The Jandoli Institute will explore the role of corporate ticket companies in its next music and social justice online forum.
The Jandoli Institute will explore the role of corporate ticket companies in its next music and social justice online forum.
Stephen Wilt, an archivist at Media Transfer Service in Rochester, will lead the discussion, which is scheduled for Monday, April 19, at 7 p.m.
鈥淚 plan to tackle a series of questions about ticket companies,鈥 Wilt said. 鈥淲ho holds them accountable? Is it ethical for these companies to include donations as part of ticket prices?鈥
Wilt鈥檚 presentation, part of the institute鈥檚 鈥淪harp Notes, Sharp Thoughts鈥 series, will be followed by an online discussion with:
- , a musician, producer and cultural arts educator. Freeman is a faculty member at Pace University鈥檚 Department of Media, Communications, and Visual Arts and Director of Education for Brooklyn Raga Massive. He also serves on the board of The Association of Teaching Artists.
- Alex R Gillham, an assistant professor of philosophy at St. Bonaventure University. Gillham鈥檚 research focuses on topics in ethics, ancient philosophy and philosophy of religion. He is particularly interested in the connection between music, identity and morality.
- , an associate professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University and executive director of the Jandoli Institute. He writes and comments regularly on the intersection of music and public policy. During his career as a journalist, he covered rock鈥檔鈥檙oll for several years before establishing himself as political reporter.
- , chair of the Department of Media, Communications, and Visual Arts at Pace University, where he teaches strategic and organizational communication in both the undergraduate and graduate programs.
To register for Monday鈥檚 forum, complete the institute鈥檚 online .
The Jandoli Institute launched 鈥淪harp Notes, Sharp Thoughts鈥 in October to explore the connection between music and social justice. The institute developed the project in collaboration with the Department of Media, Communications, and Visual Arts at Pace University. Through the project, scholars, musicians, journalists and others show how music has been 鈥 and can continue to be 鈥 a positive tool for social change.
Previous forums have explored how today鈥檚 society should view the Band鈥檚 1969 song 鈥淭he Night They Drove Old Dixie Down鈥; the Jazz and People鈥檚 Movement, which brought attention to African American jazz musicians in the 1970s; the role musicians鈥 fans can play in promoting social justice and punk music鈥檚 ability to question corporate behavior.
The institute serves as a forum for academic research, creative ideas and discussion on the intersection between media and democracy. The institute, accessible at , is part of the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University.
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