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Conflict, Transformation, and Mixture in Place: Buenos Aires and its Tango as Text

Saturday, November 9, 2013: 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Borgne (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Celia Lopez-Chavez , University of New Mexico
Javier Lorenzo , University of New Mexico
Jazz is compared to tango in its history and development. Buenos Aires (Argentina) can be compared with New Orleans as a place where cultures meet and transform, and their mixture becomes the "paradigm for creativity". This honors seminar uses the city of Buenos Aires and its music (tango) as text.