NU lectures on ethnomusicology, Feb. 12-13

From our communications office:

Nipissing University is pleased to welcome Dr. Anna Hoefnagels to campus for a series of lectures on First Nations music, culture and politics.

Hoefnagels' lecture topics and schedule is as follows:

“POWWOWS AND POLITICS: The Development of Powwows in Canada vis-à-vis Native Activism”
Monday, February 12, 2007, from 8:30-10 a.m. (Room A118)

“FIRST PEOPLES’ MUSICAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF IDENTITY AND RESISTANCE”
Monday, February 12, 2007, from 3:30-5 p.m. (Room F210)

“ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACHES TO POWWOW CELEBRATIONS”
Tuesday, February 13, 2007, from 3:30-5 p.m. (Room A224)

The lectures, to be held in conjunction with Nipissing University Anthropology and History courses, are open to everyone and are free of charge.