Arkansas State University's Department of English and Philosophy Presents
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Arkansas StateUniversity's Department of English and Philosophy Presents
Delta Symposium XIX: Cultivating the Delta
2013 Schedule ofEvents
Unless otherwise notated, all events will be held at ASU'sCarl R. Reng Student Union
Wednesday, April 17
12:00 – 1:30 "Rootedin Tradition: Representations ofArkansas Folklife"
ArkansasState University Student Panel Session
SarahAlexander: "NeverForgotten: Remembering theDead"
RachelCarner: "Cosplay asPerformance: Anime onDisplay"
JustinCarothers: "HuntingTraditions"
DouglasGray: "Unconventional: Folklore and the Rocky Horror Picture =Show"
MeganHeyl: "Rockabilly inPerformance"
NicoleStidham: "Moral Panic and theWest Memphis Three"
AlyssaWells: "CelebratingFriendsgiving at the Oasis"
MockingbirdRoom
2:00 - 3:45 "Cultivating the Land: From Slavery to Tenant Farming and Beyond in theArkansas Delta"
ArkansasHeritage Sites Presentation
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4:00 – 5:15 "CultivatingNeighborliness"
TownhallPresentation and Forum
WestEnd Neighborhood Association, Jonesboro
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7:00 - 8:30 Lecture/Concert Series Guest Speaker
BruceJackson (State University of New York at Buffalo): "Inside the Wire: Photographing from Texas and ArkansasPrisons"
Introducedby Richard Burns
CarlR. Reng Student Auditorium
7:00 - 9:30 Blues and Roots Music Showcase Performances
TheArts @ 311
Coordinatedby Paul Nunis
311South Church Street, Jonesboro
Thursday, April 18
8:00 – 9:15 "PicturingDelta Heritage"
PhotographicPresentation
WilliamAllen, Revis Edmond, Abdul R. Gindeel, Gregory Hansen, JuliannaLindsay, and Emmett Powers (Arkansas State University)
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9:30 – 10:30 "CultivatingASU's STAR Herbarium"
PanelSession
KariHarris, Star Loerch, Alex Worm, Rebecca Kennedy, and Chris Burkhart(Arkansas State University)
Moderatedby Travis Marsico
MockingbirdRoom
10:45 – 12:15 Cultivatingthe Delta's Musical Traditions
AlanBrown (University of WestAlabama): "R. L.Burnside: King of the SwaggeringBlues"
AndrewScheiber (University of St. Thomas): "Blues as (Agri)Culture: Season,Cycle, and Chance" DanielRoy Hildenbrandt (Southeastern Louisiana University): "Keeping theMusic Alive: Reimer's VarietyMusic Show"
Moderatedby Michael Spikes
MockingbirdRoom
12:30 – 1:00 BrownBag Book Talk
W.Stuart Towns
Authorof Enduring Legacy: Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause MockingbirdRoom
1:15 – 1:45 "PreservingArchitectural Heritage at Home"
HistoricPreservation and the V. C. Kays House
ClydeA. Milner II (Arkansas State University)
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2:00 - 3:15 Keynote Speaker
WesJackson (University of Kansas/The Land Institute): "Solving the Ten ThousandYear Old Problem of Agriculture" Introducedby Lynita Cooksey (Vice Chancellor and Provost) MockingbirdRoom
3:30 – 5:15 CulturalConservation in Arkansas Communities
SusanProbasco (University of Arkansas): Preserving Delta Ephemera: TheEveryday is Precious Once its Purveyors are Lost"
MeredithMartin-Moats, Marie Williams, and Kelsey Trotter (McElroy House: Organization for Folklife, OralHistory, and Community Action, LittleRock): "Tending Gardens,Growing Ideas: The CommunityAction Networkof the McElroy House Organization in Central Arkansas"
RachelReynolds Luster (Arkansas State University: "Cultivatinga Land- BasedEconomy and the Culture of Place: Two Working Models"
Moderatedby Michael Luster
MockingbirdRoom
7:00 - 8:30 Lecture/Concert Series Guest Speaker
JuliaButterfly Hill (The Engage Network): "What's Your Tree? Having a Lifeof Purpose, Passion and Power: Turning Inspiration into Action for a BetterWorld"
Introducedby Brittanie Short, (The Green Team)
CarlR. Reng Student Union Auditorium
Friday, April 19
8:00- 9:30 Paneland Forum: Biology and Agriculturein the Delta FredBourland, Jerry Farris, Erik Gilbert, Bert Greenwalt, and Tina Teague
Moderatedby Kat Lecky
MockingbirdRoom
10:00 – 12:00 TheArkansas Delta and Development
CharlesBaclawski (Arkansas State University): "Burdette Arkansas and theCity Beautiful Movement"
SherryLaymon (College of the Ouachitas): "Arkansas's Dark Ages: The Struggleto Electrify the State
JohnToth (University of Central Arkansas): "TheDelta as an Uncertain Place"
Moderatedby Brady Banta
MockingbirdRoom
1:00 – 3:15 RootsMusic and Musicians
JimBaird (University of North Texas): "Solomon Burke: Two kinds of SoulMan"
MitsutoshiInaba (Eugene, Oregon): "John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson: TheSound of Bronzeville"
MarkRandall (Arkansas State University): "Ten Times Worse than Elvis: TheBobby Lee Trammell Story"
ThomasN. Ratliff (Arkansas State University): "The Cultural Aesthetics ofCash: The Commemoration and Development of the Johnny Cash HomePlace in Dyess, Arkansas"
Moderatedby Michael Doyle
MockingbirdRoom
3:30 – 4:30 Writingand Arkansas Roots: ArkansasWriters Roundtable Discussion
RuthHawkins
VanHawkins
JanisKearney
PhilipMcMath
Moderatedby Deborah Chappel-Traylor
MockingbirdRoom
7:00 – 9:00 Reading
MargaretBolsterli (Fayetteville)
Previewof the 2013 Tributary, ASU's StudentLiterary Magazine
Readingsorganized by Miranda Jones (Arkansas State University)
Introducedby Janelle Collins
SpringRiver Room
Saturday, April 20
10:00 - 11:30 Architectural Walking Tour of Jonesboro's West End
Sponsoredby the Northeast Arkansas AIA
Ledby Jonesboro Design Professionals
LibiiFairhead (Brackett and Krennerich)
JimLittle (Little and Associates)
JohnMixon (Stuck Associates)
Meetat the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library
12:00 - 6:00 "Roots Music Festival"
Masterof Ceremonies, Michael Luster (Arkansas Folklife Program)
CityWater and Light Park
Culberhouseand Cherry Streets, Jonesboro
SkyCity 12:00
2-MulePlow 1:00
CedricBurnside 2:30
PlainMeanness 4:00
NewAgrarians 5:00
Rainlocation: Craighead CountyJonesboro Public Library
The Delta Symposium is made possible with support from theArkansas Arts Council, KASU 91.9 FM, National Endowment for the Arts, West EndNeighborhood Association, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, andArkansas State University.