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Access, Advocacy, Inclusivity: Campus Roles in Musical Communities

Dr Christopher J Smith

Vernacular Music Center, Texas Tech University School of Music

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periods of crisis present moments of opportunity

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inclusivity, access, and advocacy

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inclusivity, access, and advocacy

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inclusivity, access, and advocacy

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inclusivity, access, and advocacy

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Access: maximizing opportunity for communities

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Access: maximizing opportunity for communities

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Inclusivity: wider & more diverse communities

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Inclusivity: wider & more diverse communities

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Advocacy: being responsive & reaching out

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Advocacy: being responsive & reaching out

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James Bau Graves

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“you can’t push spaghetti”

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Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra da Capivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin

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Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra da Capivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin

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Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra da Capivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin

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Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra da Capivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin

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Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra da Capivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin

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Lascaux, Namibia, Kakadu, Sierra da Capivara, Kalimantan, Padah-Lin

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“Reclaiming the Commons One Tune at a Time”Christopher J Smith, New Hibernia Review 10/4 (Winter 2006).

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aw, heck, darlin’…up here, we learn to make our own fun.

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research, teaching, and advocacy in the world’s folk and traditional musics

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http://ttuvmc.org

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1. ver·nac·u·lar adj \və(r)-ˈna-kyə-lər\

Definition of VERNACULAR

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1. ver·nac·u·lar adj \və(r)-ˈna-kyə-lər\

Definition of VERNACULAR

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a : using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language

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access, inclusivity, and advocacy

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Concert series

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Ensembles

Tzumba! World Music Ensemble

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Ensembles

Celtic Ensemble

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Ensembles

Early Music Ensemble

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Ensembles

Ragtime Ensemble

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Ensembles

Tech Set-Dancers

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Ensembles

Caprock Border Morris

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VMC Outreach Scholars

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Overseas

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Run-outs

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forty-thousand years

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Periods of crisis provide moments of opportunity