ROUNDTABLE: IS GOD FUNKY OR WHAT?
THE DYNAMICS OF POWER, MUSIC, AND BLACK HEALINGROUNDTABLE:
6:30PM-8PM
Leshowitz Recital Hall
RECEPTION:
8-9PM
Room G55
This ROUNDTABLE AND PERFORMANCE WILL BE A DYNAMIC INTERPLAY OF RACE,
MUSIC, healing, religion, and post-colonial theory inspired by the
book, _Is God Funky or __What? Black Biblical Culture a__nd
Contemporary Popular Music_ authored by Dr. Theodore W. Burgh. The
author, Ms. Toni Blackman, and Dr. Michael Viega will engage in a
dialogue moderated by Dr. Kate E. Temoney.
DR. THEODORE W. BURGH (TEDDY) is an ethnomusicologist, musician, and
Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University
of North Carolina Wilmington. He earned an MA in Religious Studies
from Howard University and an MA and PhD in Archeology from the
University of Arizona.
TONI BLACKMAN is a social entrepreneur, cypher facilitator, and
activist who was the first Hip Hop artist selected to work as a
Cultural Ambassador with the US Department of State. She is currently
with the Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute and a fellow in the
Echoing Green Foundation’s Thought Leadership Cohort.
DR. MICHAEL VIEGA is an Assistant Professor of Music at the John J.
Cali School of Music at Montclair State University. His clinical and
research experience includes the healing affordances of Hip Hop
Culture, digital music cultures in music therapy, and trauma with
youth from limited resource communities.
DR. KATE E. TEMONEY is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Religion at Montclair State University.
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