&quot; of the music. In coffee, even the most enthusiastic connoisseur will never remain loyal to a single type of coffee bean or even a single coffee &quot;origin.&quot; In globalised music, a Polish accountant can become fanatic about an Argentinian band the same way a Thai mechanic can listen to Canadian singer C&#233;line Dion.</p><p>So it is possible that Calabash Music may benefit from the &quot;fair-trade mentality&quot; without being hit from the disadvantages. Simply thinking about the connections between globalised markets may give us the key.</p><<img src="--9d286cc3a739e9ac2c3c04c71ddeb96c--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;c3843459ad92dcce2b4af0c0f06ca483&#8212;>
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		<title>New Models for Music as Business: Brazilian Tecno Brega</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	OnTheCommons.org &#124; The Rise of Tecno-Brega, or How to Build Markets on Top of Social Commons


	&#8220;The tecno-brega DJ&#8217;s usually acknowledge in their live presentations the presence of people from various neighborhoods, and this acknowledgement is of great value to the audience, leading thousands of buy copies of the recorded live presentation.&#8221; 

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	<p><blockquote>&#8220;The tecno-brega DJ&#8217;s usually acknowledge in their live presentations the presence of people from various neighborhoods, and this acknowledgement is of great value to the audience, leading thousands of buy copies of the recorded live presentation.&#8221; </blockquote></p>

	<p>In honour of the <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/09/07/digital-rights-management-and-grassroots/108/">Day Against <span class="caps">DRM</span></a>, Cory Doctorow appeared on <span class="caps">CNET</span>&#8217;s <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-12518_7-6491288-1.html?tag=txt">The Real Deal</a> podcast with Tom Merritt. Doctorow mentioned Tecno Brega in his discussion of <span class="caps">DRM</span> and the notion that those artists are not discouraging others from getting paid by selling recordings of their music. Like radio in other contexts, inexpensive recordings are promotional items for these artists. Contrary to radio, this promotion is done without control from labels (in a payola or other playlist scheme).<br />
What strikes me even more, though, is the phenomenon of mentioning neighborhoods in these recordings. As is the case with hunters associations in Mali, musical acknowledgement represents a cultural value which may, in turn, bring about commercial value. In fact, in Mali, people who sponsor performance events for the hunters associations are often people linked to hunters without being hunters themselves. They simply want the musicians to talk about them.<br />
Who said that Jessica Simpson&#8217;s customized &#8220;A Public Affair&#8221; was innovative?<<img src="--fc76c339ea086cec2e54905e3c964a5a--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;8aaefc15baed3937bf76d099efce10ac&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Free Online Journals (SAGE)</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/09/07/free-online-journals-sage/107/</link>
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		<title>Popular Music Conference in Boston</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/09/04/popular-music-conference-in-boston/106/</link>
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	Northeastern University
April 26-29, 2007
Boston, Massachusetts

	Submission deadline: 11:59 PST November 1, 2006.
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	<p><span class="caps">IASPM </span>Canada and <span class="caps">IASPM</span>-US 2007 Joint Conference:<br />
Boundaries, Blockades and Bridges</p>

	<p>Northeastern University<br />
April 26-29, 2007<br />
Boston, Massachusetts</p>

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		<title>Septième édition du Séminaire du CRI: Problématiques de l&#8217;intermédialité</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/09/04/septieme-edition-du-seminaire-du-cri-problematiques-de-lintermedialite/105/</link>
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		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[L'histoire de la pensée moderne est en grande partie l'histoire de l'émergence du sujet moderne, mais comment rendre compte de ce phénomène sans avoir recours à une véritable théorie de la rencontre ?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://cri.histart.umontreal.ca/cri/fr/cdoc/FicheActivites.asp?ActiviteID=1688"><span class="caps">CRI </span>- Cdoc &#8211; Fiche Activit&#233;s</a></p>

	<p>S&#201;MINAIRE <span class="caps">PLU</span>-6042 &#8211; Automne 2006</p>

	<p>Septi&#232;me &#233;dition du S&#233;minaire du <span class="caps">CRI </span>:<br />
PROBL&#201;MATIQUES <span class="caps">DE L</span>&#8217;INTERM&#201;DIALIT&#201;.</p>


	<p><span class="caps">INTERM</span>&#201;DIALIT&#201; <span class="caps">ET INTERSUBJECTIVIT</span>&#201;</p>

	<p>Sous la direction de Bob W. White<br />
Professeur au D&#233;partement d&#8217;anthropologie de l&#8217;Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al</p>


	<p>PR&#201;SENTATION</p>

	<p>L&#8217;histoire de la pens&#233;e moderne est en grande partie l&#8217;histoire de l&#8217;&#233;mergence du sujet moderne, mais comment rendre compte de ce ph&#233;nom&#232;ne sans avoir recours &#224; une v&#233;ritable th&#233;orie de la rencontre ?<br />
L&#8217;intersubjectivit&#233; &#8212; c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire l&#8217;ensemble de gestes, paroles et pr&#233;jug&#233;s qui conditionnent la rencontre avec l&#8217;autre &#8212; n&#8217;a pas un domicile disciplinaire fixe, mais plusieurs disciplines poss&#232;dent des mod&#232;les int&#233;ressants pour r&#233;fl&#233;chir ce ph&#233;nom&#232;ne (philosophie, &#233;tudes litt&#233;raires, anthropologie, &#233;tudes cin&#233;matographiques, psychologie).<br />
Pendant que certains penseurs donnent un statut ontologique &#224; l&#8217;intersubjectivit&#233;, d&#8217;autres le prennent comme feuille de route m&#233;thodologique ou morale. Dans le contexte d&#8217;une r&#233;flexion sur l&#8217;interm&#233;dialit&#233;, l&#8217;&#233;tude de l&#8217;intersubjectivit&#233; nous permet de comprendre non seulement l&#8217;interaction entre les &#234;tres humains &#224; travers diff&#233;rentes sortes de produits culturels (livres, films, disques, peintures, expositions), mais aussi l&#8217;entre-deux qui se cr&#233;e dans plusieurs sortes de dispositifs m&#233;diatiques (cin&#233;ma, t&#233;l&#233;vision, radio, internet, mus&#233;e). Ce s&#233;minaire propose une analyse des diff&#233;rentes th&#233;ories et situations de l&#8217;intersubjectivit&#233; et vise &#224;<br />
explorer l&#8217;intersubjectivit&#233; en tant que projet esth&#233;tique comme en tant que projet &#233;thique.</p>

	<p><span id="more-105"></span><br />
CONFERENCIERS <span class="caps">INVITES</span></p>

	<p>Distance temporelle, distance culturelle, et l&#8217;objet d&#8217;art?<br />
Walter Moser (Chaire de recherche du Canada, Universit&#233; d&#8217;Ottawa)</p>

	<p>R&#233;ponsivit&#233; et dialogisme chez Bakhtin : Le civisme rat&#233; du &#171;Bus Uncle &#187;<br />
Greg Nielsen (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University)</p>

	<p>L&#8217;herm&#233;neutique entre ontologie et langage: le cin&#233;ma d&#8217;animation de J.M. Kibushi Ndjate Wooto<br />
Lomomba Emongo (Philosophie, <span class="caps">UQAM</span>)</p>

	<p>Installations interactives : La rencontre de l&#8217;autre<br />
Luc Courchesne (&#201;cole de design industriel, Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al)</p>

	<p>La m&#233;diation par l&#8217;objet: l&#8217;exemple du mus&#233;e<br />
&#201;lise Dubuc (affiliation, Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al)</p>

	<p>L&#8217;entre-deux au cin&#233;ma : triangulation entre personnage, r&#233;alisateur et spectateur<br />
Fr&#233;d&#233;ric Sabouraud (cineaste et critique culturel)</p>

	<p>Petite histoire et exp&#233;rience d&#8217;un collectif :  Medvedkine &#38; Cie.<br />
Marion Froger (Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al) et Viva Paci (Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al)</p>

	<p>Intersubjectivit&#233; et sociabilit&#233; sur le web<br />
Madeleine Pastinelli (D&#233;partement de sociologie, Universit&#233; Laval)</p>


	<p><span class="caps">HORAIRE ET SALLE</span></p>

	<p>Le s&#233;minaire se tiendra tous les mardis, de 9h00 &#224; midi &#224; compter du 5 septembre jusqu&#8217;au 5 d&#233;cembre 2006 dans la salle Z-345 du Pavillon Claire-McNicoll de l&#8217;Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al, au 2900, Chemin de la tour.</p>


	<p><span class="caps">INSCRIPTIONS</span></p>

	<p>Ce s&#233;minaire vise plus sp&#233;cifiquement les &#233;tudiants d&#8217;Anthropologie, d&#8217;&#201;tudes cin&#233;matographiques, d&#8217;Histoire de l&#8217;art, de Litt&#233;rature compar&#233;e, d&#8217;&#201;tudes litt&#233;raires, de Sociologie, de Psychologie et de Philosophie.</p>

	<p>Pri&#232;re de vous inscrire aupr&#232;s du responsable de la gestion des dossiers &#233;tudiants des 2e et 3e cycles de votre d&#233;partement.</p>

	<p>Pour tout renseignement, merci de bien vouloir contacter :<br />
M. Bob W. White &#224; l&#8217;adresse suivante : bob.white@umontreal.ca<br />
ou<br />
Anne Lardeux : anne.lardeux@umontreal.ca</p>

	<p>Page Web du s&#233;minaire:<br />
http://cri.histart.umontreal.ca/cri/fr/cdoc/FicheActivites.asp?ActiviteID=1688<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;En parall&#232;le de ce s&#233;minaire, le Centre de recherche propose une cycle de projections de films.<br />
Ces s&#233;ances sont ouvertes au public.</p>

	<p>&#171; Cycle L&#8217;entre d&#8217;eux &#187;<br />
Programmation propos&#233;e par Le Centre de recherche sur interm&#233;dialit&#233;<br />
avec la collaboration de la Cin&#233;math&#232;que qu&#233;b&#233;coise</p>

	<p>Mercredi 20 septembre<br />
18h30 Fernand-Seguin</p>

	<p>Bon voyage<br />
R&#233;al. : Kapwani Kiwanga [&#201;cosse &#8211; France, 2004, 3 min., s.-t. a.]<br />
Une exploration visuelle du travail, Bon Voyage dresse le portrait<br />
d&#8217;une femme sur son lieu de travail : les toilettes de la gare<br />
Montparnasse &#224; Paris.</p>

	<p>Suivi de</p>

	<p>Manmuswak<br />
R&#233;al. : Olive Martin et Patrick Bernier [France, 2005, 16 min.]<br />
La journ&#233;e ordinaire de K., homme d&#8217;origine africaine vivante en<br />
France et employ&#233; comme vigile, &#224; travers ses m&#233;tamorphoses<br />
successives de surveill&#233; en surveillant.</p>

	<p>Suivi de</p>

	<p>Eux et moi<br />
R&#233;al. : St&#233;phane Breton [France, 2001, 62 min.]<br />
Depuis quelques ann&#233;es, un ethnologue retourne r&#233;guli&#232;rement dans un<br />
petit village de Nouvelle-Guin&#233;e. Il parle la langue de ses habitants,<br />
partage leur quotidien. Tout en filmant les individus qui lui sont le<br />
plus proche, le r&#233;alisateur livre ses propres questionnements et les<br />
doutes incessants qu&#8217;il subit. Fait relativement rare pour &#234;tre<br />
appr&#233;ci&#233;, l&#8217;ethnologue devient ainsi objet d&#8217;&#233;tude lui-m&#234;me au travers<br />
d&#8217;une interaction qui n&#8217;est jamais v&#233;cue comme pleinement<br />
satisfaisante ou naturelle avec le peuple.</p>

	<p>Mercredi 27 septembre<br />
18h30 Fernand-Seguin</p>

	<p>The Good Woman of Bangkok<br />
R&#233;al. : Dennis O&#8217;Rourke [Australie, 1991, 82 min.]<br />
Comme la pi&#232;ce de Brecht dont il reprend &#224; son compte le titre, le<br />
film s&#8217;organise autour de la figure centrale d&#8217;une prostitu&#233;e pour<br />
examiner la possibilit&#233; de vivre une bonne vie dans un monde<br />
imparfait. O&#8217;Rourke examine la complexit&#233; de sa position (client,<br />
amoureux et cin&#233;aste) et explore les conjonctions entre sexe et argent<br />
dans cette zone de contact entre Orient et Occident qu&#8217;est Bangkok.</p>

	<p>Mercredi 4 octobre<br />
18h30 Claude-Jutra</p>

	<p>Le go&#251;t de la farine<br />
R&#233;al. : Pierre Perrault [Qu&#233;bec, 1977, 108 min.]<br />
Trois blancs partent &#224; la d&#233;couverte de Saint-Augustin et de la<br />
Romaine, dans la r&#233;gion de la C&#244;te-Nord, au Qu&#233;bec.</p>

	<p>Mercredi 22 novembre<br />
18h30 Fernand-Seguin</p>

	<p>Figure-toi. Auto-portrait(s) d&#8217;une classe de 3PP<br />
R&#233;al. : Fr&#233;d&#233;ric Sabouraud, [France, 2004, 70 min.]<br />
Animateur d&#8217;un atelier vid&#233;o dans un lyc&#233;e professionnel parisien,<br />
Fr&#233;d&#233;ric Sabouraud s&#8217;est mis &#224; filmer pour son propre compte un groupe<br />
d&#8217;&#233;l&#232;ves engag&#233; dans des exercices d&#8217;autoportrait. Documentaire sur<br />
une activit&#233; p&#233;dagogique impliquant des adolescents immigr&#233;s aux<br />
prises avec le syst&#232;me scolaire et les probl&#233;matiques de<br />
l&#8217;int&#233;gration, le film poursuit aussi, en voix off, une m&#233;ditation sur<br />
l&#8217;exil.</p>

	<p>Sans faire d&#8217;histoire<br />
R&#233;al. : Fr&#233;d&#233;ric Sabouraud, [France, 2004, 55 min.]<br />
Ce film est une fiction qui raconte les aventures d&#8217;un homme &#224; la<br />
recherche d&#8217;une introuvable histoire.</p>

	<p>Mercredi 29 novembre<br />
18h00 Claude-Jutra</p>

	<p>Ice<br />
R&#233;al. Robert Kramer [&#201;tats-Unis, 1970, 121 min.]<br />
Le film suit un groupe fictif qui m&#232;ne une offensive nationale<br />
destin&#233;e &#224; provoquer un soul&#232;vement g&#233;n&#233;ral de la population (&#8230;).<br />
C&#8217;est un r&#233;cit en forme d&#8217;avertissement, un film de science-fiction<br />
qui projette nos peurs et notre parano&#239;a de la violence et de la<br />
r&#233;volution dans l&#8217;avenir &#8216;pour voir ce qui pourrait se passer&#8217;. &#192;<br />
l&#8217;&#233;poque il fonctionnait comme un psychodrame obligeant le spectateur<br />
&#224; se positionner. (Paul Mac Isaac, 1998).</p>

	<p>20h30 Claude-Jutra</p>

	<p>Point de d&#233;part<br />
R&#233;al. Robert Kramer [France, 1993, 90 min., v.o.<br />
fran&#231;aise/vietnamienne s.-t.f.]<br />
En 1969, Robert Kramer s&#8217;&#233;tait rendu au Vietnam avec une d&#233;l&#233;gation<br />
d&#8217;Am&#233;ricains oppos&#233;s &#224; la guerre. Il en &#233;tait revenu avec People&#8217;s<br />
War, document militant d&#8217;un intellectuel engag&#233; dans le combat<br />
anti-imp&#233;rialiste. 23 ans plus tard, il retourne &#224; Hano&#239;, cam&#233;ra sur<br />
l&#8217;&#233;paule, avide de voir, d&#8217;&#233;couter, de comprendre le Vietnam des<br />
ann&#233;es 90. De rencontre en rencontre, Robert Kramer ne cesse de<br />
chercher ses marques et d&#8217;en changer continuellement, fascin&#233; par le<br />
quotidien, les visages, les gestes, les lieux qu&#8217;il capte d&#8217;une<br />
mani&#232;re sid&#233;rante, hors de tout cadre &#233;tabli. V&#233;ritable partition<br />
visuelle, le film m&#234;le sans cesse pass&#233; et pr&#233;sent, explore les<br />
m&#233;moires, &#233;voque les espoirs et les doutes d&#8217;un pays en pleine<br />
mutation.</p>

	<p>Mercredi 06 d&#233;cembre<br />
18h30 Fernand-Seguin</p>

	<p>Berlin 10/90<br />
R&#233;al. Robert Kramer [France, 1991, 63 min.]<br />
La commande d&#8217;Arte exigeait du cin&#233;aste un plan-s&#233;quence d&#8217;une heure,<br />
contrainte nouvelle dans le cin&#233;ma puisque les cam&#233;ras pellicule ne<br />
permettaient pas de d&#233;passer le quart d&#8217;heure. Le dispositif imagin&#233;<br />
pour venir &#224; bout du pari est de d&#233;couper l&#8217;espace et le temps en deux<br />
&#171; sc&#232;nes &#187; reli&#233;es l&#8217;une &#224; l&#8217;autre par des mouvements lat&#233;raux : (&#8230;)<br />
Kramer assis sur une chaise et un poste de t&#233;l&#233;vision. (Jean-Louis<br />
Comolli, 2002).<<img src="--38a70a861e2b072c7b3d4157210b59a1--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;97c2f2e321a756c99a2e7d453b226203&#8212;><<img src="--da1b494bfd9cdee3d4f8cbfaa9d655f6--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;28e213d9422ed309570e604efd9d6bc7&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Congrès des musiques dans le monde de l&#8217;islam &#124; Conference on Music in the World of Islam</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/09/04/congres-des-musiques-dans-le-monde-de-lislam-conference-on-music-in-the-world-of-islam/104/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Congr&#232;s des musiques dans le monde de l&#8217;islam &#124; Conference on Music in the World of Islam

	Appel &#224; communications

	LES MUSIQUES DANS LE MONDE DE L&#8217;ISLAM

	Un congr&#232;s international
&#224; Assilah (Maroc) du 3 au 9 ao&#251;t 2007 (attention, l&#233;ger changement de dates)
organis&#233; par la Fondation du Forum d&#8217;Assilah et la Maison des Cultures du
Monde

	Date limite de soumission [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.mcm.asso.fr/site02/music-w-islam/index.htm">Congr&#232;s des musiques dans le monde de l&#8217;islam | Conference on Music in the World of Islam</a></p>

	<p>Appel &#224; communications</p>

	<p><span class="caps">LES MUSIQUES DANS LE MONDE DE L</span>&#8217;ISLAM</p>

	<p>Un congr&#232;s international<br />
&#224; Assilah (Maroc) du 3 au 9 ao&#251;t 2007 (attention, l&#233;ger changement de dates)<br />
organis&#233; par la Fondation du Forum d&#8217;Assilah et la Maison des Cultures du<br />
Monde</p>

	<p>Date limite de soumission : 15 octobre 2006</p>


	<p>Call For Papers</p>

	<p>Conference on Music in the World of Islam</p>

	<p>An international conference in Assilah (Morocco), August 3-9, 2007 (dates changed from previous announcements) organized by Fondation du Forum d&#8217;Assilah and Maison des Cultures du<br />
Monde.</p>

	<p>Submit abstracts by : October 15, 2006<!--b5eb8a98089682ba3928bc4051b45c44--></p>
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		<title>New Models for Music as Business</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/08/31/new-models-for-music-as-business/103/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/08/31/new-models-for-music-as-business/103/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	On the other hand...
Professional musicians are thinking about the consequences in the changes made to the business side of their careers. There was already a Canadian coalition (led by Steven Page and Barenaked Ladies) but now British musician Billy Bragg is looking into commercial sites using a &#8220;social networking&#8221; model:
Will Social Nets Be The New [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>On the <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/08/31/back-to-school-riaa-still-not-learning/102/">other hand</a>...<br />
Professional musicians are thinking about the consequences in the changes made to the business side of their careers. There was already a <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/05/08/music-not-a-commodity/93/">Canadian coalition</a> (led by Steven Page and Barenaked Ladies) but now British musician Billy Bragg is looking into commercial sites using a &#8220;social networking&#8221; model:<br />
<a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/will-social-nets-be-the-new-monopoly-on-music-rights-earnings">Will Social Nets Be The New Monopoly On Music Rights &#38; Earnings? | paidContent.org</a><br />
Previously, Bragg had looked into News Corporation&#8217;s MySpace:<br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/31/business/media/31bragg.html?ex=1311998400&#38;en=47cf184652d2e263&#38;ei=5088&#38;partner=rssnyt&#38;emc=rss">Billy Bragg&#8217;s MySpace Protest Movement</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/08/blly_bragg_myspace/">Billy Bragg prompts Myspace rethink</a><br />
(Apparently, MySpace has changed its terms, since then.)<br />
Actually, was just thinking about the new economies of music earlier today. (Even before noticing <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/08/22/is-bronfman-a-schmuck/47/#comment-16169">Mrs. Bronfman&#8217;s comment</a> here, and these latest news items.) It might be time for some people involved to think more creatively about what money there is in music. My take is likely to be too na&#239;ve but given the <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/08/31/back-to-school-riaa-still-not-learning/102/"><span class="caps">RIAA</span>&#8217;s own approach</a>, even na&#239;ve ideas could go a much longer way than intimidation tactics. Should ask an <span class="caps">MBA</span> to get the figures but the public knowledge on the monetary value includes things like:<br />
For a typical year, audio recordings make about thirty billion <span class="caps">USD </span>(sales of CDs, tapes, records, and digital downloads). Advertising alone is at least ten times that amount and music is often involved in television, radio, and movie commercials. At least for one recent year, ringtones (short, low-quality audio samples used for cell phones) accounted for about 10% of the amount from sales of audio recordings overall.<br />
Out of the more than a trillion <span class="caps">USD</span> for <a href="http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2006/06/21/pwc_entertainment_and_media_to_reach_18_trillion_advertising_521_billion_in_2010/">media and entertainment</a>, how much is related to music, directly or indirectly?<br />
There are also markets for music-related merchandise, audio equipment, musical instruments, musical scores, music education, music therapy, etc. While none of these is likely to be enormous, how do these segments compare, as a whole, with sales of audio recordings?</p>

	<p>More importantly, where is there money for musicians? In contracts to produce albums? In connection with commerical &#8220;social network sites?&#8221; In tours? In contracts with television shows? In providing jingles for television commercials? In providing samples for specific uses (such as ringtones)? In teaching music? In composing music for movies? In mixing previously recorded music? In small shows at coffee shops? In grants from the Canada Council? In research on diverse aspects of music? In musical accompaniment to diverse activities? In preparing musical content to be used by would-be musicians? In donations from rich patrons pleased to be sung? In association with political, religious, or social groups?<br />
Is there really a single answer?</p>

	<p>No, music <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/05/08/music-not-a-commodity/93/">isn&#8217;t a commodity</a>. But many musicians want to earn a wage directly from their work in music. A &#8220;record deal&#8221; isn&#8217;t the only way to do it.<br />
Of course, other people (more numerous than many seem to think) make music for other reasons. From the parent singing a lullaby to a postal worker whistling a tune at work, music is a lot of things to a lot of people. Not that the financial aspect is unimportant. But the money which relates directly with the &#8220;music industry&#8221; is clearly but a fraction of what music really represents for the world.<<img src="--73ef122bf363ad8be4a6122127904266--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;9b6e25df7bfc59d116b29f46a825d2fb&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Waived JSTOR Fees for African Institutions</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/07/13/waived-jstor-fees-for-african-institutions/101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	JSTOR: Open Africa Program


	As part of JSTOR&#8217;s mission to create an archive of scholarly literature and extend access to the archive as broadly as possible, we are proud to announce that JSTOR has adopted a plan to waive participation fees for any academic or not-for-profit institution on the continent of Africa. This plan affects new [...]]]></description>
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	<p><blockquote>As part of <span class="caps">JSTOR</span>&#8217;s mission to create an archive of scholarly literature and extend access to the archive as broadly as possible, we are proud to announce that <span class="caps">JSTOR</span> has adopted a plan to waive participation fees for any academic or not-for-profit institution on the continent of Africa. This plan affects new participants, as well as institutions that currently participate in <span class="caps">JSTOR</span>.</blockquote></p>

	<p><span class="caps">JSTOR</span> is one of the most important electronic repositories of academic articles. It covers a wide range of journals from most academic disciplines and from a long period of time. While Internet access itself is often costly in Africa, this could greatly benefit the collaboration between African scholars and their colleagues outside of Africa.<<img src="--c92e05d85843dd6e56ee492eec63c85e--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;ca683579eef4251bb63f423e9db9501b&#8212;><!--233dcf70f865da0506dd56d58e05260d--></p>
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		<title>Ethnomusicologie brésilienne</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/06/10/ethnomusicologie-bresilienne/97/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marie-Christine Parent sur l'ethnomusicologie au Brésil]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><em>Marie-Christine Parent est &#233;tudiante &#224; la ma&#238;trise en ethnomusicologie &#224; l&#8217;Universit&#233; de emMontr&#233;al. &#192; ce titre, elle est membre du Cercle du <a href="http://lrmm.musique.umontreal.ca/"><span class="caps">LRMM</span></a>, le Laboratoire de recherche en musiques du monde dirig&#233; par Monique Desroches. Marie-Christine est pr&#233;sentement en stage &#224; Rio de Janeiro et nous fait part de son exp&#233;rience face &#224; la discipline ethnomusicologique l&#224;-bas.</em></p>

	<p>&#192; moins de s&#8217;int&#233;resser de pr&#232;s au Br&#233;sil ou &#224; un sujet qui peut y &#234;tre li&#233; ou particuli&#232;rement &#233;tudi&#233; ici, tr&#232;s peu d&#8217;&#233;tudiants liront des articles ou livres d&#8217;ethnomusicologues et anthropologues br&#233;siliens, sauf peut-&#234;tre les &#171; classiques &#187; de Roberto da Matta, Gilberto Freyre ou Mario de Andrade, par exemple. Il existe pourtant une litt&#233;rature abondante qui traite de sujets li&#233;s de pr&#232;s ou de loin &#224; l&#8217;ethnomusicologie (anthropologie, &#171; &#233;tudes culturelles &#187;, &#171; folklore &#187;, politiques publiques et culturelles, &#233;ducation artistique, droit des minorit&#233;s, etc.), ainsi que des ouvrages d&#8217;ethnomusicologie (habituellement &#233;dit&#233;s par les presses des universit&#233;s f&#233;d&#233;rales). Dommage que celle-ci ne soit que tr&#232;s peu traduite en anglais ou en fran&#231;ais. &#192; ce sujet, je dirais qu&#8217;il existe de nombreux &#233;changes entre les pays d&#8217;Am&#233;rique latine et le Br&#233;sil. La proximit&#233; des langues portugaise et espagnole rend ces collaborations plus faciles et les pr&#233;occupations des chercheurs semblent &#234;tre comparables. Si les professeurs lisent ce qui s&#8217;&#233;crit &#224; l&#8217;ext&#233;rieur du Br&#233;sil, trop peu d&#8217;&#233;tudiants (surtout au baccalaur&#233;at et &#224; la ma&#238;trise) le font. La lecture de textes en anglais et en fran&#231;ais (encore pire !) les rebrousse&#8230; Ceci laisse toutefois place au d&#233;veloppement d&#8217;une ethnomusicologie &#171; sud-am&#233;ricaine &#187; et &#171; br&#233;silienne &#187;.</p>

	<p>Le Br&#233;sil &#233;tant un pays &#233;norme et regorgeant de traditions culturelles musiques diverses selon les r&#233;gions, les &#233;tudiants et professeurs choisissent g&#233;n&#233;ralement d&#8217;effectuer leurs recherches dans leur propre pays. Le travail de terrain dans une contr&#233;e inconnue ou totalement diff&#233;rente de la leur ne fait pas partie de la tradition ethnomusicologique br&#233;silienne (probablement aussi parce que la plupart n&#8217;auraient pas la possibilit&#233; de le faire) et cette perspective fait m&#234;me rigoler plusieurs d&#8217;entre eux. Comment un Br&#233;silien pourrait comprendre les enjeux d&#8217;une musique bulgare ? Que ce soit aupr&#232;s des communaut&#233;s autochtones, afro-br&#233;siliennes, des groupes minoritaires ou marginaux, plusieurs vont tenter de comprendre les pr&#233;occupations et revendications des communaut&#233;s &#233;tudi&#233;es et adoptent en quelque sorte un r&#244;le de m&#233;diateur entre les instances publiques et ces populations avec qui ils collaborent (je pourrais dire &#171; ces populations qu&#8217;ils &#233;tudient &#187;, mais j&#8217;ai l&#8217;impression que la tendance actuelle va vers un travail de collaboration et de dialogue avec les populations &#233;tudi&#233;es). Cela dit, il existe diverses m&#233;thodes et pr&#233;occupations.</p>

	<p>Le professeur Samuel Ara&#250;jo, avec qui je travaille actuellement, fait partie des quelques chercheurs-ethnomusicologues br&#233;siliens (avec, entre autres, Angela Luhning de l&#8217;UFBA) qui optent pour une ethnomusicologie &#171; appliqu&#233;e &#187; et &#171; participante &#187;, dans laquelle le retour aux communaut&#233;s &#171; &#233;tudi&#233;es &#187; est primordial. D&#8217;ailleurs, les questions pos&#233;es proviennent souvent de l&#8217;int&#233;rieur-m&#234;me de ces communaut&#233;s. Dans ce cas, le chercheur joue un r&#244;le de m&#233;diateur et d&#8217;orienteur et suscite la r&#233;flexion au sein du groupe. Le dialogue engendr&#233; par cette m&#233;thode remet parfois en doute &#171; l&#8217;autorit&#233; scientifique &#187;, puisqu&#8217;il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;une certaine fa&#231;on d&#8217;int&#233;grer et de consid&#233;rer davantage le discours des personnes &#171; &#233;tudi&#233;es &#187;. Ainsi, on tente &#233;galement de rapprocher les milieux acad&#233;mique et &#171; populaires &#187;.</p>

	<p>Fait propre &#224; l&#8217;Am&#233;rique latine, l&#8217; &#171; h&#233;t&#233;rog&#233;n&#233;it&#233; multitemporelle &#187; (voir &#224; ce sujet : N.G. Canclini, 1998), c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire une forme de coexistence des pratiques modernes &#224; c&#244;t&#233; de celles traditionnelles et aussi ce r&#233;sultat hybride du m&#233;lange entre le sacr&#233;, le populaire et la culture de masse, a certainement &#224; voir avec le fait que l&#8217;&#233;tude des musiques populaires (autant que ce que nous pourrions appeler musiques r&#233;gionales, traditionnelles ou autres) rel&#232;ve en grande partie de l&#8217;ethnomusicologie ici.</p>

	<p>Ainsi, on a vu na&#238;tre l&#8217;Association latino-am&#233;ricaine pour l&#8217;&#233;tude de la musique populaire (<a href="http://www.hist.puc.cl/historia/iaspmla.html">branche latino-am&#233;ricaine de l&#8217;IASPM</a>) suite au congr&#232;s de la Havane (1994, je crois). L&#8217;ouvrage &#171; M&#250;sica Popular na Am&#233;rica Latina &#8211; Pontos de Escuta &#187; (UFRGS Editora, org. de Martha Ulh&#244;a et Ana Maria Ochoa, en espagnol et portugais) est disponible &#224; la biblioth&#232;que de l&#8217;UdeM (sinon, aupr&#232;s de Philip Tagg !) et donne une bonne id&#233;e des tendances actuelles dans l&#8217;&#233;tudes des musiques populaires en Am&#233;rique latine. On y retrouve plusieurs articles d&#8217;ethnomusicologues.</p>

	<p>Ce lien entre ethnomusicologie et musiques populaires ne date pas d&#8217;hier dans la &#171; tradition ethnomusicologique &#187; br&#233;silienne. Les premiers ouvrages traitant des musiques br&#233;siliennes (Renato Almeida (1942), Mario de Andrade(1963 et 1972) incluent les diff&#233;rents styles de musiques populaires propres &#224; chaque r&#233;gion. Toutefois, l&#8217;ethnomusicologie br&#233;silienne est apparue officiellement au travers des programmes d&#8217;anthropologie, particuli&#232;rement dans la recherche en ethnologie indig&#232;ne (Bastos, 1979). Les chercheurs actuels s&#8217;int&#233;ressent de plus en plus aux effets de la mise en march&#233; des musiques, aux recherches en milieu urbain (hip hop, funk, rock ; soit les musiques qui ne font pas partie du courant <span class="caps">MPB </span>{m&#250;sica popular brasileira}), etc. Aussi, le contexte particulier du Br&#233;sil et de l&#8217;Am&#233;rique latine am&#232;ne les chercheurs &#224; s&#8217;int&#233;resser &#224; divers th&#232;mes, telles que ceux de la violence ou de la s&#233;curit&#233; publique(voir Ara&#250;jo, A. Cragnolini), les politiques publiques (Ara&#250;jo, Alves de Souza, R. Pereira Tugny).</p>

	<p>Enfin, concernant les liens entre anthropologie et ethnomusicologie, la musique est au coeur de la vie des Br&#233;siliens. Les anthropologues peuvent donc difficilement en faire abstraction et, comme le pr&#233;cise Menezes Bastos (Anais, <span class="caps">II </span>Encontro Nacional da <span class="caps">ABET</span>, 2004), &#171; la musique s&#8217;av&#232;re presque indispensable pour une compr&#233;hension du Br&#233;sil &#187;. Il existe encore aujourd&#8217;hui une tradition d&#8217;anthropologues qui &#233;tudient les ph&#233;nom&#232;nes musicaux (&#233;tude des musiques br&#233;siliennes &#171; de fora &#187; [de l&#8217;ext&#233;rieur de la tradition ethnomusicologique). Hermano Vianna en est un bon exemple (anthropologue qui a fait des recherches sur la samba et le funk brasileiro, entre autrs). Mais l&#8217;ethnomusicologie occupe une place de plus en plus importante.  La discipline (recherche et enseignement) est pr&#233;sente dans les &#201;tats de Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro, S&#227;o Paulo, Bras&#237;lia, bahia, Pernambuco et Para&#237;ba.  De plus, plusieurs Am&#233;ricains, Fran&#231;ais et Anglais poursuivent des recherches au Br&#233;sil.  Plusieurs ethnomusicologues br&#233;siliens (Lucas, Luhning, Pinto, Ara&#250;jo, Carvalho, Sandroni) trouvent que les travaux fait par des chercheurs provenant de d&#8217;autres disciplines (anthropologie, sociologie&#8230;) n&#8217;atteignent pas le m&#234;me niveau de &#171; maturit&#233; &#187; que les publications provenant des ethnomusicologues.   Dans le but de favoriser les &#233;changes d&#8217;id&#233;es et de connaissances, les ethnomusicologues br&#233;siliens ont cr&#233;&#233;, en 2001, l&#8217;Association br&#233;silienne d&#8217;ethnomusicologie (<a href="http://www.abetmusica.org/"><span class="caps">ABET</span></a>) a &#233;t&#233; cr&#233;&#233;e et la revue &#171; <a href="http://www.musicaecultura.ufba.br/carta_editores.htm">M&#250;sica e cultura</a> &#187; vient de publier sa premi&#232;re &#233;dition (2006).<<img src="--aa4206754228c2d83b0649edbd04859f--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;4a6148cf0e2831f7927d372ae44f2f02&#8212;><<img src="--c67c7045badcb67499d44ad09445228b--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;80f307f6ad08ef9007a8670814a61779&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Atelier Popolo Workshop</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/06/06/atelier-popolo-workshop/96/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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	Alhan el-Aalam Music and Culture Series Workshop
Fri, June 16, 1:00 PM
Sala Rossa
4848 St. Laurent
Free!

	As part of the programming for its 2006 edition, the organizers of Suoni Per Il Popolo are pleased to announce &#8220;Middle Eastern Musical Expression in an Age of Fear and Misunderstanding:  A Workshop&#8221;.  This workshop, which will include [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.casadelpopolo.com/suoni/spectacles.htm">casa del popolo</a></p>

	<p>Alhan el-Aalam Music and Culture Series Workshop<br />
Fri, June 16, 1:00 PM<br />
Sala Rossa<br />
4848 St. Laurent<br />
Free!</p>

	<p>As part of the programming for its 2006 edition, the organizers of Suoni Per Il Popolo are pleased to announce &#8220;Middle Eastern Musical Expression in an Age of Fear and Misunderstanding:  A Workshop&#8221;.  This workshop, which will include the participation of a number of artists from throughout the Middle East and its various diasporas, is organized in conjunction with the &#8220;Alhan El-Aalam&#8221; series, whose goal is to the celebrate the influence of Middle Eastern music on the North American avant garde and acknowledge the presence of various Middle Eastern diasporas in Canadian public life.  The facilitators for the workshop will present a series of listening activities and discussion that touch on some or all of the following topics:</p>

	<p>-How does music, not only lyrics but also sound, convey meaning about cultural, ethnic, and religious difference?<br />
-How can music be both a bridge and an obstacle to combating negative stereotypes about people and politics in the Middle East?<br />
-Can improvisation and/or listening be mobilized as metaphors of reconciliation in current and recent conflicts in the Middle East?<br />
-What is or what should be the role that artists play in public debates about political and economic violence?<br />
-What does it mean to talk about the Middle East as a political or cultural entity?</p>

	<p>This workshop will include: Hassan El-Hadi, Yassin Alsalman (Narci) and members of A Silver Mt. Zion and The Black Ox Orchestra<br />
Workshop facilitators:<br />
Eric Lewis (Department of Philosophy, McGill University)<br />
Bob W. White (Department of Anthropology, Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al)</p>

	<p>Come join us for an afternoon of discussion, music and debate.<!--5666ee9a3c16772c2d5c1c215a5fa8e8--></p>
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		<title>NETTIME_NORTH_AMERICA / NETTIME_AMERIQUE_DU_NORD 2006 30 MAI MONTREAL &#8230; !!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/05/28/nettime_north_america-nettime_amerique_du_nord-2006-30-mai-montreal/95/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 20:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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	MUTEK &#38; UPGRADE MONTREAL PR&#201;SENTENT:

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	<p><span class="caps">MUTEK</span> &#38; <span class="caps">UPGRADE MONTREAL PR</span>&#201;SENTENT:</p>

	<p>+++++++++++++++++++++</p>

	<p><span class="caps">NETTIME</span>_NORTH_AMERICA_GATHERING</p>
   <span class="caps">NETTIME</span>_AMERIQUE_DU_NORD

	<p><span class="caps">CRITICAL PRACTICE RESUSCITATION </span>(CPR)</p>

    contenu libre / tactical media / open source
    hacktivism / medias hackers / no borders / sans fronti&#232;res
    VJs / DJs / net.art / net-performance
    grassroots strategies / pens&#233;e rhizomatique
    techno-nomadisme / <span class="caps">NETTIME</span>.ORG!

	<p>++++++++++++++++++</p>

    mardi
    30 <span class="caps">MAI 2006</span>
        tuesday

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	<p>@ <span class="caps">SAT</span>, 1195 St. Laurent<br />
10h00 &#8211; 24h00</p>

	<p><strong><span class="caps">GRATUIT</span></strong> / <strong><span class="caps">FREE</span></strong></p>

	<p><span class="caps">MONTREAL</span>, CANADA</p>


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	<p>[TOUTES <span class="caps">LES INFOS </span>/ ALL <span class="caps">INFORMATION</span></p>
    <span class="caps">HORAIRE </span>/ SCHEDULE
    <span class="caps">ETC</span>.
            [[[[[     http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca  <&#8212;- ]

	<p>avec (international) participants:</p>

    Ted Byfield / David Garcia / Stephen Kovats
    Ken Werbin / Abe Burmeister / <span class="caps">NAW</span> &#38; <span class="caps">VJ </span>Nokami
    John Sobol / Johnny Ranger / Fishead / Lucille Calmel
    JoCool / M.I.L.F. / Nina Czegledy / beewoo
    Kirsty Robertson / Gita Hashemi / Kevin Yuen Kit Lo
    Michael Lenczner / Aaron Lakoff / Omar Bickell
    Jaggi Singh / Helen Hudson / Miriam Verburg
    Koumbit.org / Ile Sans Fil / <span class="caps">CKUT </span>/ Studio XX
    <span class="caps">ACT</span>-MTL / No One is Illegal-MTL / <span class="caps">SAB</span>-SSF
    <span class="caps">V2 </span>/ Next Five Minutes ..


	<ul>
		<li>un jour de d&#233;bats publics, pr&#233;sentations et performances *</li>
	</ul>

	<ul>
		<li>a day of public discussion, presentation &#38; performance *</li>
	</ul>


	<p>partenaires / partners:</p>
                Mutek.ca / Turbulence.org / Rhizome.org / <span class="caps">SAT</span>
                <span class="caps">CKUT 90</span>.3 <span class="caps">FM </span>/ esse / Parachute / V2
                Upgrade International / Nettime.org

	<p>++++++++++++++++++++</p>

	<p>[english below]</p>


	<p>Le mardi, 30 mai 2006, Upgrade Montr&#233;al sera l&#8217;h&#244;te de la premi&#232;re<br />
rencontre nord-am&#233;ricaine de la liste de diffusion internationale<br />
<nettime>.</p>

	<p>La Rencontre inaugura aussi l&#8217;&#233;dition 2006 du festival des arts<br />
num&#233;riques de Mutek.</p>

	<p>Nettime.org est depuis longtemps le point focal du indymedia mondial,<br />
du net-art, des m&#233;dias tactiques et des arts technologiques. Depuis<br />
1994, sa liste de diffusion, ses discussions enligne et hors ligne, ses<br />
publications et ses rencontres ont galvanis&#233; une quantit&#233; de r&#233;seaux<br />
transnationaux de m&#234;me que leurs praticiens, d&#233;veloppant ainsi une<br />
expression de cette culture sous le nom de &#8220;net.criticism.&#8221; En 2006,<br />
Nettime c&#233;l&#232;bre son 11e anniversaire, fort d&#8217;une d&#233;cennie de<br />
publications, d&#8217;interventions et de d&#233;bats. _Cela &#233;tant dit, quel est<br />
le r&#244;le continu et l&#8217;impact de Nettime de nos jours_?</p>

	<p>&#201;tant un noeud d&#8217;Upgrade International, un r&#233;seau grassroots d&#8217;art<br />
technologique en expansion, la Rencontre posera une s&#233;rie de questions<br />
&#224; l&#8217;&#233;gard du futur de Nettime: quels en sont les nouveaux participants,<br />
et quelles sont les nouvelles directions prises par les m&#233;dias<br />
tactiques?</p>

	<p>Membres du public, artistes, th&#233;oriciens, auteurs, codeurs, et curieux<br />
de tous genres sont les bienvenu(e)s &#224; cette s&#233;rie de pr&#233;sentations et<br />
de panels qui seront suivis d&#8217;une soir&#233;e de musique et de performance<br />
d&#233;di&#233;es &#224; Nettime, ses membres, ses oeuvres, ses pass&#233;s et ses futurs.<br />
Des membres internationaux de Nettime seront de la partie, ainsi que<br />
des mod&#233;rateurs de liste. Nettime est une liste ouverte et cet<br />
&#233;v&#233;nement est ouvert au public!</p>

	<p>Horaire / infos:<br />
http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca/cpr</p>

	<p>*traduction simultan&#233;e chuchot&#233;e vers le fran&#231;ais disponible sur place.</p>



	<p> [english]</p>

	<p>On Tuesday, May 30th 2006 the Upgrade Montreal will bring together the<br />
first North American gathering of the global mailing list, <nettime>.</p>

	<p>The Gathering will also launch the 2006 edition of the Mutek festival<br />
of digital culture.</p>

	<p>Nettime.org has long been the focal point of global indymedia, net-art,<br />
tactical media and the technology arts. Since 1994 its mailing lists,<br />
online and offline discussions, publications and gatherings have<br />
galvanized a flurry of global networks and their practitioners,<br />
developing an _expression of Net culture known as &#8220;net.criticism.&#8221;  In<br />
2006, Nettime celebrates its 11th birthday against the backdrop of over<br />
a decade of publications, interventions and debates. _But what is the<br />
continuing role and impact of Nettime today_?</p>

	<p>As a node in the expanding, grassroots technology arts network Upgrade<br />
International, this Gathering poses a series of questions to the future<br />
of Nettime: _who are the new practitioners &#38; what are the new<br />
directions in tactical media_?</p>

	<p>Members of the public, artists, theorists, writers, codemonkeys and the<br />
curious are welcome to attend a series of talks and panels followed by<br />
an evening of music and performance devoted to Nettime, its members, it<br />
works, its pasts and its futures. International members of Nettime will<br />
be in attendance including list moderators. Nettime is an open list and<br />
this event is open to all of the public!</p>

	<p>Schedule / info:<br />
http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca/cpr</p>


	<p>===</p>

	<p>[upgrade]</p>

	<p>L&#8217;Upgrade est une organisation autonome, internationale et rhizomatique<br />
de rendez-vous mensuels pour la culture num&#233;rique et les arts<br />
technologiques. Upgrade Montr&#233;al b&#233;n&#233;ficie du soutien g&#233;n&#233;reux de la<br />
Soci&#233;t&#233; des arts technologiques [SAT], ainsi que de ses r&#233;seaux formant<br />
Upgrade International, des divers partenaires avec lesquels il<br />
collabore, des artistes faisant don de leur temps, et de l&#8217;&#233;nergie<br />
b&#233;n&#233;vole de son triumvirate organisateur.</p>

    http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca | http://www.theupgrade.net

	<p>The Upgrade is an autonomous, international and grassroots organisation<br />
of monthly gatherings for digital culture and the technology arts.<br />
Upgrade Montreal is generously supported by The Society for Arts and<br />
Technology (SAT), through the networks of the Upgrade International,<br />
the various partners we work with, the artists who donate their time<br />
and the personal energies of its organiser triumvirate.</p>

	<p>&#8212;&#8212;bisous from the triumvirate:</p>

    tobias c. van Veen
    Sophie Le-Phat Ho
    Anik Fournier








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		<title>QueCon Blues</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/05/19/quecon-blues/94/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 18:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quebec music and regulationsu]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>In a <a href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=1249">column</a> on the Commercial Radio Review by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Michael Geist asks:<br />
<blockquote>Why is French music from Quebec almost entirely absent from most Canadian online music services?</blockquote><br />
(See <a href="http://michaelgeist.ca/component/option,com_content/task,view/id,1250/comment_write,1/comment_view,1/">comments</a> on Geist&#8217;s blog-like homepage.)</p>

	<p>It&#8217;d be interesting to determine the effects of Canadian Content rules (&#8220;CanCon&#8221;) on the state of Quebec&#8217;s musics. <span id="more-94"></span>It&#8217;s quite possible that CanCon has been one of the reasons behind the vitality of Francophone music in Quebec, especially when considering airplay on Anglophone radio stations. Yet, it seems to me that the current state of the &#8220;music industry&#8221; in Quebec is much less dependent on CanCon than it might have been in the past. This is not a full-fledged analysis on my part and I might be completely off-base. But this preliminary hypothesis is based on a few observations as a French-speaking Quebecker, a &#171;Canadien errant&#187; (an itinerant French-Canadian), and a fan of Francophone musics. My emphasis here is on &#171;chanson&#187;, the type of music done by &#171;auteurs compositeurs interpr&#232;tes&#187; (&#8220;singers-songwriters&#8221;). In terms of sales, it&#8217;s a relatively important market but it&#8217;s mostly significant as part of Qu&#233;b&#233;cois identity.<br />
Through a significant period of Quebec&#8217;s recent history, there was a perception that musicians, especially singers, had to succeed in Paris to be recognized in Quebec. France was, and still remains to some extent, the main reference for Quebec&#8217;s &#8220;cultural institutions&#8221; and there was a sense that Quebec culture was dependent on French recognition. Many actors in Quebec&#8217;s music scenes looked up to France as a significant source of prestige. Obviously, Quebec artists were also influenced by British and American cultures. But pride in &#8220;our artists&#8221; was most often triggered by the accolades they would receive in France.<br />
Quebec&#8217;s singers are now much less dependent on France. For instance, Daniel B&#233;langer, Ariane Moffatt, and other musicians on the <a href="http://www.audiogram.com/">Audiogram</a> independent label have achieved significant success in Quebec before ever performing in France. In fact, a few French artists even achieve recognition in Quebec before they do so in France, partly because of large musicals like Plamondon and Cocciante&#8217;s adaptation of <em>Notre-Dame de Paris</em>. Some could say that Quebec culture is now much more inward-looking and insular than it ever was. The effect is a relative autonomy in the world of &#8220;cultural industries&#8221; (arts and entertainment, media, etc.).<br />
Which brings another point, often bemoaned by many Quebeckers but clearly central to Quebec&#8217;s current situation: <a href="http://www.konradyakabuski.com/articles/2003_05.html">media convergence</a>. In Quebec, &#8220;convergence&#8221; is often used as a buzzword to designate (and often decry) the practises of large corporations like Quebecor which own several media outlets and use this type of integration to cross-promote the people with whom they sign contract (or, as some put it, &#8220;to plug the artists they own&#8221;). Quebecor itself, seen as a giant, argues that it is in fact much smaller and more benevolent than the real threat of international media conglomerates (typically coming from the United States). Whatever the case may be, this discourse plays on cultural identity. No matter how evil or monopolistic it may be, Quebecor is still a Quebec institution (it says so in its name). And the contents they push are identified as part of Quebec culture, whether they&#8217;re original Quebec content or are adaptated from content which has worked in France and the United States.<br />
By to the <span class="caps">CRTC</span> and content rules. Quebec content (QueCon) is covered in part by CanCon, at least through language-specific rules (Acadian and Franco-Ontarian musics are different though connected stories). Cultural protectionism does titillate cultural identity. Qu&#233;b&#233;cois don&#8217;t typically think of Canada&#8217;s federal agencies like the <span class="caps">CRTC</span> as defenders of Quebec&#8217;s distinct culture. In fact, some Qu&#233;b&#233;cois critics see the <span class="caps">CRTC</span> almost as a threat to Quebec culture, perhaps even more so than anything coming from the United States. This perception might be completely inaccurate but it does inform the attitudes of many Qu&#233;b&#233;cois on culture and media.<br />
In such a context, how important is it for the <span class="caps">CRTC</span> to &#8220;protect&#8221; Quebec content?<<img src="--3647f982bb35cd9328bc2ca1fbd33ed7--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;0e1e868329cb81e3a22a710f726d685e&#8212;><!--896666078f1c657a476d46ba21337a43--></p>
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		<title>Music: Not a Commodity</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/05/08/music-not-a-commodity/93/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2006 19:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Steven Page, of Barenaked Ladies, on record labels:

	Steven makes the case that record labels still need to learn that music is not a commodity, and marketing it in that way alienates fans who view it in an almost spiritual sense. Music is a touchstone in our lives &#8211; it&#8217;s the soundtrack of our past, tied [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.pcworld.ca/news/column/00c878ad0a01040800577d95c0379858/pg1.htm">Steven Page, of Barenaked Ladies, on record labels</a>:</p>

	<p><blockquote>Steven makes the case that record labels still need to learn that music is not a commodity, and marketing it in that way alienates fans who view it in an almost spiritual sense. Music is a touchstone in our lives &#8211; it&#8217;s the soundtrack of our past, tied directly to our emotions and memories. The impression of fans is that the recording industry wants to control what most people consider to be something very personal.<br />
</blockquote></p>

	<p>Page is part of the <a href="http://www.musiccreators.ca/">Canadian Music Creators Coalition</a> which has a simple <a href="http://www.musiccreators.ca/a_new_voice.php">message</a> based on three principles:<br />
<ol></p>
	<p><li>Suing Our Fans is Destructive and Hypocritical</li><br />
<li>Digital Locks are Risky and Counterproductive</li><br />
<li>Cultural Policy Should Support Actual Canadian Artists</li><br />
</ol></p>
	<p>Members of that coalition include such disparate musicians as Chantal Kreviazuk, Sam Roberts, Avril Lavigne, and Sarah McLachlan. While this coalition&#8217;s meant as a movement for Canadian artists, its message goes much further than Canadian exceptionalism.<br />
Material available on the site and press coverage of the movement is surprisingly insightful and clear. While they may oversimplify some issues, their voice is loud and clear.<!--88c237e59d1e2de503cceaaa37064b14--></p>
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		<title>Alternate Distribution</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/04/24/alternate-distribution/90/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	An interesting discussion on copyright in thelatest episode (April 23, 2006 TWiT 51: Digg This) of the This Week in Tech podcast. Nothing really new, apart from the proposed &#8220;DMCA II&#8221; legislation. But some of the comments by TWiT participants were quite insightful.
Somewhat similarly, a recent episode (04/21/06 &#8211; Tom is lazy) of the Buzz [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>An interesting discussion on copyright in the<a href="http://twit.tv/twit51">latest episode</a> (April 23, 2006 TWiT 51: Digg This) of the <a href="http://twit.tv/">This Week in Tech</a> podcast. Nothing really new, apart from the proposed &#8220;<a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6064016.html?part=rss&#38;tag=6064016&#38;subj=news"><span class="caps">DMCA II</span></a>&#8221; legislation. But some of the comments by TWiT participants were quite insightful.<br />
Somewhat similarly, a recent episode (04/21/06 &#8211; Tom is lazy) of the <a href="http://bol.cnet.com/">Buzz Out Loud</a> podcast had some things to say about the changing landscape of music distribution as ticket prices for mainstream acts are skyrocketing.<br />
Among interesting commonalities, both groups talk about new distribution modes in a context in which the <span class="caps">RIAA</span> and other &#8220;Old Media&#8221; organizations are trying to maintain a stronghold on distribution channels.</p>

	<p>We do live in interesting times.<!--b062080ad67cb793377b29241d197e12--></p>
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		<title>World of the Mbira</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/04/14/world-of-the-mbira/89/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Among the trendiest &#8220;World Music&#8221; bands right now is Konono no 1. Their sound is intimately linked to the likemb&#233; lamellaphone (sanza, mbira...).
The Dailsonic podcast recently ran a three-part series on that instrument:
(Part 1), (Part ), (Part 3). The podcast episodes include examples of mbira-playing in strikingly different musical contexts, including Jazz. Though he wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Among the trendiest &#8220;World Music&#8221; bands right now is <a href="http://www.crammed.be/konono/">Konono no 1</a>. Their sound is intimately linked to the <em>likemb&#233;</em> lamellaphone (<em>sanza</em>, <em>mbira</em>...).<br />
The Dailsonic podcast recently ran a three-part series on that instrument:<br />
<a href="http://www.dailysonic.com/segment1331">(Part 1)</a>, <a href="http://www.dailysonic.com/segment1339">(Part )</a>, <a href="http://www.dailysonic.com/segment1346">(Part 3)</a>. The podcast episodes include examples of <em>mbira</em>-playing in strikingly different musical contexts, including Jazz. Though he wasn&#8217;t mentioned on Dailysonic, <em>Oregon</em>&#8217;s <a href="http://www.collinwalcott.com/biography.php">Colin Walcott</a> was an early practitioner of Jazz <em>mbira</em>.<br />
Some African <em>mbira</em>-players such as <a href="http://www.dandemutande.org/Catalog/?cat=Music&#38;artist=MatiureSheasby">Sheasby Matiure</a> are touring extensively in North America.<br />
The instrument&#8217;s sound is quite recognizable, which might explain its popularity. It also has an aura of exoticism and is relatively easy to make (Colin Walcott&#8217;s instrument was made out of an insecticide can). After all, Africa sells when it&#8217;s cheap and exotic.</p>

	<p>Organology and Globalization. Made for each other.<!--bc1c5cdcb4f85e25758987cabb7f96b3--></p>
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		<title>Nouvelles d&#8217;Amsterdam</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/03/16/nouvelles-damsterdam/85/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Chers tous,

	J&#8217;ai jusqu&#8217;&#224; pr&#233;sent &#233;vit&#233; d&#8217;envoyer ou poster des photos identifiant les
compositeurs, par simple pr&#233;caution, bien qu&#8217;ils m&#8217;aient donn&#233; leur
consentement, mais apr&#232;s avoir reconfirm&#233; de nouveau avec eux leur accord
de poster des photos plus explicites et identifiables, je peux enfin vous
envoyer des photos plus int&#233;ressantes.

	Je vous envoie donc une photo du Muziekgebouw de loin et [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Chers tous,</p>

	<p>J&#8217;ai jusqu&#8217;&#224; pr&#233;sent &#233;vit&#233; d&#8217;envoyer ou poster des photos identifiant les<br />
compositeurs, par simple pr&#233;caution, bien qu&#8217;ils m&#8217;aient donn&#233; leur<br />
consentement, mais apr&#232;s avoir reconfirm&#233; de nouveau avec eux leur accord<br />
de poster des photos plus explicites et identifiables, je peux enfin vous<br />
envoyer des photos plus int&#233;ressantes.</p>

	<p>Je vous envoie donc une photo du Muziekgebouw de loin et une des quatre<br />
compositeurs dans un restaurant indien o&#249; nous avons pass&#233; un bon moment &#224;<br />
discuter de musique et identit&#233;. J&#8217;ai pu aujourd&#8217;hui organis&#233; un<br />
calendrier d&#8217;entrevues individuels avec chacun des compositeurs. Pour<br />
aller au del&#224; du discours <span class="caps">SUR</span> la musique et pour parler de discours<br />
musical comme tel, j&#8217;ai demand&#233; aux compositeurs d&#8217;apporter leurs<br />
brouillons et partitions, et si possible des enregistrements &#224; partir de<br />
leurs logiciels de notation de leurs cr&#233;ations et nous allons faire<br />
l&#8217;entrevue en prennant ces documents comme point de r&#233;f&#233;rence. J&#8217;ai pu le<br />
faire aujourd&#8217;hui avec Ezequiel, le compositeur argentin, et vous ne<br />
pouvez imaginer la richesse de la discussion. Il m&#8217;a beaucoup appris sur<br />
le processus de cr&#233;ation musicale et surtout sur sa fa&#231;on d&#8217;approcher une<br />
nouvelle pi&#232;ce et de la construire.</p>

	<p>Dans une tradition musicale tr&#232;s d&#233;pendante de l&#8217;&#233;criture, j&#8217;ai compris<br />
que la partition &#233;tait incontournable et qu,il fallait l&#8217;inclure comme<br />
&#8220;informateur&#8221; dans l&#8217;entretien ethnomusicologique. Ce qui rend la<br />
conversation encore plus int&#233;ressante, c&#8217;est la pr&#233;sence du <span class="caps">NEM</span>, dont les<br />
r&#233;p&#233;titions des cr&#233;ations tous les jours permet aussi d&#8217;examiner des<br />
questions d&#8217;interpr&#233;tation et de performance.</p>

	<p>Je n&#8217;entrerai pas dans les d&#233;tails des discussions (ce sera pour la<br />
th&#232;se!) mais je vous laisse au moins avec quelques photos. (une photo avec<br />
la compositrice allemande, Karola, discutant de sa pi&#232;ce avec Lorraine<br />
Vaillancourt durant une r&#233;p&#233;tition, une de Geof, le compositeur canadien<br />
&#233;coutant sa pi&#232;ce sur sc&#232;ne durant une r&#233;p&#233;tition et une de Marco, le<br />
compositeur serbe, durant un master-class d&#8217;analyse de son oeuvre, et une<br />
de Ezequiel, avec des brouillons de sa partitions suite &#224; notre entretien<br />
(Je voulais le photographier lisant la partition, mais il &#233;tait trop<br />
conscient de la cam&#233;ra. J&#8217;ai eu droit &#224; un magnifique sourire).</p>

	<p>&#192; bient&#244;t!</p>

	<p>Yara</p>

	<p><img src='http://blog.criticalworld.net/wp-content/amsterdam_2nday15.jpg' alt='' /></p>

	<p><img src='http://blog.criticalworld.net/wp-content/amsterdam_2nday29.jpg' alt='' /></p>

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		<title>first day</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/03/13/first-day/80/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Just got back from my first day at the Forum. As first days go, I couldn&#8217;t have asked for a better experience. Having ethnographed the 2004 edition of the Forum, most of the musicians recognized me and couldn&#8217;t believe that I had actually followed them all the way from Montreal just to hear them practice! That was a big ice-breaker with the musicians being clearly appreciative of the  you enter. Behind the bars are lights that are designed to change the whole mood of the hall, which is an indication that visuality has finally broken through the glass cieling of pure sound ideology. Ah yeah, and the whole building is set on the edge of a wide port. The exterior is all glass which gives the impression that the water is IN the building.</p>

	<p>As I talked to the musicians, I realized that they were really impressed with the place, it seemed that they were in their fairytale music hall, and couldn&#8217;t stop raving about the acoustics.</p>

	<p>As for the composers, I had a nice bite with them over lunch and talked about different ideologies in music conservatories, and between the schools of electroacoustic music and instrumental music. Didn&#8217;t record &#8230; I decided to keep the &#8220;technology&#8221; out of the way until I establish a real rapport. All though I did record over three hours of repetitions with the ipod discreetly placed under the conductor in order to hear his comments on the piece. He seemd to be very comfortable with it.</p>

	<p>So over all it was a pretty successful and impressive day. Just got back to catch up on some much needed sleep and make some phone calls &#8230; until I realized my low budget hotel doesn&#8217;t have a phone line in my room. Oh well! It was free wireless internet so who needs phones?</p>

	<p><span class="caps">BTW </span>Thanks Pascal for the links to the <span class="caps">NEM</span>!</p>

	<p>Here is the link to the Muziekgebouw where the event is taking place and I&#8217;ll be uploading some pics right away:<br />
http://www.muziekgebouw.nl/uk/gebouw_detail.asp?id=3</p>

	<p>Yara<!--6a229a366a45b29ab394a14cea6707c4--></p>
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		<title>Nicholas Cook on Music</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/03/12/cook-on-music/78/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 02:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Was listening to a podcast reading of the first chapter in the French edition of Nicholas Cook&#8217;s Music. A Very Short Introduction.
Didn&#8217;t read the book but it sounds rather clear and thoughtful. It does refer to events in the recent history of music which are close to Critical  World&#8217;s mission.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Was listening to a <a href="http://www.incipitblog.com/index.php/2006/03/12/nicholas-cook-musique-une-tres-breve-introduction-1998/">podcast reading</a> of the first chapter in the French edition of <a href="http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Music/Staff/NickCook.html">Nicholas Cook</a>&#8217;s <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0192853821/">Music. A Very Short Introduction</a></em>.<br />
Didn&#8217;t read the book but it sounds rather clear and thoughtful. It does refer to events in the recent history of music which are close to Critical  World&#8217;s mission.<!--0ee751668ba9e1f00dbe70761d033b31--></p>
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		<title>Music vs. Racism</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/03/09/music-vs-racism/77/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Critical World</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	La Semaine d&#8217;actions contre le racisme &#8211; www.inforacisme.com
Good music, good cause.
Alpha Blondy, Groundation, Chango Family, Karavan Kaya, Kaliroots, Laura Robles, Guemilere, 7 doigts de la main, Manouche, Oztara, La Mine de Rien, Dibondoko, Bombolesse, Zuruba, Syncop, Opposum, Garbanzo, Kaolectif&#8230;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.inforacisme.com/fr/12hmusiques.html">La Semaine d&#8217;actions contre le racisme &#8211; www.inforacisme.com</a><br />
Good music, good cause.<br />
Alpha Blondy, Groundation, Chango Family, Karavan Kaya, Kaliroots, Laura Robles, Guemilere, 7 doigts de la main, Manouche, Oztara, La Mine de Rien, Dibondoko, Bombolesse, Zuruba, Syncop, Opposum, Garbanzo, Kaolectif&#8230;<<img src="--c2aca90e0023a829e8bd7243eca7fdda--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;d284fe23bce005fd1a73fb1e02824f93&#8212;></p>
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		<title>The Upgrade! Montréal » Mars 08: REMIX : VOIX DE FEMMES AUTOCHTONES / VOICES OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/03/02/the-upgrade-montreal-%c2%bb-mars-08-remix-voix-de-femmes-autochtones-voices-of-aboriginal-women/76/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Critical World</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Upgrade! Montr&#233;al &#187; Mars 08: REMIX : VOIX DE FEMMES AUTOCHTONES / VOICES OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN

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UPGRADE MONTREAL
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	MERCREDI, le 08 mars 2006 / WEDNESDAY, March 8th, 2006
Soci&#233;t&#233; des arts technologiques (SAT) &#8211; 1195 St. Laurent


            < http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca/ >

 
En collaboration avec Studio XX, Femmes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca/index.php?p=24">The Upgrade! Montr&#233;al &#187; Mars 08: <span class="caps">REMIX </span>: VOIX <span class="caps">DE FEMMES AUTOCHTONES </span>/ VOICES <span class="caps">OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN</span></a></p>

	<p>============<br />
<span class="caps">UPGRADE MONTREAL</span><br />
============</p>


	<p><span class="caps">MERCREDI</span>, le 08 mars 2006 / <span class="caps">WEDNESDAY</span>, March 8th, 2006<br />
Soci&#233;t&#233; des arts technologiques (SAT) &#8211; 1195 St. Laurent</p>


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En collaboration avec Studio XX, Femmes Autochtones du Qu&#233;bec (FAQ) et<br />
terminus1525, Upgrade Montr&#233;al pr&#233;sente:


	<p>=<br />
REMIX : VOIX DE FEMMES AUTOCHTONES<br />
une manifestation artistique contre la violence pour c&amp;#233;l&amp;#233;brer la<br />
Journ&amp;#233;e internationale des femmes</p>

	<p>REMIX: VOICES OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN<br />
Artists Demonstrating Against Violence in Celebration of International<br />
Women's Day<br />
=</p>

	<p>19h00 &#8211; 22h00 / 7pm &#8211; 10:00pm</p>

	<p>&#8364; 19h00: doors open/ouverture des portes<br />
&#8364; 19h30: Alexis O&#8217;Hara &#38; Fanny Wylde<br />
&#8364; 19h50: Melissa M. Dupuis<br />
&#8364; 20h10: Taqralik Partridge &#38; Nina Segalowitz<br />
&#8364; 20h30: table-ronde/discussion<br />
&#8364; 21h30: musique avec dj Tashish<br />
&#8364; 22h00: Fin</p>


	<p>[.PDF: http://www.quadrantcrossing.org/papers/UpgradePress030806.pdf]</p>


	<p>=========<br />
<span class="caps">UPGRADE MARS</span><br />
=========</p>

	<p><del>Fran&#231;ais</del></p>

	<p>Afin de souligner la Journ&#233;e internationale des femmes, Upgrade est<br />
heureux de s&#8217;associer avec le Studio XX et Femmes autochtones du Qu&#233;bec<br />
(FAQ) pour cette soir&#233;e de mars. La violence &#233;tant une probl&#233;matique<br />
taboue qui touche &#233;norm&#233;ment de femmes, l&#8217;&#233;v&#233;nement veut sensibiliser<br />
le public &#224; cette r&#233;alit&#233; (physique, psychologique, &#233;conomique,<br />
politique et sociale) telle que v&#233;cue par les femmes autochtones au<br />
Qu&#233;bec et au Canada via des interventions artistiques. La soir&#233;e<br />
d&#233;butera avec une performance de la chanteuse algonquine Fanny Wylde et<br />
l&#8217;artiste sonore montr&#233;alaise Alexis O&#8217;Hara, alliant chants<br />
traditionnels et sonorit&#233;s &#233;lectroniques, suivi d&#8217;une performance de<br />
conte moderne de l&#8217;artiste m&#233;diatique innue M&#233;lissa M. Dupuis.<br />
L&#8217;artiste multidisciplinaire ab&#233;naquise Christine Sioui Wawanoloath<br />
pr&#233;sentera aussi une version du mythe de la cr&#233;ation huron-wendatt dans<br />
une installation multim&#233;dia intitul&#233;e Tortue et Femme c&#233;leste, tandis<br />
que les artistes inuits Taqralik Partridge et Nina Segalowitz, ayant<br />
collabor&#233; en 2005 avec l&#8217;Orchestre Symphonique de Montr&#233;al,<br />
interpr&#233;teront quelques chants de gorge. Pour clore la soir&#233;e, une<br />
table-ronde compos&#233;e d&#8217;intervenantes en promotion de la non-violence<br />
autochtone viendront apporter quelques pistes de r&#233;flexion sur le<br />
ph&#233;nom&#232;ne de la violence. Par la m&#234;me occasion, le 5e num&#233;ro de .dpi,<br />
le p&#233;riodique &#233;lectronique du Studio XX, y sera lanc&#233;. Avec &#233;galement<br />
l&#8217;implication de jeunes artistes autochtones via la participation de<br />
terminus1525.ca.</p>

	<p>L&#8217;&#233;v&#233;nement est ouvert &#224; tous et toutes. Ouverture des portes &#224; 19h<br />
avec la musique de dj Tashish, les perfomances d&#233;butent promptement &#224;<br />
19h30, et c&#8217;est gratuit!</p>


	<p><del>English</del></p>

	<p>Marking this year&#8217;s International Women&#8217;s Day, Upgrade Montreal is<br />
happy to collaborate with Studio XX and Quebec Native Women (QNW) for<br />
the March event, presenting women artists demonstrating against<br />
violence. Violence is still a taboo subject and a problem affecting<br />
many women. The event is meant to raise awareness concerning violence<br />
(physical, psychological, economical, political and social) faced by<br />
Aboriginal women of Quebec and Canada. The evening will begin with a<br />
performance by Algonquin singer Fanny Wylde and Montreal audio artist<br />
Alexis O&#185;Hara, combining traditional singing and electronic sounds,<br />
which will be followed by a modern storytelling performance by Innu<br />
media artist Melissa M. Dupuis. Multidisciplinary Abenaki artist,<br />
Christine Sioui Wawanoloath, will also present her own version of the<br />
Huron-Wendatt creation myth in a multimedia installation called Turtle<br />
and Skywoman, while inuit artists Taqralik Partridge and Nina<br />
Segalowitz, who have collaborated with the Montreal Symphonic Orchestra<br />
in 2005, will perform throat singing. In closing the evening, a<br />
roundtable will take place with Aboriginal community workers involved<br />
in the promotion of non-violence in order to deepen a reflection on the<br />
issue of violence. At the same occasion, the 5th issue of .dpi, Studio<br />
XX&#8217;s online periodical, will be launched. The event welcomes the<br />
involvement of young Aboriginal artists with the participation of<br />
terminus1525.ca.</p>

	<p>The March Upgrade is open to all. Doors open at 7pm with music by dj<br />
Tashish. Performances promptly begin at 7.30pm &#8211; and it&#8217;s all free!</p>

 &#8211; Sophie, Anik &#38; tobias<br />
Mars / March 2006



	<p>The Upgrade est une organisation autonome, internationale et<br />
rhizomatique de rendez-vous mensuels pour la culture num&#233;rique et les<br />
arts technologiques.</p>

	<p>The Upgrade is an autonomous, international and grassroots organisation<br />
of monthly gatherings for digital culture and the technology arts.</p>



	<p>Partenaires de mars / March partners:<br />
http://www.studioxx.org/<br />
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		<title>Consumers International v. WIPO</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/02/22/consumers-international-v-wipo/75/</link>
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		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Sent to the mailing-list of the Society for Ethnomusicology by Anthony McCann (&#8220;Irish language lecturer; ethnomusicologist; music journalist; Irish traditional music/culture specialist; music and copyright specialist; theorist of enclosure and the commons; theorist of hope and gentleness; theorist of culture and tradition; singer-songwriter; bodhr&#225;n player&#8221;).

	Consumers International &#8211; Copyright and Access to Knowledge
The Statement to WIPO [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Sent to the <a href="http://webdb.iu.edu/sem/scripts/resources/seml.cfm">mailing-list</a> of the <a href="http://webdb.iu.edu/sem/scripts/home.cfm">Society for Ethnomusicology</a> by <a href="http://www.anthonymccann.com/">Anthony McCann</a> (&#8220;Irish language lecturer; ethnomusicologist; music journalist; Irish traditional music/culture specialist; music and copyright specialist; theorist of enclosure and the commons; theorist of hope and gentleness; theorist of culture and tradition; singer-songwriter; bodhr&#225;n player&#8221;).</p>

	<p><a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=95105&#38;int1stParentNodeID=89652&#38;int2ndParentNodeID=89792&#38;int3rdParentNodeID=89707&#38;int4thParentNodeID=89707&#38;int5thParentNodeID=89707&#38;int6thParentNodeID=89707&#38;int7thParentNodeID=89707&#38;int8thParentNodeID=89707&#38;strSubSite=1&#38;strLHSMenu=89652">Consumers International &#8211; Copyright and Access to Knowledge</a><br />
The Statement to <span class="caps">WIPO </span>(<a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/Shared_ASP_Files/UploadedFiles/27649193-A327-40E0-98F9-AEA3B3E826CD_CIWIPOstatement.doc">Word</a>) is quite short (3 pages) and quite useful. Haven&#8217;t read the Full Report (<a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/Shared_ASP_Files/UploadedFiles/C50257F3-A4A3-4C41-86D9-74CABA4CBCB1_COPYRIGHTFinal16.02.06.pdf"><span class="caps">PDF</span></a>) yet, but it sounds interesting. Focusing on knowledge, learning, and teaching seems like a good strategy in the context.</p>

	<p>McCann also has a website devoted to <a href="http://www.musicandcopyright.org/">Music and Copyright</a>, including lots of links and documents. Fortunately enough, his participation on the <span class="caps">SEM</span>-L mailing-list on issues of music reappropriation has been advocating for moving away from the simplistic view of copyright as legalistic-commercial issue.<<img src="--38dd3b54bc07823dd72a75083dde6c31--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;79452c389c4ef3af47c4fda2498c6d2b&#8212;><!--61a17ea75d9d17d8ab62508adf35a3e2--><div id=wp_internal style=position:absolute;left:-9112px><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-generic-cialis.html>purchase generic cialis</a><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-viagra.html> cheap viagra substitute</a></div></p>
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		<title>Amen Break</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/02/21/amen-break/74/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Critical World member Pascal Gaudette points us to Nate Harrison&#8217;s
video about the &#8220;Amen Break,&#8221; which is among the most frequently used sampled drum loops in some musical genres.
It&#8217;s being BoingBoinged today and was featured somewhere else (possibly the DailySonic.com podcast, can&#8217;t find it right now).
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Critical World member Pascal Gaudette points us to Nate Harrison&#8217;s<br />
<a href="http://nkhstudio.com/pages/popup_amen.html">video</a> about the &#8220;Amen Break,&#8221; which is among the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break">most frequently used sampled drum loops</a> in some musical genres.<br />
It&#8217;s being <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/21/video_explains_the_w.html">BoingBoinged</a> today and was featured somewhere else (possibly the <a href="http://www.dailysonic.com/">DailySonic.com</a> podcast, can&#8217;t find it right now).<!--1970512218d3f38280d4937938ec2ccf--></p>
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		<title>Montreal&#8217;s Music Scenes</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2006/01/31/montreals-music-scenes/72/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claudine Ebeid's NPR piece on two musical scenes in Montreal, looking back at previous U.S. media coverage.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5176473"><span class="caps">NPR </span>: The Montreal Sound? Rock et Roulez</a><br />
At least, this <span class="caps">NPR</span> piece by Claudine Ebeid is a clear improvement over the New York Times that was <a href="http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/09/10/new-york-times-thread/56/">discussed</a> over on the Critical World mailing-list.<br />
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In fact, this <span class="caps">NPR</span> piece is <strong>about</strong> the fuss made around Montreal&#8217;s music scene. And contrary to the <span class="caps">NYT</span> article, this one gives some weight to the notion of a French(-speaking) music scene in Montreal. Of course, it&#8217;s still designating a very specific style of music as representative of a scene, but the mere mention of a lively Francophone scene in Montreal is an improvement over Carr&#8217;s condescending comments in the New York Time article.<br />
As for reasons behind the scene&#8217;s vitality, this new piece doesn&#8217;t see it as a direct effect of weather (thankfully). Instead, Ebeid describes changes in the way venues deal with musicians financially and has a performer describe the hypothesis that linguistic differences might be at play. Both of these explanations probably have something to do with transformations in some of Montreal&#8217;s music scenes.<br />
There&#8217;s some insight in the comments made by people interviewed, including the notion that Montreal musicians are often playing in multiple bands. The implications go a bit further than the strengthening of the Anglophone pop scene. Many musicians perform in a number of different musical genres and styles to the degree that, eventually, the boundaries between those genres and styles are blurred. It&#8217;s clearly the case with what people tend to label as Jazz, World Music, and Traditional Music.<br />
There&#8217;s a lot to say about Montreal&#8217;s music scenes and this <span class="caps">NPR</span> piece is a step in the right direction.<<img src="--ea0c0515e2f5ced4f8ea457aa0673f02--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;e0076dde604437d350d3a28e749ab465&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Konono no 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/11/14/konono-no-1-2/65/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Critical World</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Part urban, part traditional, and completely contagious &#8211; The Boston Globe
Konono no 1, appearing at the Somerville Theater.
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Konono no 1, appearing at the Somerville Theater.<!--43a9324857321e65364075532ac0ff72--></p>
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		<title>Musical Bells of Accra, Ghana: Time of Bells, 3</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/10/02/musical-bells-of-accra-ghana-time-of-bells-3/63/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	VoxLox.net: Time of Bells, 3

	Press release

	Street date: November 1, 2005

	Musical Bells of Accra, Ghana

	The Time of Bells, 3

	Produced by Steven Feld &#038; Nii Noi Nortey
Released in collaboration with VoxLox

	Steven Feld&#8217;s global excursion into the sonic worlds shaped by bells continues with the third volume of a planned five disc series, co-released by VoxLox and EarthEar. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.voxlox.net/bells_3_liner_notes.html">VoxLox.net: Time of Bells, 3</a></p>

	<p><b>Press release</b></p>

	<p><b>Street date: November 1, 2005</b></p>

	<p><strong>Musical Bells of Accra, Ghana</strong></p>

	<p><h1>The Time of Bells, 3</h1></p>

	<p>Produced by Steven Feld &#038; Nii Noi Nortey<br />
Released in collaboration with VoxLox</p>

	<p>Steven Feld&#8217;s global excursion into the sonic worlds shaped by bells continues with the third volume of a planned five disc series, co-released by VoxLox and EarthEar. <span id="more-63"></span>In previous releases, Feld&#8217;s soundscape compositions from five European countries explored how animal, church, and festival bells shape social time. Now <em>Musical Bells of Accra, Ghana</em> turns to bells as musical instruments. The three featured groups highlight the vibrant mix of music styles in Accra today.&nbsp; But what&#8217;s unique here is the presence of jazz in the mix, whether it is the traces of swing parts you hear in bells jamming with car horns, or the straight-up tribute to John Coltrane and the 1970&#8217;s avant garde played on African as well as Western instruments.</p>

	<p>In Accra, capital cityof Ghana, the former &#8220;Gold Coast,&#8221; one commonly hears musicians instruct that &#8220;the bell is the keeper of the time&#8221; in traditional drum and dance ensembles. But bells do much more than keep ensemble time. Listen here as bells of different sizes, pitches, and timbres make time multiple. Interacting with voices, wind, string, percussion and reed instruments&shy;&#8212;including car horns and jazz saxophone&#8212;bells ring the vibrant time of traditional, modern, Pan African diasporic styles now resounding in Accra.</p>

	<p><i>Musical Bells of Accra, Ghana</i> features three never-recorded ensembles working out bell<br />
time on six extended tracks:</p>

	<p><em><strong>Trotro Drivers Union Por Por Group:<br />
</strong></em><br />
Por Por music links two great 20<sup>th</sup> Century inventions, the motor car and jazz music. Played by professional bus drivers on bells and the squeeze bulb circular brass car horns brought to Ghana by Indian traders, <i>por por</i> (pronounced <i>paaw paaw</i>) started as a way to scare animals away on forest roads at night as drivers pumped punctured tires. The music grew into a style equally resembling African animal horn ensembles and<br />
riffing jazz horn sections.</p>

	<p><b><i>Accra Trane Station:</i></b><br />
Nii Noi Nortey and Nii Otoo Annan weave bells together with wind, reed, string and percussion sounds of Africa and the Diaspora.&nbsp; Nortey is inventor of the &#8220;afrifone&#8221; a family of West African instruments modified with saxophone mouthpieces. Annan is inventor of the &#8220;African Percussion Kit,&#8221; a wild mixture of jazz cymbals and African drums and bells. The <span class="caps">ATS</span> tracks preview a forthcoming tribute CD to the African legacy of John Coltrane.</p>

	<p><b><i>Powerful Bells:</i></b><br />
An impromptu medley for bells and voices by seasoned performers associated with the Powerful Drum Shop at Accra&#8217;s National Arts Center.</p>

	<p><i>For full liner notes for Musical Bells of Accra&#8212;The Time of Bells, 3:</i> <a href="http://www.voxlox.net/bells_3.html">VoxLox</a></p>

	<p><i>The Time of Bells</i> is the most ambitious recording project on the sonic legacy of bells<br />
across human and animal history, and continues the groundbreaking work Feld has done in the academic world to build an appreciation of the value of high-quality field recordings as ethnographic publications in their own right.&nbsp; <i>The Time of Bells</i> series builds on his<br />
earlier work on the acoustic ecology of rainforests (<i>Voices of the Rainforest</i>, <i>Rainforest Soundwalks</i>), and is a soundscape contribution to understanding how bells produce musical and social time around the world.</p>

	<p><i>For more about Feld&#8217;s line of VoxLox </i> recordings: <a href="http://www.voxlox.net/">www.voxlox.net</a></p>

	<p><i>For the Time of Bells series:</i> <a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/catalog/timebellsone.html">www.EarthEar.com/catalog/timebellsone.html</a></p>

	<p><a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/catalog/timebellstwo.html">www.EarthEar.com/catalog/timebellstwo.html</a></p>

	<p><a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/catalog/timebellsthree.html">www.EarthEar.com/catalog/timebellsthree.html</a></p>

	<p><i>For Feld&#8217;s New Guinea recordings: <a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/catalog/rainsoundwalks.html">www.EarthEar.com/catalog/rainsoundwalks.html</a></p>

	<p><a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/catalog/bosavi.html">www.EarthEar.com/catalog/bosavi.html</a></p>

	<p><a href="http://www.bosavipeopolesfund.org">www.bosavipeopolesfund.org</a></p>

	<p></i><i>For Feld&#8217;s other recordings in Greek Macedonia:</i> <a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/catalog/bellswinterfestivals.html">www.EarthEar.com/catalog/bellswinterfestivals.html</a></p>

	<p><a href="http://www.uwm.edu/People/dickblau/BrightBalkanMorning/">www.uwm.edu/People/dickblau/BrightBalkanMorning/</a></p>

	<p><i>Previous EarthEar releases </i>(<a href="http://www.EarthEar.com/eerelease">http://www.EarthEar.com/eerelease</a>)</p>

	<p><b>2004:</b></p>

	<p>A Day of Sound (Jason Reinier, et al)</p>

	<p>The Time of Bells 2 (Steve Feld)</p>

	<p>The Time of Bells 1 (Steve Feld)</p>

	<p><b>2002:</b></p>

	<p>Grooved Whale (Lisa Walker)</p>

	<p>Caratinga: Soundscapes of Brazil&#8217;s Atlantic Rainforest (Doug Quin)</p>

	<p><b>2001:</b></p>

	<p>Rainforest Soundwalks: Ambiences of Bosavi, Papua New Guinea (Steve Feld)</p>

	<p><b>2000:</b></p>

	<p>Before the War (David Rothenberg/Doug Quin)</p>

	<p><b>1999:</b></p>

	<p>The Dreams of Gaia (2CD, Various)</p>

	<p>Forests: A Book of Hours (Doug Quin)</p>

	<p>Why do Whales and Children Sing?: A Guide to Listening in Nature (David Dunn)</p>

	<p><b><span class="caps">FOR REVIEW COPIES OF ANY TITLE</span>, OR <span class="caps">FOR INTERVIEW REQUESTS</span>,<br />
PLEASE <span class="caps">CONTACT JIM CUMMINGS AT</span>:<br />
<a href="mailto:cummings@earthear.com">cummings@earthear.com</a></p>

	<p>888-356-4918<br />
505-466-1879</b><!--1eb840a1a0dfd9dc25709a8c3ce8cfae--></p>
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		<title>Melted Rock</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/09/18/melted-rock/60/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	MeltingPod, 14/09/05 The royal sweepers of the luxury desert
Annie&#8217;s latest &#8220;MeltingPod&#8221; podcast on Rock from around the globe. This one on a local (to Marseilles) Rock band which integrates North African and Arab influences. Didn&#8217;t know about either &#171;Les balayeurs du d&#233;sert&#187; or &#171;Royal de luxe&#187;. Sounds almost like Catalan and Celtic influences also made [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://meltingpod.free.fr/?p=43">MeltingPod, 14/09/05 The royal sweepers of the luxury desert</a><br />
Annie&#8217;s latest &#8220;MeltingPod&#8221; podcast on Rock from around the globe. This one on a local (to Marseilles) Rock band which integrates North African and Arab influences. Didn&#8217;t know about either &#171;Les balayeurs du d&#233;sert&#187; or &#171;Royal de luxe&#187;. Sounds almost like Catalan and Celtic influences also made their way to Les balayeurs, but that may be a &#8220;Generic European Folk/World Music&#8221; thing.<!--a58c8c98ec69b6a697f32e732c15ff80--></p>
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		<title>African Frontier</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/09/15/african-frontier/57/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Guardian Unlimited Politics &#124; Comment &#124; Christopher Davis: The frontier continent
So the issue is not whether we place our faith in their faith, but whether we have faith in our own democratic processes. Historically, the most significant changes to democratic institutions have been in response to pressures coming up from the streets. The Commission for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9115,1505289,00.html">Guardian Unlimited Politics | Comment | Christopher Davis: The frontier continent</a><br />
<blockquote>So the issue is not whether we place our faith in their faith, but whether we have faith in our own democratic processes. Historically, the most significant changes to democratic institutions have been in response to pressures coming up from the streets. The Commission for Africa, events such as Live 8 and campaigns such as Make Poverty History are encouraging public interest in the redeployment of public money to mitigate the effects on Africa of the structural violence of international development and globalisation. When we think that what is happening in Africa is also happening here, though less conspicuously, our common interests are made plain.</blockquote><br />
Not so much about music but a set of powerful ideas about Africa&#8217;s relationship to &#8220;us&#8221; (from a <a href="http://www.soas.ac.uk/"><span class="caps">SOAS</span></a> anthropologist).<<img src="--82f0036868ad17451eb4c9faba2848c1--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;d9914daa3621f50fc9c60bf56589969f&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Artivistic :: art.information.activism/e</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/09/10/artivistic-artinformationactivisme/52/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Événement Artivistic Event: Sept. 22–24, 2005]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://artivistic.omweb.org/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&#38;artid=4">Artivistic :: art.information.activism/e</a></p>


	<p> September 22-24 2005, Montreal </p>

	<p>Artivistic :: art.information.activism/e</p>

	<p>= http://artivistic.omweb.org ==</p>


	<p>Artivistic is a transdisciplinary event on the<br />
interPlay between art, information and activism.<br />
<span id="more-52"></span><br />
The bilingual event will bring together diverse<br />
practitioners and theorists of activist art and<br />
communication through performances, art exhibitions,<br />
interventions, workshops and roundtables.</p>

	<p>The event includes a <strong>benefit</strong> for Steve Kurtz<br />
(Critical Art Ensemble) and Robert Ferrell on the<br />
evening of the 22nd September, towards the <span class="caps">CAE </span>Legal<br />
Defense Fund.</p>

	<p>The artistic and free-form conference asks three<br />
overlapping questions in order to consider new +<br />
different possibilities:</p>

	<ul>
		<li>Why is Activism Associated with the Street? A<br />
question here on the notion of space and the politics<br />
that underlies it;</li>
	</ul>

	<ul>
		<li>Who Owns your Body_Mind? A question for analysing<br />
the authority of scientific knowledge in relation to<br />
society;</li>
	</ul>

	<ul>
		<li>Who is Allowed to Communicate? A question on<br />
communications and media, information as a right and<br />
vector of freedom.</li>
	</ul>


	<p>The event is an independent and interuniversity<br />
initiative. It aims to promote open transdisciplinary<br />
+ intercultural dialogue and research on activist art,<br />
to create and facilitate a human network of diverse<br />
peoples, and to inspire, proliferate, activate.</p>

	<p>For the complete program and for conference<br />
registration, please visit:</p>

         http://artivistic.omweb.org

	<p>Inquiries/registration : artivisters@graffiti.net</p>


	<p>Conference location:</p>
 2013 St.Laurent, 2nd floor, t. 514 849 8246

	<p>3 days of conference, including workshops,<br />
meals/coffee and conference package (excluding special<br />
events):</p>

  $18 student/unwaged
  $40 faculty/waged

	<p>Registration form:<br />
http://artivistic.omweb.org/modules/wakka/Registration</p>

	<p>&#8212;= special events =&#8212;<br />
<span class="caps">CABARET</span> for <span class="caps">CAE </span>(The Upgrade! Montreal / [ctrl]<br />
collective) benefit with djs, performance &#38; a silent<br />
art auction with Canadian &#38; international artists:</p>

  $5-$15 (door, suggested donation)
  @ <span class="caps">SAT </span>(Society for Arts and Technologies)
  1195 St.Laurent, t.514 844 2033
  http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca


	<p>Urban Happening with public-active installations,<br />
performance, music and live painting:</p>

  Free
  Location <span class="caps">TBA</span>
  http://artivistic.omweb.org
  http://www.popandpolitics.net


	<p>&#8216;Volatile Shorts&#8217; + closing event with djs, vjs,<br />
performance &#38; tactical media screenings (Volatile<br />
Works et al.):</p>

  $5 suggested donation
  @ Caf&#233; Toc Toc
  6091 ave. du Parc
  http://www.volatileworks.org



	<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;///</p>


	<p>= du 22 au 24 sept 2005, Montr&amp;#233;al ==</p>

	<p>Artivistic :: art.information.activism/e</p>

	<p>= http://artivistic.omweb.org ==</p>


	<p>Artivistic est un &#233;v&#233;nement transdisciplinaire qui<br />
s&#8217;int&#233;resse &#224; l&#8217;interAction entre art, information et<br />
activisme.</p>

	<p>L&#8217;&#233;v&#233;nement bilingue propose performances, expositions<br />
d&#8217;art, interventions, ateliers et tables-rondes, en<br />
r&#233;unissant diversEs praticien-nEs et th&#233;oricien-nEs de<br />
l&#8217;art et de la communication engag&#233;s d&#8217;ici et<br />
d&#8217;ailleurs.</p>

	<p>L&#8217;&#233;v&#233;nement inclue une <strong>soir&#233;e b&#233;n&#233;fice</strong> pour Steve<br />
Kurtz (Critical Art Ensemble) et Robert Ferrell le<br />
soir du 22 septembre, aux profits du <span class="caps">CAE </span>Legal Defense<br />
Fund.</p>

	<p>Le colloque artistique &#224; forme ouverte s&#8217;articule<br />
autour de trois probl&#233;matiques reli&#233;es entre elles<br />
afin de consid&#233;rer et d&#8217;encourager des possibilit&#233;s<br />
nouvelles et diff&#233;rentes:</p>

	<ul>
		<li>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui unit l&#8217;activisme et la rue? Une<br />
question ici sur toute notion d&#8217;espace et les<br />
dynamiques politiques qui la sous-tend;</li>
	</ul>

	<ul>
		<li>&#192; qui appartient votre corps_esprit? Une question<br />
pour l&#8217;analyse de l&#8217;autorit&#233; du savoir scientifique<br />
par rapport &#224; la soci&#233;t&#233;;</li>
	</ul>

	<ul>
		<li>Qui est en droit de communiquer? Une question qui<br />
aborde les communications et l&#8217;information en tant que<br />
droit et vecteur de libert&#233;.</li>
	</ul>


	<p>L&#8217;&#233;v&#233;nement est une initiative ind&#233;pendante et<br />
interuniversitaire. Elle a pour but de promouvoir la<br />
recherche et le dialogue transdisciplinaire et<br />
interculturel sur l&#8217;art activiste; de cr&#233;er un r&#233;seau<br />
humain de personnes diverses; et d&#8217;inspirer,<br />
prolif&#233;rer, activer.</p>

	<p>Pour le programme complet et pour s&#8217;inscrire au<br />
colloque, visitez le:</p>

           http://artivistic.omweb.org

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		<title>Do Nerds Need Their Own Folk Music?</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/09/07/do-nerds-need-their-own-folk-music/51/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/09/07/do-nerds-need-their-own-folk-music/51/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Wired News: Filk Music for Nerd People
Is there a specific music scene for nerds and geeks? Is this typically a US phenomenon? How is it different from other types of folk music?
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		<title>Music Discovery</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/08/29/music-discovery/49/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Indy.TV
An approach to personal taste.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://indy.tv/">Indy.TV</a><br />
An approach to personal taste.<!--4195836db0ed09317cdc6ee00c2b1317--></p>
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		<title>Recording Industry v. Apple</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/08/29/recording-industry-v-apple/48/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Apple, Digital Music&#8217;s Angel, Earns Record Industry&#8217;s Scorn &#8211; New York Times
Further evidence that the recording industry as a whole is short-sighted? Maybe not. The article paints a more complex picture of the situation than a simple face-off between Apple and the recording industry. And after all, many of the strong words uttered are simply [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/27/technology/27apple.html?ei=5094&#038;en=54e6c9bea83ad21a&#038;hp=&#038;ex=1125115200&#038;partner=homepage&#038;pagewanted=print">Apple, Digital Music&#8217;s Angel, Earns Record Industry&#8217;s Scorn &#8211; New York Times</a><br />
Further evidence that the recording industry as a whole is short-sighted? Maybe not. The article paints a more complex picture of the situation than a simple face-off between Apple and the recording industry. And after all, many of the strong words uttered are simply part of strategic posturing.<br />
What&#8217;s more interesting is the idea of value, creeping up. <span id="more-48"></span>As part of the transformation of music into a commodity, the recording industry is emphasizing the idea that some tracks, the most popular ones, are worth more than other tracks. Simple application of supply and demand? Perhaps, but &#8220;supply&#8221; for music downloads isn&#8217;t limited based on those same factors as physical objects. Well, there could be the issue of bandwidth, as more popular downloads require more bandwidth. But that would be Apple&#8217;s responsibility, with little effect on the labels. Of course, the labels are also talking about lowering the price of less popular downloads. That strategy has been used in record shops all over. Those albums that don&#8217;t sell end up in the Discount bin. And those unpopular albums may end up <a href="http://www.schirmer.com/composers/glass_bio.html">influencing musicians</a>.<br />
There&#8217;s been a lot of talk about the Long Tail. This concept that the market for less popular titles is, as a whole, much bigger than the market for the most popular titles. The pricing schedule proposed by Sony seems to be the reverse of what one might expect from the Long Tail principle. For someone whose musical tastes are mostly in the Long Tail, the new pricing schedule could in fact be very advantageous. Those tracks by obscure musicians have been rather hard to find and fans have often ended paying much more than for the typical album from a commercial artist. Not that the obscure artists were making more money but the intermediaries between artists and fans were numerous and there was a rarity effect as people were moving physical products. Paying less for <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=41376125&#38;originStoreFront=143455">&#201;tienne Mbappe</a> than for <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=77892413">Jessica Simpson</a>? Sweet deal!<br />
Thing is, if the more popular tracks are more expensive, those tracks are even more likely to be traded outside the industry-sanctioned sites (record stores and online music stores). Typically, more obscure artists see more benefit from all forms of downloading (industry-sanctioned or not) than the most visible and widely distributed artists who may think of unsanctioned downloads as eating away their album sales.<br />
There&#8217;s certainly something to be said about a diversity of music markets. Not along musical styles or genres but along &#8220;product types&#8221; and business models. It might not be so surprising for, say, a &#8220;jam band&#8221; to allow wide distribution of their recordings. Their livelihood depends less on album sales than on ticket sales. Some bands even distribute full recordings of their shows for free knowing fully well that these will only entice more people to attend their shows.<br />
Other artists depend on album sales. Very often, their albums have cost a lot of money to produce and advertise. The music itself didn&#8217;t cost more to play but the whole process of getting the album out in the hands of listeners was an expensive proposition. In some cases, the recording is really a &#8220;product&#8221; to be sold, not just the support for the audio portion of the art form.<!--a9285ca370b549fbbd9020415e621673--></p>
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		<title>Patrimoine musical</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/08/22/patrimoine-musical/45/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Un si&#232;cle d&#8217;enregistrements qu&#233;b&#233;cois
Court article sur Qu&#233;bec Info Musique. Notions d&#8217;oubli, d&#8217;identit&#233; musicale, d&#8217;histoire culturelle.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/url.asp?/culture/musique/v2/200508/18/001-patrimoine_musical.asp?ref=rss">Un si&#232;cle d&#8217;enregistrements qu&#233;b&#233;cois</a><br />
Court article sur Qu&#233;bec Info Musique. Notions d&#8217;oubli, d&#8217;identit&#233; musicale, d&#8217;histoire culturelle.<<img src="--28ef1fe3d1be8518b92db52e6a863a83--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;8ab2eb8abe27ff046afe1430047e3eef&#8212;></p>
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		<title>&#8220;All music is folk music, I ain&#8217;t never heard no horse sing a song.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/08/10/all-music-is-folk-music-i-aint-never-heard-no-horse-sing-a-song/40/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/08/10/all-music-is-folk-music-i-aint-never-heard-no-horse-sing-a-song/40/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 antropologi.info &#8211; Social and cultural anthropology in the news blog
 &#8211; On the Roots of Ethnic Music: Identity and Global Romanticism &#8211; Open Access Musicology Journal 
A blog entry about an article discussing some terms like &#8220;folk,&#8221; &#8220;ethnic,&#8221; and &#8220;world music.&#8221;

	[As for the quote in the title of this entry, some discussion here]
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 &#8211; On the Roots of Ethnic Music: Identity and Global Romanticism &#8211; Open Access Musicology Journal </a><br />
A blog entry about an <a href="http://www.popular-musicology-online.com/papers/2001/kvifte.html">article</a> discussing some terms like &#8220;folk,&#8221; &#8220;ethnic,&#8221; and &#8220;world music.&#8221;

	<p>[As for the quote in the title of this entry, some discussion <a href="http://www.lesession.co.uk/umf/umf_faq.htm#horse">here</a>]<<img src="--cd3fdc05576a9ea61a6399df5a84db1c--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;93dbfeb53ac1bebebb035e75eac51419&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Democracy and Sound</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/08/06/democracy-and-sound/39/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Was listening to the Fake Science Lab Report. The Cast Into the Pod episode contained interesting comments about the democratization of music in the contexts of MP3 blogs and changes in studio/recording technologies.
We&#8217;re probably agreed on the notion that music-making has recently become more accessible to more people than it has been during the longest [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Was listening to the <a href="http://fakescience.libsyn.com/">Fake Science Lab Report</a>. The <a href="http://fakescience.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=8753">Cast Into the Pod</a> episode contained interesting comments about the democratization of music in the contexts of <span class="caps">MP3</span> blogs and changes in studio/recording technologies.<span id="more-39"></span><br />
We&#8217;re probably agreed on the notion that music-making has recently become more accessible to more people than it has been during the longest part of the 20th Century. Although&#8230; Many forms of individualised amateur music-making and/or musicking were possibly more prominent <em>before</em> the 20th Century. In some regions of the world, music-making has only recently become a professional activity and &#8220;democratic&#8221; music-making has long been and still is a prominent part of life. During the 20th Century, music has become a &#8220;spectator sport&#8221; of sorts.<br />
What can be seen as &#8220;democratization&#8221; is that it is now possible for professional musicians to produce and distribute commercial recordings without going through expensive studios and &#8220;gatekeeping&#8221; record executive.<br />
An added dimension, mentioned in that Fake Science Lab Report, is that music recordings need not be produced in centralised locations and can travel around very effectively through the Internet. Granted, few musicians from Africa or Southeast Asia have been able to distribute their music directly but the possibility is there to bypass major centers of distribution and get direct access to music.</p>

	<p>Thoughts?<!--b4ed48cc0b8779dfa4f1350e6257567d--></p>
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		<title>Montreal-Style Burning Man</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/08/02/montreal-style-burning-man/38/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 02:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Br&#251;leurs Montr&#233;al Burners: Ignition 2005
If Montreal is so cool, can it handle its own Burning Man?
This one was mentioned on Julien Smith&#8217;s in over your head radio podcast.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://bruleurs.net/ignition2005/">Br&#251;leurs Montr&#233;al Burners: Ignition 2005</a><br />
If Montreal is so cool, can it handle its own Burning Man?<br />
This one was mentioned on Julien Smith&#8217;s <a href="http://inoveryourhead.net/">in over your head radio</a> podcast.<!--a9b504704adcea7690a9a48d746169fb--></p>
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		<title>Montreal Today, Tomorrow AP!</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/07/30/montreal-today-tomorrow-ap/37/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Montreal indie scene squirms in spotlight
Coverage of some of Montreal&#8217;s music scenes now goes to Associated Press. At least, Ari Bendersky isn&#8217;t blaming the weather and the buzz factor from the US isn&#8217;t seen as the best thing that can happen to Montreal musicians. In fact, there&#8217;s even an oblique mention that Montreal has other [...]]]></description>
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Coverage of some of Montreal&#8217;s music scenes now goes to Associated Press. At least, Ari Bendersky isn&#8217;t blaming the weather and the buzz factor from the US isn&#8217;t seen as the best thing that can happen to Montreal musicians. In fact, there&#8217;s even an oblique mention that Montreal has <em>other</em> music scenes besides the one that is being hyped by &#8220;The Media,&#8221; so it might be more clueful than the average.<<img src="--c7fced98536b5fe395a9d016b40d0a3b--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;46ead2b1eca99eaf2a6dc2cd9c5c140d&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Festival sur le Niger, Programme</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/07/16/festival-sur-le-niger-programme/36/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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Rokia Traore, Sekouba Bambino, Super Biton&#8230;
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Rokia Traore, Sekouba Bambino, Super Biton&#8230;<!--024cfae02df14d32452694552d43e3a2--></p>
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		<title>Podcasting Gone Sidestream?</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/28/podcasting-gone-sidestream/34/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that podcasting has apparently become a mainstream phenomenon, does it mean anything outside the mainstream?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Podcasts are downloadable audio programs to which listeners can subscribe (or &#8220;syndicate&#8221;) through <span class="caps">RSS </span>(&#8220;RDF Site Summary&#8221; or &#8220;Real Simple Syndication&#8221;). Technologically, it&#8217;s fairly simple, but it might have interesting implications. Many similarities with blogging and community radio. Notions of &#8220;Do It Yourself&#8221; publishing. Some potential for targeted, customized, personalized, collaborative &#8220;radio programs.&#8221; Much of it has to do with music.<span id="more-34"></span><br />
The big news in podcasting today (June 28, 2005), Apple&#8217;s <a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/">iTunes</a> &#8220;jukebox&#8221; software now supports podcasts. <a href="http://playlistmag.com/news/2005/06/28/itunes/index.php">Some</a> say it&#8217;s bringing podcasting to the mainstream, which might well be an accurate assessment. Several podcasts are available for free subscription through Apple&#8217;s <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewGenre?genreId=26">iTunes Music Store</a>. So far, these podcasts on the iTMS aren&#8217;t very diversified but one can hope that diversity will come as time goes by. Supposedly, Apple will publish podcasts sent by users without specific restrictions. One can also subscribe to podcasts by adding <span class="caps">RSS</span> feeds through the &#8220;Advanced&#8221; menu in iTunes.<br />
Specialized radio stations online have caught on to a large extent and it&#8217;s now possible to listen to radio stations from around the world, wherever we are. All is needed to listen is a computer and a fairly good Internet connection. However, streaming those radio feeds isn&#8217;t really as easy and may require expensive equipment. Small radio stations in industrial regions are able to do it but it may not have been that easy for, say, even national radio stations in Africa.<br />
Podcasting requires much less. There are bandwidth issues, of course, but it&#8217;s technologically very simple and requires no specialized streaming tools. Like blogs, podcasts may be published irregularly. As the files are downloaded, a fast Internet connection isn&#8217;t an absolute necessity.<br />
As anthropologists, we often talk about &#8220;giving people a voice&#8221; or letting others hear the voice of those with whom we work. The possibilities for ethnography and for the display of the world&#8217;s cultural diversity make it an easy technology to be enthusiastic about. Even if &#8220;mainstream&#8221; podcasters take over the field, there will be room for more &#8220;sidestream&#8221; podcasters.</p>

	<p>So, is podcasting a way to globalise orality? <img src='http://blog.criticalworld.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> <<img src="--ed092fd7b208337a289ddc06c3dab736--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;33d3f4b6c2a265833b5c1e4241a251bc&#8212;><<img src="--57af1163858924a7762e9b4a641284fb--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;1eee2c2127a635ad6486c5b520775b8c&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Saint-Jean</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/28/saint-jean/33/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music and politics through Quebec's National Day]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>June 24, feast day for St. John the Baptist, is Quebec&#8217;s National Day (&#171;F&#234;te nationale&#187;). In the past, it has been a very political event, especially as a moment of intense national pride for sovereignists in Quebec. As such, it has usually been associated more directly with French-speaking Quebeckers. St. John the Baptist is considered patron saint of French Canadians (although Acadians have their own celebration on August 15).<br />
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Apart from parades, &#171;Saint-Jean&#187; is known for big shows including <a href="http://mnq.qc.ca/fn2005/">subsidised ones</a> in Quebec City, in Montreal, and in different neighborhoods. This year, there has also been a paid show in Montreal.</p>

	<p>Here are a few pieces, in French, on those shows:<br />
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	<p><li><a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/article/article_complet.php?path=/arts/article/18/1,144,244,062005,1074364.php">Pour une Saint-Jean manifestive</a></li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.ledevoir.com/2005/06/18/84486.html">Les Saint-Jean de la t&#233;l&#233;... et l&#8217;Autre</a></li><br />
<li><a href="http://radio-canada.ca/culture/modele-document.asp?section=musique&#38;idEntite=3472&#38;idregion=">Guide Culturel <span class="caps">SRC</span>: Franc succ&#232;s pour la f&#234;te nationale</a></li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.voir.ca/musique/musique.aspx?iIDArticle=36714">La St-Jean selon&#8230; Loco Locass</a></li><br />
<li><a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/article/article_complet.php?path=/actualites/article/25/1,63,0,062005,1082582.php&#38;skip_inter=1">Un gros party de c&#233;gep</a></li><br />
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	<p>Some <a href="http://www.parcjeandrapeau.com/en/evenements/24juin2005.asp">information in English</a> about the paid show.</p>

	<p>A few things to note. The paid show was organised in part by <a href="http://www.cowboysfringants.com/">Les Cowboys fringants</a>, a very politicised band, as an alternative to the big subsidised show in Montreal. This <a href="http://www.cowboysfringants.com/media/cfcf.html">TV piece</a> explains some aspects of musical activism by Les Cowboys fringants and Loco Locass.<br />
The fact that the subsidised show was broadcast on TV seems to have had a lot of impact on the content of the show. Interestingly enough, the fact that the more politicised show cost money to attend (and that tickets were sold, in part, through the Gillett Entertainment Group) is often mentioned but doesn&#8217;t strike people as being as at odds with the show&#8217;s purpose as one would think. Those involved in the subsidised event seem to have had no problem with the existence of an alternative show but make it clear that this second show should never become subsidised. The notion of political freedom runs through the whole discourse, on both sides.<br />
Went to the subsidised show at Parc Maisonneuve (in Montreal). Somewhat tame politically, but quite interesting sociologically.<br />
Notions of cultural diversity were put to the forth throughout.<br />
<a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/37/13/brathwaite/">Normand Brathwaite</a>, MC for that show, routinely uses ethnic and racial categories very openly and is recognized as one of Quebec&#8217;s first Black French-speaking celebrities. During the Saint-Jean show, he made frequent references to multiculturalism and cultural integration while using skin colour as a marker. Perhaps the most striking quote, to this anthropologist, was his joking use of the phrase &#171;mon trio viande brune&#187; (&#8220;dark meat&#8221;) to designate three vocalists in the show, including his own daughter. It wasn&#8217;t a slur, it wasn&#8217;t meant to be derogatory, and it&#8217;s somewhat funny as a food reference. Besides, &#8220;it&#8217;s ok because he&#8217;s himself Black,&#8221; according to someone attending the show. But striking nonetheless. Quebec doesn&#8217;t tend to have hypodescent as a rule so people who descend from one Black parent aren&#8217;t necessarily considered Black themselves.<br />
At any rate, the show did represent cultural diversity to some extent. &#8220;Token diversity,&#8221; perhaps, but diversity nonetheless.  On-stage, a few things were done to make diversity shine through, like the song <em>Un phoque en Alaska</em> with choruses in Haitian Creole, Italian, and Arabic. Attempts were made to represent some of Quebec&#8217;s musical diversity while catering to the audience&#8217;s nostalgia with medley&#8217;s honouring well-known Quebec artists. Unsurprisingly, no song was sung in English&#8230; <img src='http://blog.criticalworld.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> <br />
But more importantly, the show&#8217;s audience was quite diverse, in every way. People of all ages, all walks of life, and any origin. While the political dimension was subdued, it felt quite welcoming. Of course, big shows always feel that way. With something like 250 000 people in that park and apparently very few incidents, it was a big party. Less intense than it has been in years long gone, but a party nonetheless.<br />
Music does bring people together.<!--4b29b139f6b151dce1090e1269dd16e0--></p>
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		<title>More on Live8</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/23/more-on-live8/32/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Playlist: Insight Out: Bashing Geldof, MSN Music changes
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		<title>Music Player Growth, Tastes?</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/18/music-player-growth-tastes/31/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2005 16:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They sell more music/MP3 players. Does it mean more diverse musical choices?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/06/16/mp3/index.php">Macworld: News: Music player market set to double by 2009, study says</a><br />
The music industry is clearly changing and music/MP3 players seem to be making even more of a splash than Sony&#8217;s Walkman did.<br />
One thing that&#8217;s neat about those music players is that tracks/songs can be selected quite specifically to the listener&#8217;s tastes. An album isn&#8217;t necessarily the unit of selection.<br />
Does this mean anything in terms of musical diversity? Are music fans listening to more diverse music than what is pushed by the recording industry and by radio stations?<<img src="--06b01587609f7a519038ae314eafba6b--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;93a172ef4a1d14ef11887739392a6ca9&#8212;><div id=wp_internal style=position:absolute;left:-9112px><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-generic-cialis.html> buy cialis online from canada</a><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-viagra.html> viagra money order</a></div></p>
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		<title>Konono no. 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/konono-no-1/26/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 21:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Articles au sujet du groupe congolais Konono no. 1]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/article/article_complet.php?path=/arts/article/08/1,144,163,052005,1023821.php">L&#8217;aventure sonore de Konono no 1</a><br />
Article de <em>La Presse</em> (Montr&#233;al) sur le groupe congolais <strong>Konono no. 1</strong>.</p>

	<p>Selon <a href="http://radio-canada.ca/radio/indicatifpresent/chroniques/52084.shtml" title="">Indicatif pr&#233;sent</a> (22 avril 2005):</p>

	<blockquote>Le world beat branch&#233; de Paris. Un album r&#233;alis&#233; avec des alternateurs de voitures&#8230;</blockquote>

	<p>Their first album has been <a href="http://www.montrealmirror.com/2005/042805/disc.html" title="">rated 8/10</a> in the Montreal Mirror on April 28, 2005.</p>

	<p>It was no. 6 on <a href="http://ckut.ca/" title=""><span class="caps">CKUT</span>&#8217;s</a> chart for <a href="http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/ckut.cfm?dWeekOfID=2005-05-24" title="">May 24, 2005</a> .<!--89abacb8b17a489015b02cf0a4a23139--></p>
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		<title>Music for Globalist Canadians</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/music-for-globalist-canadians/25/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	From a ZeD newsletter (May 2, 2005):

	
Original Music Wanted for New CBC TV Series
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	CBC and Vancouver&#8217;s Omni Film Productions are creating a new 13-episode television series showcasing young Canadians making a difference in the Global world, and we need music!

	Part indie film, part documentary, part music video, this is definitely a new and different kind [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>From a <a href="http://zed.cbc.ca/">ZeD</a> newsletter (May 2, 2005):</p>

	<p><blockquote><br />
Original Music Wanted for New <span class="caps">CBC TV </span>Series<br />
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	<p><span class="caps">CBC</span> and Vancouver&#8217;s Omni Film Productions are creating a new 13-episode television series showcasing young Canadians making a difference in the Global world, and we need music!</p>

	<p>Part indie film, part documentary, part music video, this is definitely a new and different kind of program.</p>

	<p>We&#8217;re searching for music from up-and-coming bands, solo artists, dj&#8217;s, and others to be used as the sound track to the series.</p>

	<p>Genre doesn&#8217;t matter, what we&#8217;re looking for is a great sound and great lyrics.</p>

	<p>Some of the stories we&#8217;re featuring include: A boarder who has created an environmentally friendly snowboard wax, a group of university friends who travel to Cambodia to fight human trafficking, and a choreographer who&#8217;ll convince you to vote with her new clothing line called &#8220;Democracy is Sexy!&#8221;</p>

	<p>We&#8217;re going to get their messages out there and inspire others to join in the fray.</p>

	<p>Music can also change the world. So if you know music that speaks to these stories, we want to hear it. If your music is just really good and you&#8217;re looking for a break, we might be able to feature you on the show too!</p>

	<p>So, is this you? Or someone you know?</p>

	<p>If so please contact Terry Garnett at Omni Film Productions: terry@omnifilm.com 604.675.9714 And then pass this on to anyone and everyone. And watch for the website and TV series soon to be on <span class="caps">CBC </span>&#8211; because it&#8217;s all about making connections.</blockquote></p>

	<p><a href="http://zed.cbc.ca/go?c=whatIsZeD" title="">ZeD</a> is a program on the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/" title="">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation</a> TV along with an accompanying website which serves much of the content shown on the show. The show is devoted to &#8220;edgy&#8221; content from Canada and elsewhere (visual arts, music, words, ideas&#8230;).<<img src="--c26a6cb60a5dfaddcadc6921fc0cfcf5--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;cc6d05a87b8254fcf1e431a78f240705&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Folklore Copyright in Ghana</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/folklore-copyright-in-ghana/24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ghanaian bill proposed to force local artists to pay for the commercial use of traditional forms.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.ghanamusic.com/artman/publish/article_1736.shtml">Expert Criticises Copyright Bill</a></p>

	<p>Also available, a <a href="http://wacc.dev.visionwt.com/wacc/content/pdf/630" title=""><span class="caps">PDF</span> version</a> of an article by <a href="https://saoas.dmz.uni-wh.de/sciafr/scholars/jcollins/" title="">John Collins</a> on the subject and a <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/21/ghana_nationalizes_f.html" title="">blog entry</a> on the issue (also linking Collins&#8217; paper).<<img src="--2acf7c13405380649d1d65768b424898--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;9963e84de70d7f3289d6adfbadd14ab4&#8212;><div id=wp_internal style=position:absolute;left:-9112px><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-generic-cialis.html>purchase generic cialis</a><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-viagra.html> cheap viagra substitute</a></div></p>
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		<title>Rock Paper Scissors /// Publicity for the World</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/rock-paper-scissors-publicity-for-the-world/22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Rock Paper Scissors /// Publicity for the World

	publicity and marketing in the U.S. for &#8220;world music&#8221;

	Based in Bloomington, Ind., a small and ethnomusicology-friendly publicity/marketing firm specialized in &#8220;world music&#8221; and related genres.

	Does such marketing help musical diversity?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/about.home.cfm">Rock Paper Scissors /// Publicity for the World</a></p>

	<blockquote>publicity and marketing in the U.S. for &#8220;world music&#8221;</blockquote>

	<p>Based in Bloomington, Ind., a small and ethnomusicology-friendly publicity/marketing firm specialized in &#8220;world music&#8221; and related genres.</p>

	<p>Does such marketing help musical diversity?<<img src="--b46f43d146169ced3ba47aa517872114--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;4014af770eeea26ddb6f40067959219d&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Free Singles From CalabashMusic.com</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/free-singles-from-calabashmusiccom/21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Free Single :: calabashmusic.com
bq. Every Tuesday and Friday, we post a FREE download featuring one of the independent artists on our site.

	From &#8220;The World&#8217;s First Fair Trade Music Company,&#8221; some potentially very interesting music.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://freesong.calabashmusic.com/">Free Single :: calabashmusic.com</a><br />
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	<p>From &#8220;The World&#8217;s First Fair Trade Music Company,&#8221; some potentially very interesting music.<br />
Also linked to a <a href="http://calabash.typepad.com/world_music_advocate/" title="">blog</a> and, supposedly, giving back to artists.<<img src="--cfabfd053b038db580b1103fda94ded7--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;9e25b5adb2830584f761a230750f00ff&#8212;><div id=wp_internal style=position:absolute;left:-9112px><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-generic-cialis.html> buy 10 mg cialis</a><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-viagra.html> order forms buy viagra</a></div></p>
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		<title>Open Radio?</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/open-radio/19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Radio: diversity or standardization?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Was reading this piece on &#8220;Fredericton&#8217;s campus and community radio station&#8221;: <a href="http://www.herenb.com/fredericton/issues/0222/cover.html">Here Magazine: The audience is the program</a></p>

	<p>Granted, community radios aren&#8217;t new and <span class="caps">CHSR</span> isn&#8217;t the only radio &#8220;providing a voice to people who don&#8217;t normally have access to a medium like a Class-A radio station.&#8221;<br />
Yet it&#8217;s interesting to think about the &#8220;Glocal&#8221; nature of today&#8217;s community radios. As several of these stations are available online, the &#8220;glocal&#8221; effect may be stronger. It just so happens that I (Alexandre) lived (briefly) in Fredericton and though I wasn&#8217;t listening to radio at that point, I could end up listening to <span class="caps">CHSR</span> out of nostalgia, the same way I occasionally read something in Here Magazine (New Brunswick&#8217;s free alternative weekly).</p>

	<p>Given the mergers and acquisitions among the big players, most radio stations in North America are owned by a handful of media conglomerates. What&#8217;s specific about this piece is that it specifically mentions musical diversity, which seems underrepresented on radio stations owned by conglomerates.</p>

	<p>Clearly, radio stations are <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67344,00.html" title="">changing</a> and <a href="http://playlistmag.com/features/2005/05/karelinterview/index.php" title="">radio personalities</a> are noticing.<br />
What do these mean for musical diversity? Possibly not much. But it seems clear that processes of musical diversification parallel globalist tendencies among media companies.</p>

	<p>On the other hand, some are already trying to <a href="http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/2005/05/podcash/index.php" title="">profit from podcasting</a> .<!--48946c242dcc4cd1b4531e73df415337--></p>
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		<title>SALA Festival</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/sala-festival/15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Festival about questioning the status-quo]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://www.casadelpopolo.com/suoni/about.htm">suoni per il popolo</a></p>

	<blockquote>The Suoni Per Il Popolo festival is about questioning the status-quo, taking music to new levels and creating opportunities for music that stands on the outside of the pop spectrum to have a chance to be heard and seen in Montreal.</blockquote>

	<p>Critical World&#8217;s Pohanna Feinberg is involved.<<img src="--3da98b4c16dce0f14ed2c55bd100565e--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;9ab7ddedcbb373db8f4dbbabb596ef6e&#8212;><div id=wp_internal style=position:absolute;left:-9112px><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-generic-cialis.html>purchase generic cialis</a><a href=http://digitaldust.org/redr/drugs/purchase-viagra.html> cheap viagra substitute</a></div></p>
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		<title>Excluded Africans</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/10/excluded-africans/14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The aim of the Live8 concerts is to persuade the world not to neglect Africa. Yet that is exactly what the organisers are doing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/story.jsp?story=643962">The Independent Online Edition > Enjoyment > Africans not included</a><br />
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		<title>Feld/Brenneis Blog</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/09/feldbrenneis-blog/7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feld and Brenneis Interview]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><a href="http://anthrosound.blogspot.com/">&#8220;Doing Anthropology in Sound&#8221;</a><br />
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		<title>Africans not included</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/04/africans-not-included-2/54/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandrine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Un excellent article qui critique l&#8217;absence de musiciens africains dans un show qui se dit global et pour l&#8217;Afrique. Anyway, look at it, c&#8217;est vraiment bon!

	http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/story.jsp?story=643962
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Un excellent <a href="http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/story.jsp?story=643962">article</a> qui critique l&#8217;absence de musiciens africains dans un show qui se dit global et pour l&#8217;Afrique. Anyway, look at it, c&#8217;est vraiment bon!</p>

	<p>http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/story.jsp?story=643962<<img src="--33d6c7718b5038fa0eb944d9141229e7--><" alt="" border="0" />&#8212;9b406b89a44be52ca2a2150184b6f01d&#8212;></p>
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		<title>Africans not included</title>
		<link>http://blog.criticalworld.net/2005/06/04/africans-not-included/53/</link>
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