Dubbing a Global Archive by David Novak

The Graduate Music Society at BU invites to the last talk of the semester of the Zoom Colloquium Series. Abstract: In this talk, I trace the contemporary circulation of “golden era” 1960s and 1970s Cambodian popular music recordings as a global media archeology. I seek to contextualize and historicize revivals of pre-Khmer Rouge “Cambodian Rock” through the mediated movements of cassette tapes among North American independent labels and the activities of online archivists and heritage centers in present-day Cambodia, as well as in the documentary film Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten, the play Cambodian Rock Band, and the Los Angeles based group Dengue Fever. Drawing from ethnographic interviews with contemporary preservationists and reissue labels in Cambodia, California, Oregon, and Massachusetts, I consider the role of music in memories of genocide and war, the importance of physical materials in the global recognition of Southeast Asian history, and the ethical politics of media access in the transition to a digital archive.

When 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Thursday, April 15, 2021
Location Join Zoom Meeting
https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/96356808929?pwd=enkwK2pKZFdmNjViVXcwWkhTZE9CUT09

Meeting ID: 963 5680 8929
Passcode: 212121
Contact Name Sebastian Wanumen
Contact Email swanumen@bu.edu
Contact Organization Graduate Music Society
Fees Free
Speakers David Novak