Conference Agenda

Friday, October 6

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m Welcome
Keynote Speaker Naresh Fernandes, Editor, Scroll; author of Taj Mahal Foxtrot

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m .Introduction to Soundscapes
Kevin A. Fellezs, Columbia University, and Director of Center for Jazz Studies
Gerald Estadieu, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of St. Joseph, Macau 

3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Soundscapes Brazil and India
Susana Sardo, University Aveiro  
Micah Oelze, Musician and Historian of Brazilian music at Adelphi University
Pedro Aragão, University Aveiro and UNIRIO 
Moderator: K. David Jackson, Yale University

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Reception

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Concert Stephen Slawek, Sitar

Saturday, October 7

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. The Social Space of Music: Sound and/in Mumbai
Aneesh Pradhan
Urmila Bhirdikar, Shiv Nadar University
Moderator: Anupama Rao, Columbia University

10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Acoustic Justice in Brazil and India
Sérgio Infante, Yale University
Ana Luiza de Abreu Claudio, Columbia University
Marcos Balter, Columbia University 

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch

2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Race/Caste in India, Luso-Africa and Brazil
Filipa Vicente, University of Lisbon
Rasika Ajotikar
Ana Flávia Miguel, University of Aveiro
Ângela Barreto Xavier, University of Lisbon
Moderators: Stuart Schwartz, Yale University
Lisa Voigt, Yale University

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Choro Concert
Brazilian Bandolim Virtuoso Tiago Souza Presents “Choro-Samba-Jazz” featuring Rogério Souza and Dr. Stephen Guerra