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AAG 2016 in San Francisco this Week

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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.

 

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).

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.

Open Invite to AAG GeoSlam! 2016 in San Francisco

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In Chicago last year, I had the opportunity to present (‘perform’ may be a more operative term) at the inaugural AAG GeoSlam! event. GeoSlam is the brilliant brainchild of Pam Sertzen and Jessie Speer, colleagues working on their PhDs at Syracuse University (by the way, Go Cuse! I’d try to keep my alma mater allegiance suppressed at times, but this is my website. Moving on…) Pam and Jessie wanted to give geographers, many of whom have artistic pursuits either concurrent or outside of their academic pursuits, an opportunity to let those flags fly for a session at the annual AAG Meeting.

Despite the mid-day time slot, non-ideal fluorescent lighting, and lack of audio in the room last year, the inaugural event was a complete blast. I read my comical/wistful essay about Radon and Gainesville, my buddy Chris Petrucelli read some of his poetry, and several others shared short stories about the passions that guided their research. I eagerly offered my help in organizing the 2016 event in San Francisco, and as we prepare to bring GeoSlam II: The Slammening (okay, that title isn’t real, but again… my site) to AAG, here is this year’s call for participants. It’s like the sign-up sheet at an open mic, except it’s actually going to be something you’d want to share with your friends and loved ones. Make sure to Add the brand-new GeoSlam page on Facebook, too, and if you’re at AAG, come and check out the event!

Tune in tomorrow for an overdue retrospective on the SEMSEC Meeting I recently attended in Trinidad, as well as later this week for a preview of my appearances at the AAG meeting (outside of the free food-and-drink parties).

Cheers, Ty

 

Dear colleagues,

We would like to invite you to attend the second annual Geo Slam at this year’s AAG conference. In homage to San Francisco’s tradition of beat poetry, and in an effort to bridge the gap between creative and academic endeavors, the Geo Slam is a non-competitive opportunity for geographers to showcase their sensory, poetic, character-driven, and metaphoric writing. Anyone can participate and will be given 5-8 minutes to share their literary pieces.

This year, the slam is the final part of a four-part session. The first three sessions on geography and literature explore the methodological and theoretical implications of reading literary sources in geography. As a follow up to this discussion, the slam will be an opportunity for geographers to share their own literary work. The theme of this year’s slam is literature as method. Through these pieces, we want to explore the ways in which creative writing inspires new geographic ways of knowing, understanding, and interpreting the world.

Sign up to participate here: http://goo.gl/forms/upjY4ySD9d

Time:         Tuesday, March 29, 2015, 4:40 PM – 6:20 PM
Place:         Hilton Hotel, Imperial B, Ballroom Level

Co-sponsored by: Development Geographies Specialty Group, Cultural Geography Specialty Group, Graduate Student Affinity Group, and the AAG Subconference

In solidarity,
GeoSlam 2016 Organizers

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