Call for papers on African/Black Dance

Journal of Pan African Studies (JPAS) Call for Papers: Special Edition on African/Black  Dance

Despite the importance of dance in the daily lives of African/Black people throughout the Diaspora and the inclusion of dance during the discipline's inception; African/Black dance as a body of knowledge within Black Studies is one of the least developed areas of the discipline. In fact, very few Black Studies' departments offer African/Black dance classes, and even fewer require it as part of their degree program. Also, very few Black Studies' journals tend to publish scholarly work, either specifically or generally, on African/Black dance. Therefore, in order to further develop this area of the discipline; JPAS is dedicating a special edition to scholarship on African/Black dance. This special edition is seeking scholarly work on topics such as:

*African centered approaches to African/Black dance 

*The role of the African worldview in African/Black dance 

*The Black dancing body

*Pedagogical styles in African/Black Dance

*Theories in African/Black dance

*Philosophies in African/Black dance

*Methodologies in African/Black dance

*The different  genres or styles of movement in African/Black dance: hip-hop, jazz, tap, modern, African, etc.

*The various techniques in African/Black dance: Dunham,  Ailey, Umfundalai, etc.

*The presence of racism and white supremacy in the world of dance

*The contributions of specific African/Black dancers  and/or African/Black dance companies to African/Black dance

*The relationship of African/Black music to African/Black dance

*The future of African/Black dance in the academy and/or in Black Studies *Book/film reviews on African/Black dance

*Review articles on African/Black dance resources

*Interviews with African/Black dancers, choreographers, etc.

*Annotated bibliographies on African/Black dance sources and citations *Narrative photo essays

This JPAS special edition will be co-edited by Dr. Aimee Glocke, Visiting Assistant Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies at the University of Wyoming, and Dr. Lawrence Jackson, Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of Wyoming.

Abstracts should be 250 words or less and should include the participant's name, affiliation, paper title, and email address. 

Please send all abstracts to Dr. Aimee Glocke at _aglocke@uwyo.edu by December 1, 2010.

Notifications will be sent out by January 15, 2011, and the final papers will be due by June 1, 2011.     

Aimee Glocke, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant  Professor
African American and Diaspora Studies
University of  Wyoming
110 Ross Hall
Dept. 4297  1000 East University  Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
307-766-3856 (phone)
307-766-2555  (fax)