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Patria Román-Velázquez (1967) | ||
Programme Director, MA Communication Routes
Degrees October 1992 - Ph.D. in Communication Studies April 1996 Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester, England Sponsored by the University of Puerto Rico, President Fellowship in Urban Studies Thesis title: The construction and communication of Latin identities and salsa music clubs in London: An ethnographic study. August 1989 - MA Honours in Communication Studies May 1992 School of Public Communication, University of Puerto Rico Degree Class 3.64 (out of 4) Major: Theory and Research of Communication August 1985 - BA Honours in Communication Studies May 1989 School of Public Communication, University of Puerto Rico Degree Class 3.71 (out of 4) Major: Journalism employment record Sept. 1999 Lecturer B, Media & Communication Studies - present Dept. of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, City University June 1996 Assistant Professor - June 1999 School of Public Communication, University of Puerto Rico January 1997 Course Director, Graduate Program - June 1999 School of Public Communication, University of Puerto Rico April - Sept. Researcher and Editor for memoirs of television owner, 1992 producer and comedian Tomás Muñiz, Puerto Rico Aug. 1990 - Research Assistant May 1992 School of Public Communication, University of Puerto Rico January 1987 - Staff Writer August 1989 Chancellor's Public Affairs Office, University of Puerto Rico RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP publications Books The Making of Latin London: Salsa Music, Place and Identity (1999) Ashgate, England. (ISBN: 1-84014-881-0). Refereed journal articles ‘Hay que traer espacio a la vida. Entrevista con Doreen Massey’ (Incorporating Space into Life: An Interview with Prof. Doreen Massey) (2008). Vol.XXVII No. 53 Signo y Pensamiento, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, pp327-343 (with Alejandra Garcia-Vargas). (ISBN-10(13): 0120-4823). Ciudades ordinarias: Entrevista con J. Robinson (Ordinary Cities. An Interview with Dr. Jennifer Robinso). (2006). No. 12-13. Población y sociedad, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina (with Alejandra Garcia-Vargas). Latin American migration to London and transformations of urban spaces (published in Spanish) (2005), Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos (Latin American Migration Studies), CEMLA: Argentina, 18(54): 339-355 (ISSN: 0326-7458). Belonging and detachment: musical experience and the limits of identity (2002), Poetics. Journal of empirical research on culture, the media and the arts, Vol.30 issues2-3, Elsvier Publishers, Holland and US. (with Prof. K. Negus, Goldsmiths College). (ISSN: 0304-422X/02) Night and control of urban life: reflections on the Code of Public Order for Old San Juan (published in Spanish), Revista de Ciencias Sociales (Journal of Social Sciences), No. 10 (January 2001) Nueva Epoca, Puerto Rico, pp34-56. (ISSN: 034-7817). The embodiment of salsa: Musicians and the performance of a Latin style and identity (January, 1999). Vol. 18 No. 1, Popular Music, England: Cambridge University Press, 115-132. (ISSN: 0261-1430). The development of a salsa scene and the construction of Latin identities in London (published in Spanish), (1998), Revista de Ciencias Sociales (Journal of Social Sciences), No. 4 Nueva Epoca, Puerto Rico, pp53-79. (ISSN: 034-7817). Chapters in books The embodiment of salsa music through dancing practices and the construction of Latin identity (forthcoming), in Sydney Hutchinson (Ed) Dancing in place: How salseros create local varieties of a global dance, University of Arizona Press. Latin Americans in London and the Dynamics of Diasporic Identities (2009), in James Procter, Michelle Keown & David Murphey (Eds) Comparing Postcolonial Diasporas, Palgrave, Macmillan (ISBN: 978-0-230-54708-7 // ISBN-10: 0-230-54708-7). Contesting the night as a space for consumption in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (2008) in A. Cronin & K. Hetherington (Editors) Consuming the Entrepreneurial City: Image, Memory, Spectacle, USA: Routledge (with a preface by Sharon Zukin). The embodiment of salsa: Musicians and the performance of a Latin style and identity (2005) in J. Post (Editor) Ethnomusicology Reader, USA: Routledge, pp 295-310. (ISBN: 0-415-97204-3). Reprinted from Journal of Popular Music (1999). On the relationship between identity and territory (published in Spanish) (2005) in Comunicación, Democracia y Ciudadanía (Communication, Democracy and Citizenship), S. Alvarez Curbelo (Ed), Puerto Rico: Universidad de PR, pp 185-193. (ISBN: 0970922140). Locating salsa (2002) in Popular Music Studies, K. Negus and D. Hesmondhalgh (Eds.), Arnold, England, pp 210-222. (ISBN: 0-340-76248-9). The making of a salsa music scene in London (2002), in Lise Waxer (Ed), Situating Salsa: Global markets and local meanings in Latin popular music, USA: Routledge, pp 259-287 (ISBN: 0-8153-4020-6). Globalisation and Cultural Identities (2000), in Mass Media & Society, 3rd edition, James Curran and Michael Gurevitch (Eds), Arnold, UK, pp 329-345 (with Dr. Keith Negus, Goldsmiths College). (ISBN:0-340-73201-6). Salsa musicians and the performance of a Latin style and identity (1998), in Popular Music: Intercultural interpretations, Toru Mitsui (Ed.), Kanasawa University Press, Japan, pp 383-390. Participating in creating the event: The power-geometry of salsa music clubs in London (1998) in Music on Show: Issues of Performance, Tarja Hautamäqui & Helmi Järviluoma (Eds.), Tampere University, Finland, pp281-284. Discotheques in Puerto Rico: Salsa vs. Rock (1995) in Popular Music: Style and Identity Straw, W., S. Johnson, R. Sullivan and P. Friedlander (Eds), Canada, Montreal: Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Institutions, pp285-291. Other Publications Book Review of Regulating the night. Race, Culture and Exclusion in the Making of the Night-time Economy by Deborah Talbot, Aldershot: Ashgate. Published in Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(7): 1354-55, London: Routledge (2008). Book Review of Dropping anchor, setting sail: Geographies of race in black Liverpool (2005) by Jacqueline Nassy Brown, Princeton UP. Published in American Journal of Sociology 111(6): 1984-1985, Chicago: U of Chicago Press (2006). Book Review of Reproducing empire: Race, sex, science, and U.S. imperialism in Puerto Rico (2002) by Laura Briggs, U of California Press. Published in Ethnic and Racial Studies 27(4): 660-685, London: Routledge (2004). Book Review of Understanding Media Culture (1999) by Jostein Gripsurd, (London: Arnold, 2002). Published in Journalism 4(4): 507-08, London: Sage (2003). Book Review of Television de proximidad en Europa. Experiencias de la descentralizacion en la era digital (1999) by M. de Moragas Spa, C. Garitaonadia, B. López (Eds), Aldea Global, Barcelona. Published in European Journal of Communication. communication & the city research group (Coordinator) Events:
papers in conferences, workshops and seminars 11 Oct. 2005 The night as a space for consumption: Early views on the illuminated city King’s College London, University of London. 1 April 2005 Nights in cities (Guest speaker at plenary panel) Invited to participate as a speaker at ‘Les Rencontres’ Association of European Cities and Regions for Culture, Brussels, 1 – 2 April 2005. 15 Oct. 2004 The night as a space of consumption Paper presented in XI Congress of Association of Latin American Communication Researchers (ALAIC), 11-16 October 2004, Universidad de la Plata, Argentina. (Paper written and presented in Spanish). 2 June 2004 Consuming London at Night: Early perceptions on the illuminated City, University Research Day, City University (LONDON) 7 Oct. 2003 On the relationship between place and identity (Guest speaker in plenary panel) XI Congress of Federation of Latin American Schools of Communication (FELAFACS), San Juan, Puerto Rico. 22 May 2002 The nocturnal city: Night life and spaces of consumption. Paper presented at Research Seminar Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths College, London 26 April 2001 Questioning Latin Identity (Guest speaker in plenary panel) Invited to present paper in Mediated Worlds: Representations of Latin America in the UK, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Liverpool, England (25-26 April). 27 April 2000 Night and the control of urban life: reflections on the Code of Public Order for Old San Juan Paper presented at the V Conference of Latin American Communication Researchers (ALAIC) Diego de Portales University, Santiago, Chile. 19-20 May ‘Transformations of urban spaces and the construction of 1999 cultural identities: Reflections from research on Latin Americans in London’; and ‘Ethnographic approaches and the production of knowledge: A view of the other’. Seminar series delivered to students Department of Communication, Catholic University; Lima, Perú. 30 July 1997 Salsa musicians in London and the performance of a Latin style Paper presented at the 9th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Kanazawa, Japan. 2 May 1997 Latin American migration to London: Routes through the city and the transformation of urban spaces, Paper presented in the conference Caribbean diaspora: Contemporary context and future trends, Centre for Social Research, University of Puerto Rico. 15-20 Jan. Revising San Juan: The city as product and promise of 1997 humanism Invited to participate as local consultant The New School of Architecture Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. 19-26 Oct. Ethnographic approaches and the production of knowledge 1996 Invited to develop and present a series of workshops, School of Public Communication, University of Puerto Rico, PR. 24-25 Sept. Circular migration between Puerto Rico and the United States: 1996 A trans-national approach Invited to participate in plenary discussion University of Puerto Rico and Sagrado Corazón University Sponsored by Social Science Research Council, New York. 28 Nov. 1995 The construction of Latin Bodies through salsa music Paper presented at Research Seminar, Institute for Popular Music, Liverpool University, England. 4 July 1995 Participating in the event: Salsa music clubs in London Paper presented at the 8th International Association for the Study of Popular Music Conference, Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. 10 April 1995 Latin Americans in London: Routes through the city Paper presented at Contested Cities Annual Conference of the British Sociological Association, Leicester University, England. 24 Jan. 1995 Diasporic cultural practices: Latin American identities in London Paper presented at Research Seminar, Faculty of Social Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, England. 10 Oct. 1994 Latin American identities in London Paper presented at Popular Music in the Americas Conference, Casa las Américas, Havana, Cuba. 12 July 1993 Salsa vs. Rock in Puerto Rico: Music, place and ethnicity Paper presented at 7th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Stockton University, California, USA. grants and other external funding Latin Americans in London: Place and Identity - City University’s Pump Priming Fund (January – September 2005) - Total £3,160 Editorial boards and other academic involvement Feb. 1998 - Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Popular Music Studies, USA: Blackwell. I have refereed manuscripts submitted to the journal. Sept. 2005 - Member of International Editorial Board of the journal CITY, London: Routledge. 26-29 April In charge of organising the ‘Communication and City’ network for the 2000 Latin American Communication Researchers conference held in Santiago, Chile. This involved selecting the papers to be presented and setting up the programme and timetable for the three-day event concurrently held with other interest groups. Oct. 2004 - Associate fellow, Institute for the Study of Americas, University of London as an Associate Fellow from October 2004. |
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