On Music, Racism, and Coloniality

12.03.2024 14:00

Austria, USA, Peru conversations – open colloquium with Javier Leon, Rodrigo Chocano, Julio Mendívil, Cornelia Gruber and Alexander Silaen

Tuesday, March 12 – 14:00–18:00 – Hörsaal 1

The colloquium on music, racism, and coloniality convenes experts from the US, Peru, and Austria to discuss issues of historical racial discrimination and colonial legacies in the context of music making, research, and archiving. The Institut für Musikwissenschaft at the Universität Wien invites all interested scholars and public to this open event.

Roundtable 1: Engaging with music and racism: an Afro-Peruvian experience

14:00–15:30 Uhr


Roundtable 2: Music, coloniality, and institutions

16:00–18:00 Uhr


This project is sponsored by the European Commission as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship – RACISMUS project (no 101063972).


Invitation Poster

"Conjunto Ricardo Palma" Ensemble

El Comercio (Perú) June 25, 1946