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GUYANA FOLK FESTIVAL
CALL FOR
PAPERS
GCA
Symposium and Literary Hang 2010
The Guyana Cultural Association, NY,
Inc./Guyana Folk Festival issues a call for presentations at its Ninth
Annual Symposium and Fourth Annual Literary Hang.
The theme of the GCA/Guyana Folk Festival for 2010 is
Diversity in Our Villages; Harmony in Our Culture.
This year these two events come together in a glorious celebration of
the village and the book.
This event will be held on Saturday, September 4, 2010, from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church
583 Throop Avenue at McDonough Street,
Brooklyn, New York 11216
The Fourth
Literary Hang
Authors are invited to
participate in this section of the event by
exhibiting and reading from their works. Readings are limited to ten
(10) minutes.
The sale of books is permitted. Authors may sign any books that they
have sold.
The Ninth Annual
Symposium
Papers and presentations are
invited on any aspect of village or extended village life. These aspects
include may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
- The village as keeper of the
flame.
- School and society in the
village.
- The role of the church in the
village community.
- Icons in the history of the
village.
- Reflections in music; the rhythm
of the village.
- The meaning of dance and movement
in the village.
- Reflections of the ancestry:
historiography imbedded in the spoken word.
- Myth and legend: linkages.
- Humor.
- Ceremonial expressions and the
role of village etiquette.
- Cantankerous takings in the life
of the village.
- Village architecture and
landscape design.
- The art of storytelling in the
village.
- Village foods: beacons of history
and memory
- Bush tea and tin in cup:
recalling and reflecting on village basics.
- Crossing the waters: retaining
village tradition in a new homeland
- Diasporic circling: the village
as link.
Papers should be no longer than 10 - 15
minutes.
Poster exhibitions and video presentations are encouraged.
Video presentations should be no longer than 10 - 15 minutes.
Submit your abstract/summary for a paper,
video or poster presentation on or before July 31st.
Send all submissions to:
J. Emanuel
c/o Guyana Cultural Association, NY, Inc.
1368 E 89 St.
Brooklyn, NY 11236
or jemanuel@bmcc.cuny.edu
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