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"(Pre)caution Improvisation Area": Improvisation and Responsibility in the Practice of the Precautionary Principle
At first sight, law and improvisation do not appear to have much in common. Law is (or at least...
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"A Second Standpoint": Howard Becker talks about music, sociology, and their intersections
Howard Becker, in conversation with ICASPs Elizabeth Jackson, discusses ideas in collaborative...
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"I Made a Promise to a Lady": Critical Legal Pluralism as Improvised Law in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
This article analyzes "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," a popular television series, in order...
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"Meeting Over Yonder": Parker, Baraka, Mayfield
VIDEO: Aldon Nielson presents a keynote discussing the work of William Parker, Amiri Baraka and...
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"Patience, Sincerity, and Consistency": Fred Anderson's Musical and Social Practices
The August 19, 2009 symposium held in honor of Chicago tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson, and the...
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"Say Who You Are, Play Who You Are" Workshops 2008
A piece describing the ongoing 'Play Who You Are' collaborative outreach project for...
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"See clearly...feel deeply": Improvisation and Transformation
On the cusp of a North American concert tour in late 2010 and hot off the release of "To the...
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"The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever:" Pierre Bourdieu and the Shifting Ontology of Bebop
On May 15, 1953, Toronto’s Massey Hall played host to what has become widely known in text books...
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"This is my Sharing" - A Conversation with Charles C. Smith
ICASPs Elizabeth Jackson interviews Charles C. Smith, poet, lecturer, and organizer in the field of...
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"This Music Demanded Action": Ralph Ellison's Aesthetic Imperative
VIDEO: Dr. O'Meally discusses the work of Ralph Ellison in relation to improvisation and...
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"Wild notes"...Improvisioning
This essay unpacks a new term in improvisation studies and discourse. Improvisioning--for want of...
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"Your bass sounds like a typewriter": A Reading and Interview with George Elliott Clarke. Accompanied by bassist, David Lee.
ICASP and the TransCanada Institute present George Elliott Clarke reading from his latest...
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(Paralyzed on One) Sideman: Disability Studies Meets Jazz, through the Hands of Horace Parlan
This is the keynote address given by Alex Lubet, University of Minnesota, and introduced by Sherrie...
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2007 Colloquium Brochure
Colloquium brochure and schedule for the 2007 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium "People Get...
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2007 Speaker Biographies and Abstracts
Biographies and abstracts for all speakers and presenters at the 2007 Guelph Jazz Festival...
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2008 Biographies and Abstracts
Biographies and abstracts for all speakers and presenters at the 2008 Guelph Jazz Festival...
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