Presented By: Program in Creativity & Consciousness Studies
"Expanding the Diversity Conversation:
Art, Consciousness, and Social Justice"
Presentations followed by Q&A
Presentors:
KYRA GAUNT, Ph.D.,
Digital Ethnomusicologist, Adjunct Associate Lecturer—
Baruch College- The City University of New York (CUNY);
(Ph.D. 1997, University of Michigan)
and
PCCS Director ED SARATH,
Professor of Music, Department of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation- SMTD
In this shared presentation, Kyra Gaunt, Ph.D., Baruch College-CUNY, and Ed Sarath, U-M Program in Creativity & Consciousness Studies (PCCS), will extend the boundaries of typical conversations concerning diversity by exploring the areas of art and consciousness and the profound ramifications that they have for diversity. Art and consciousness have not been part of diversity discourse near to the extent that is possible, and that is arguably needed, if genuine progress is to be made. The limited connection between art and diversity is particularly evident in music studies, with its strong monocultural center. Furthermore, consciousness—defined in our presentation as a core facet of human experience that includes the innermost, transcendent dimensions of subjective awareness—is even more distant in academic diversity discourse.
PCCS' special guest, Dr. Gaunt, is the author of The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop. In her wide-ranging approach to her work and teaching, Gaunt epitomizes the ideas of creativity, diversity, transcendence, and passionate activism.
This event is open to all U-M affiliates, community scholars, and the general public.
Light refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by U-M PCCS; and, National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID)
Presentors:
KYRA GAUNT, Ph.D.,
Digital Ethnomusicologist, Adjunct Associate Lecturer—
Baruch College- The City University of New York (CUNY);
(Ph.D. 1997, University of Michigan)
and
PCCS Director ED SARATH,
Professor of Music, Department of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation- SMTD
In this shared presentation, Kyra Gaunt, Ph.D., Baruch College-CUNY, and Ed Sarath, U-M Program in Creativity & Consciousness Studies (PCCS), will extend the boundaries of typical conversations concerning diversity by exploring the areas of art and consciousness and the profound ramifications that they have for diversity. Art and consciousness have not been part of diversity discourse near to the extent that is possible, and that is arguably needed, if genuine progress is to be made. The limited connection between art and diversity is particularly evident in music studies, with its strong monocultural center. Furthermore, consciousness—defined in our presentation as a core facet of human experience that includes the innermost, transcendent dimensions of subjective awareness—is even more distant in academic diversity discourse.
PCCS' special guest, Dr. Gaunt, is the author of The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop. In her wide-ranging approach to her work and teaching, Gaunt epitomizes the ideas of creativity, diversity, transcendence, and passionate activism.
This event is open to all U-M affiliates, community scholars, and the general public.
Light refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by U-M PCCS; and, National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID)
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