Welcome to The Popular Music Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology wiki. See the Becoming a Member page in the Members area for information about joining the wiki.
News
Official Launch of the New Wiki
As some of you may have noticed in the recent discussion regarding hip-hop sources, we have been working on updating the PMSSEM website through wikidot.com. And I must first thank Trevor Harvey for his tremendous work designing the new webpage!! The webpage for PMSSEM maintained by SEM is now streamlined to facilitate updating and all detailed information will only be maintained on the new PMSSEM wiki website.
Please visit the updated website at http://pmssem.wikidot.com (the older "tamu" based site has been closed, though anyone who visits that address will be directed to the new site for the time being.) Anyone can navigate the wiki website, but you must register with wikidot.com and join the PMSSEM website if you wish to upload Bibliographies, create links, or edit your entry in the Member Directory (see below).
Joining the PMSSEM Wiki
To become a member of the PMSSEM wiki, please go to the "Members" menu and open the Becoming a Member page, or paste the following into your browser address bar:
http://pmssem.wikidot.com/becoming-a-member
From the Becoming a Member page, select the "Join" button located about halfway down the page.
A new window will open requesting that you create a new Wikidot account. If you already have a Wikidot.com account, you may sign in, otherwise fill out the form to create a new Wikidot account. After completing the registration, Wikidot.com will send you a verification email to complete your registration with the service. Once this registration process is complete, you should verify your membership with the PMSSEM wiki by going again to the Becoming a Member page. If the "Join" button is no longer visible, you have successfully joined the PMSSEM wiki. You may have to refresh the page, but should be good to go!
Updating the Membership Directory
In the process of transferring information, we realized that the entries for most individuals in the Member Directory were seriously out of date and decided therefore not to transfer them. Rather, we invite PMS Members to create a new entry in the Member Directory that you may edit on your own as your circumstances and/or interests change. Please note that you may make an entry in the Member Directory without registering for Wikidot and joining the PMSSEM website, but you will not be able to update the entry on your own in the future. Therefore, if you want the ability to edit, it is best to register with Wikidot, join the website and then make your entry. To do so, please follow the steps above and then go to the Members page and select Member Directory and follow the directions to create your entry.
Bibliographies
You will find a growing list of useful Bibliographies on the website. We invite PMS members to add to the collection, though remember that you must register for Wikidot and join the PMS website first. Then simply go to the Bibliographies page under Resources and follow the directions.
Links
All members may also update Links under Resources.
We will make every effort to keep the information on the website fresh, but appreciate everyone’s patience!
All best,
Jennifer
2011 PMSSEM Business Meeting and Lecture
Please join us for the section business meeting and lecture on Friday November 18th from 7:30pm-9:30pm in Independence Ballroom C.
Dr. Echols's talk, "You Gotta Move: Making Bodies Matter" will take place immediately following the Popular Music Section business meeting at 8:30.
Dr. Alice Echols is the Barbra Streisand Professor in Contemporary Gender Studies and Professor of English and History at the University of Southern California. The author of four books, including Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin and the recent Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture, Echols’s work on the America during the Sixties and Seventies is interdisciplinary, crossing a wide-range of scholarly disciplines.
We look forward to seeing you there!
