Big Hubbadubba coming up

The Pop Music Critic as Cultural Critic, Feb. 2006

Thursday evening is a reception and dinner and some introductory babble from
me [Ann Powers], Jim DeRogatis and Mark Anthony Neal. Here's the meat of the schedule, the next day:

*Friday, February 17, 2006
**/U of MN SJMC Conference Center , Murphy Hall, Minneapolis/*


*8:30*-*9:00*-Continental breakfast

*9:00*-*9:20*-Welcome and plan for the day. Kathleen Hansen, Director,
MJC, and Thom Swiss, Visiting Professor, UM. Participant introductions.

*9:20-10:00*-Seeing the Music Critic as Critical -Ann Powers, Jim
DeRogatis, Mark Anthony Neal, and Thom Swiss

*10:00-11:00*-Best Practices for Reviewing Pop, Rock, and Hip-Hop/
Differences between Reviewing Practices. Mark Anthony Neal, Jim DeRogatis
and Ann Powers

*11:00-11:15*-Q & A

*11:15-11:30*-Break

*11:30-12:15*- Why and How I Wrote that Book: Jim DeRogatis, Ann Powers,
and Mark Anthony Neal on moving from short-form to long- form pop criticism.

*12:15-1:00*-LUNCH

*1:00-1:30*-Ethical Traps and How to Avoid Them (all three keynotes)

*1:30-2:00*-Censorship/Restrictions: Popular Music as Target for Youth
Practices and Journalistic Practices. Ann Powers, Mark Anthony Neal, Jim
DeRogatis.


*2:00-2:15*-Break

*2:15-4:00*-Breakout groups with all participants to discuss popular music
journalism

*4:00-4:30*-Closure and evaluation

(via girlgroup)  ¶ 1/25/2006 06:40:00 PM