Friday, 7th October | School of Social Work Building, Room 1636
Welcome & Opening Remarks | 9:30-9:45am
Farina Mir, University of Michigan
Madhumita Lahiri. University of Michigan
Literary Sounds | 9:45-11:15am
Chair: Christi Merrill, University of Michigan
Linda Hess, Stanford University
"What Could We Possibly Mean by Orality? (Or Should I Say Aurality?)--Studying Kabir Oral Traditions in North India"
Nathan Tabor, Western Michigan University
“Aurality, Publicity, and Persianate Literature in Early Modern India and Iran”
Sound Embodiments | 11:30am-1:00pm
Chair: Meilu Ho, University of Michigan
Davesh Soneji, University of Pennsylvania
“Song, Gesture, and the Modulation of Affect in South Indian ‘Devadasi’ Performance”
Amanda Weidman, Bryn Mawr College
“Circulating Voices: The Gendered Beginnings of Playback in South India”
Lunch | 1:00-2:30pm
Sounds Unseen | 2:30-4:00pm
Chair: Amy Stillman, University of Michigan
Isabel Huacuja Alonso, California State University, San Bernardino
“Awaz De: AIR's Urdu Service in Postcolonial India and Pakistan”
Vebhuti Duggal, Sarai-CSDS, India
“Imagining sound through the pharmaish: Radios and request postcards in North India, c. 1955 – 75”
Coffee Break | 4:00-4:30pm
Producing Audio-Vision | 4:30-6:00pm
Chair: Gaurav Desai, University of Michigan
Neepa Majumdar, University of Pittsburgh
“Between Rage and Song: Voice, Performance, and Instrumentation in Shanta Apte’s Films of the 1930s”
Madhuja Mukherjee, Jadhavpur University, India
"Gangs of Wasseypur and Digital Recreations: Music, Memory, Noise"
Saturday, October 8th | Ross School of Business, Room 1240
Listening to Images | 9:30-11:00am
Chair: Supriya Nair, University of Michigan
Pavitra Sundar, Hamilton College
“Voice, Body and a Sexy ‘Didi’”
Corey Creekmur, University of Iowa
“Sounding the Past in the Hindi Historical Film”
Hearing Things | 11:15am-12:45pm
Chair: Manan Desai, University of Michigan
Michele Friedner, Stony Brook University
“Saved and spoiled (through) sound: Affordances, hearing aids, and cochlear implants in urban India”
Jayson Beaster-Jones, University of California-Merced
“Mobile Phone Culture: Music as ‘Value-Added Service’”
Lunch | 1:00 – 2:00pm
