The AAG meeting really snuck up on me this year. I don’t remember if I said the same thing last year (probably not), but it’s hard to believe it’s here already. I still have a couple of changes to make on my presentation before I meet up with Joseph Palis and everybody on my panel on Wednesday afternoon.

Anyway, here’s where you’ll be able to find me this week:

Tuesday (tonight!)

Geo Slam II
(Geographic storytelling and performance jam sessions of sorts)
Time: Tuesday, March 29, 2015, 4:40 PM – 6:20 PM
Place: 4:40 PM – 6:20 PM in Imperial B, Hilton Hotel, Ballroom Level

I’ve already written a good deal about Geo Slam here, and can’t wait to see how year 2 goes/grows. Make sure to add us on Facebook here.

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Wednesday (tomorrow night!)

Paper Session:
2628 Geographies of Media IX: Musicscapes and Spaces of Music (1)
5:20 PM – 7:00 PM in Union Square 1, Hilton Hotel, 4th Floor

Here is the session breakdown, according to the AAG schedule. Some great scholars here! Thanks to the Communication Geography Specialty Group for putting their name on it, as well as Aether. My paper is at 6 but make sure to come at 5:20 for Caitlin Grann; we presented together at AAG 2013 and it’ll be great to catch up with her.

Organizer(s):
Joseph Palis – University of the Philippines-Diliman
Laura Sharp – University of Arizona

Chair(s):
Joseph Palis – University of the Philippines-Diliman

Abstract(s):

5:20 PM   Author(s): *Caitlin Grann – University of New Mexico

Abstract Title: Ghost Bikes: A Trialectical Journey into the Place of Music within Grassroots Memorials

5:40 PM   Author(s): *John Byron Strait, Professor of Geography – Sam Houston State University

Abstract Title: The Impact of Aloha on the Birthplace of the Blues: The Hawaiian Roots of the Slide Guitar

6:00 PM   Author(s): *Tyler Sonnichsen – University of Tennessee

Abstract Title: Finding the Washington, DC Landscape in French Punk

6:20 PM   Author(s): *Douglas L. Allen – Florida State University

Abstract Title: “We are a New Race”: Booker T. Washington’s Use of Music in the Placing of a New Negro Image

6:40 PM   Discussant: Ola Johansson – University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

 

Session Description: These sessions examine the geographical implications – social, political, cultural, and economic – that are often contained within the spaces and places of different forms of media. Geographies of media extend beyond their original form and text to include the broader industrial and political complex in which culture is an economic commodity set within the broader frame of a global and postmodern era.  Geographies of media link between these realms and our daily lived experiences, from our cities to streets, from the living rooms to imaginations. These contexts invite inquiries into the production, distribution, exhibition, and consumption of all types of media. Geographies of media sessions are brought to you by Aether: The Journal of Media Geography (www.aetherjournal.org).

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Otherwise, follow me on twitter at @sonicgeography and I’ll try my best to keep it updated with any big changes. But per usual, it’s impossible to predict what I’ll get pulled into here. It’s been a while, San Francisco, and you look wonderful.