WOMEX 11 Guide

Session 6 Session 7 Session 8Discovery Room – Sounds:What’s Bubbling in the Community?Money for What?Web users as investors and patrons throughcrowdfunding platformsNew Model FusionCreative entrepreneurs + creative government policy= economic and arts developmentSeSSions CO n f e r e n c eFriday 11:00 – 11:45Conference 2How Music Empowers and IncludesOdyssey of the Bauls of BengalAmitava Bhattacharya (India), Banglanatak dot comThrough a case study of the Bauls, the conference willhighlight the potential of traditional music for fosteringequitable development through artistic livelihood andother socio-parameters. www.banglanatak.comGwoKaMusic and identity in GuadeloupeDominique Cyrille (Guadeloupe), Repriz-CMDTPA presentation of gwoka music and dance. Examiningthe new trends and traditional styles of this emblem ofGuadeloupean identity. www.repriz-cmdtp.org› Showcases/Artists A – Z: Kan’nidaChampeta MusicA Colombian sound systemWalter ‘Indigo’ Hernández Romero (Colombia),Intermundos/Systema SolarFriday 12:00 – 12:45Conference 1Chaired by Francesco D’Amato (Italy),University Sapienza of Romewith Pim Betist (The Netherlands),Africa UnsignedThe term crowdfunding is used to define fundraisingcampaigns addressed to web users in general or tousers of specific web platforms. It’s a growing practice,especially to support cultural and music projects. Thiskind of micro-financing can be considered an exampleof the new forms of participation to cultural productionafforded by digital media, which are the focus of anongoing academic debate. After a brief reference to thisdebate, I will present some results from a research onwebsites specialised in music crowdfunding, comprisinginterviews with musicians and backers using suchservices, in order to illustrate different crowdfundingmodels, to point out the technological and discursivecontexts in which interactions between applicants andbackers take place and to examine the actions andexperiences of both.Friday 12:00 – 12: 45Conference 2Chaired by Tom Frouge (USA),Avokado Artists/¡Globalquerque!with Rossela Tarantino (Italy),Basilicata RegionIt is no secret that cultural and arts funding has taken amajor hit in these tough economic times, but that doesnot necessarily mean there is no money or support forthe arts. Perhaps it is in how we frame creative businessgoals to local and regional authorities. From a fundingpoint of view, development policies are perceived asmore important than culture, and, hence are betterfunded. We need to shift the conversation to arts andculture as an engine of economic development (bothdirectly and indirectly) instead of funding being perceivedas a ‘hand-out’. We will look at the issue from both the‘supply’ side (arts entrepreneurs) and the ‘demand’ side(government policy goals), sharing ideas and successstories of how the two sides have come together to thebenefit of both and the community.© Ayça KobanbayDaycase › Showcases/Artists A – ZÖzlem Taner (Turkey)Intro: Vecdi Sayar (Turkey), Pi Production© Ritva VälimäkiFriday 13:00 – 14:00Forum/Daycase StageDaycase › Showcases/Artists A – ZAntti Paalanen (Finland)Intro: Andrew Cronshaw (UK), Cloud Valley MusicSeSSions CO n f e r e n c eA journey through the world of champeta fiestas, lookingat the music, unusual circumstances and stories thathave made this area one of the world’s most diverseand dynamic. Welcome to this stereolaser adventure.www.intermundos.org› Films/Screenings A – Z: Frekuensia Kolombiana› Showcases/Artists A – Z: Systema SolarFriday 14:15 – 15:15Forum/Daycase Stage130131