NAFCo 2010 Conference

Roots and Routes

Conference Abstracts 2010

Keynote Speakers – Elizabeth Doherty, Catherine Foley, Chris Goertzen, Owe Ronström

Wednesday 14th–Sunday 18th July 2010
Conference Sessions – 09.00-13.30hrs

The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, is hosting the fourth North Atlantic Fiddle Convention. NAFCo 2010 will celebrate the excellence and diversity of fiddle and dance traditions from countries around the North Atlantic, combining an international academic conference with performances and workshops to create an event devoted to 'Roots and Routes'.

The conference will explore the ways in which local roots have been transformed through transnational routes in the context of countries and communities that border the North Atlantic. Thus to be 'local' is also to be 'global'. The aim of the conference is to explore our understanding of the interrelatedness of fiddle and dance traditions, and how they are affected and transformed by processes of globalisation, to create fresh insights and new perspectives.

Themes include:

Fiddle and dance traditions in transformation
Performance, place, and identity
Centres and peripheries
Mediation and cultural tourism
The role of the individual
Socialisation and competition
Tradition and innovation
Dance and music interplay
New research approaches and methods