The Asia-Pacific Society for Ethnomusicology (APSE) Online Conference 2021

“INTEGRITIES AND IDENTITIES OF ASIA-PACIFIC TRADITIONAL EXPRESSIVE CULTURES” will be hosted by the UP Center for Ethnomusicology and the UP College on November 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2021 / 13:00 – 17:30 hrs (GMT +8).

The Asia-Pacific Society for Ethnomusicology (APSE) was established in 1994 to serve as a platform for the exchange of ideas regarding research in music and culture in the Asia-Pacific Region. Its first international conference held at the Museum of Ethnology in Osaka in 1995 not only increased its membership but directed the organization to significant topics that were current within the region at the time: performance practice, the impact of modernity, popular culture and most importantly, theory.

This year, the APSE Conference will be held online, each Saturday of November 2021. Four respected scholars in music will deliver keynote: Dr. Ramon P. Santos (National Artist of Music, Philippines); Dr. Tan Sooi Beng (Universiti Sains Malaysia); Dr. Patricia Campbell (University of Washington); and Dr. Chinary Ung (University of California, San Diego).

To garner the interest of the various fields related to the musical practices within the Asia-Pacific region, this conference will address current issues covering topics such as: identity and meaning, performance, creation, research, production and re- re/ production, popular and commercial media, boundaries (geographic, cultural, social, economic), resilience (strategic practices of indigenous communities for survival, adaptation, fusion, etc.), gender, fluidity of identity, and pedagogy and transmission.

Each conference day will feature a keynote; a panel presentation and discussion; and a performance from selected Asia-Pacific country.

Conference Schedule

November 6, 2021 (Saturday)

13:00 – 13:15Opening
13:15 – 13:45Keynote 1Ramon P. Santos, PhD
University Professor Emeritus
University of the Philippines – Diliman
“Integrities and Identities of Southeast Asian Traditional Performing Arts”

Moderator: Verne de la Peña, PhD.
13:45 – 15:15Panel 1
IDENTITIES
Jonas Baes, PhD.
Professor, University of the Philippines – Diliman
“Identity, Marginality and the Iraya-Mangyan Engagement: Transcending the Dichotomies of Difference”

Rachel Ong Shu Ying
Independent Researcher
“Down memory lane”: Situating Peranakan identity through Peranakan song in Melaka”

Made Mantle Hood, PhD.
Professor of Ethnomusicology
Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan
“Performing Ontologies to Shape Asia-Pacific Periphery Identities”

Moderator: Raul Navarro, PhD.
15:15 – 15:25Break
15:25 – 15:55PerformanceAll Thidsa Band
Thailand
15:55 – 17:25Panel 2
IDENTITIES
Jarernchai Chonpairot, PhD.
Professor, Mahasarakham University
“Arts of Creating Isan Music Melodies: Vocal and Instrumental”

Chaiwut Kosol, PhD.
Asst. Professor, Songkhla Rajabhat University
“The Charm of a Pi, a Double Reed Oboe, of Southern Thailand: Its acoustic system and its use in theatrical performances”

Great Lekakul, PhD.
Professor, Chiang Mai University
Phin Pia: Sonic Identity and Diversity in Modern Lanna of Thailand”

Moderator: Jocelyn Guadalupe, PhD.
17:25 – 17:30Announcements

November 13, 2021 (Saturday)

13:00 – 13:15Opening
13:15 – 13:45Keynote 2Sooi Beng Tan, PhD.
Professor, School of the Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia
“Redrawing Borders: Sonic Movements, Encounters and Discords in Colonial Maritime Southeast Asia”

Moderator: Verne de la Peña, PhD.
13:45 – 15:15Panel 3
BOUNDARIES
Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid, PhD.
Senior Lecturer, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
“Negotiating Contested Boundaries: The Haqqani Maulid Ensemble of Kuala Lumpur”

Arwin Tan, PhD.
Assoc. Professor, University of the Philippines – Diliman
“Reading Gender in Manila Theaters’ Border-crossing Songs in the Early Twentieth Century”

Mayco Santaella, PhD.
Assoc. Professor, Sunway University
“Revisiting Modern Borders: The Sulu Zone as Cultural Complex”

Moderator: Ma. Patricia Silvestre, PhD.
15:15 – 15:25Break
15:25 – 15:55PerformanceExcerpts from “Together, Dance”
South Korea
15:55 – 17:25Panel 4
BOUNDARIES
Chung Ji Tae
PhD Candidate, Gadjah Mada University
“Mythology of Hybrid Confusian Music ‘Munmyo Jeryeak’”

Sunarto, PhD.
Professor, State University of Semarang
“Macapat in the Tradition of Central Java Society”

Nyak Ina Raseuki, PhD.
Professor, Jakarta Institute of the Arts
“Hybridity Recycled: The Fourth Life of Musik Etnik”

Moderator: Maria Christine Muyco, PhD.
17:25 – 17:30Announcements

November 20, 2021 (Saturday)

13:00 – 13:15Opening
13:15 – 13:45Keynote 3Patricia Campbell, PhD.
Donald E. Peterson Professor of Music
University of Washington
“Integrities at the Music Learning Interface: Collaborative Efforts in Pursuit of Intercultural Understanding”

Moderator: Verne de la Peña, PhD.
13:45 – 15:15Panel 5
PEDAGOGY
Jocelyn Guadalupe, PhD
Asst. Professor, University of the Philippines – Diliman
“Pedagogical possibilities in the documentation of selected bamboo music traditions of the Philippines”

Clare Suet Ching Chan, PhD.
Assoc. Professor, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
“A Semai Musician’s Natural Pedagogy of Indigenous Musical Instruments and Songs from Malaysia”

Anothai Nitibhon, PhD.
Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music  

Moderator: Arwin Tan, PhD.
15:15 – 15:25Break
15:25 – 15:55PerformanceUP Palabunibunyan
University of the Philippines
15:55 – 17:25Panel 6
PEDAGOGY
Kit Young
Founder, Gitameit Music Institute, Myanmar
“HUMMING COURAGE: Gitameit Musicians Meet Trauma In Civil Conflict”

Nay Win Htun
Coordinator, Gitameit Music Institute, Myanmar
“Learning Music Culture Diversity through Performing Artist Workshops”

Ne Myo Aung
Dean, Gitameit Music Institute, Myanmar
“Sandaya by Ear in Burma: Learning from Recordings versus Learning from Masters”

Moderator: Verne de la Peña, PhD.
17:25 – 17:30Announcements

November 27, 2021 (Saturday)

13:00 – 13:15Opening
13:15 – 13:45Keynote 4Chinary Ung, PhD.
Distinguished Professor of Music
University of California – San Diego
Neak Pean (Intertwining Dragons)


Moderator: Verne de la Peña, PhD.
13:45 – 15:15Panel 7
CREATION
Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes, PhD.
Professor, University of Shizuoka
“Connectivity and/or Conviviality?: Musics of the Philippine Indegenous Peoples on YouTube”

Eisuke Yanagisawa, PhD.
Asst. Professor, Kyoto University
“Aspects of Audiovisual Ethnography: A Case Study on Gong Culture in Vietnam”

Ko Inoue, PhD.
Post-Doctorate Researcher, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
“Dance with Soundscape: Water Buffaloes and Humans in Northeastern Cambodia”

Moderator: Hiroko Nagai, PhD.
15:15 – 15:25Break
15:25 – 15:55PerformanceAyi-Yanga
Taiwan
15:55 – 17:25Panel 8
CREATION
Myoshin Kim
Lecturer, Ewha Womans University
“Can You Sing the Hymn in Korean Style?: Creating Koreanized Christian Hymns in Jeongga (Korean Traditional Lyric Song) Style”

Mi-young Kim
Research Professor
Honam Studies Center, Chonnam National University
“Musical Creativity in the Korean shaman ritual music”

Yong-Shik Lee, PhD.
Professor, Chonnam National University
Chonnam National University
“From scattered improvised music to fixed score music; the case of Korean solo instrumental music, sanjo”

Moderator: Jonas Baes, PhD.
17:25 – 17:30Announcements