The Centro Leon in Santiago is hosting the Music, Identity, and Culture in the Caribbean (MIC) conference this 10, 11, 12 April 2015 at their facilities in Santiago. The theme is: “Singers-songwriters, Societies and Identities in the Caribbean” and has the backing of the Ministry of Culture.
The conference aims to bring together scholars, leading figures and people with an interest in Caribbean music, dance and culture to exchange knowledge about these central cultural elements of the region, and to foster policies that strengthen national and regional cultural identity with a comprehensive focus. The conference is envisioned as a critical, multidisciplinary and reflective space for sharing and discussing research, experiences and findings related to Caribbean music, identities and cultures. The MIC Conference subscribes to a pedagogical approach aimed at involving the educational system and improving arts education in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean.
By tackling the topic of Singers-songwriters, Societies and Identities in the Caribbean, the VI MIC Conference will focus on the singer-songwriter’s composition as a type of popular music in which artists and composers express themselves as a human being with their sensibility, their life experiences and their own points of view by singing about life, love, freedom and hope.
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