Under the Ethnomusicology in Uganda Projects, the Department of Performing Arts in the School of Liberal and Performing Arts of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Makerere University will host the symposium.

Under the Ethnomusicology in Uganda Projects, the Department of Performing Arts in the School of Liberal and Performing Arts of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Makerere University will host the symposium.

The Second International symposium on Ethnomusicology in Uganda will be hosted in partnership with The Grieg Academy of the University of Bergen, Norway, from October 20th – 22nd, 2011 at the School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bio-Engineering.

The symposium will feature presenters from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Norway with topics covering themes on music and gender, archiving music, popular music and copyrights, music and religion, local and diasporic identities in music, migration and tourism in music cultural policy and the performing arts, among others. The activities will also include an exhibition and a book launch as detailed below. 

EXHIBITION
As part of the activities, the Makerere University Klaus Wachsmann Music Archive (MAKWMA), will have an exhibition showcasing its collections and activities at the new Extension of the Main Library on Saturday October 22, 2011 from 2:00-3:00p.m.

BOOK LAUNCH
Under the Ethnomusicology in Uganda Projects, the Department of Performing Arts in the School of Liberal and Performing Arts of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University and The Grieg Academy of the University of Bergen, Norway, will be launching a book entitled: “Ethnomusicology in East Africa: Perspectives from Uganda and Beyond,” published by Fountain Publishers. The venue will be the Department of Performing Arts and Film (formerly Music, Dance and Drama) ground on Saturday October 22, 2011 from 3:00-4:00p.m.