SEM Annotated Bibliographies Musical Activism and Agency: Contestations and Confluences Jennifer LeBlanc, Golam Rabbani and Margaret E. Walker, Queen’s University These three annotated bibliographies were created to complement the Pre-Conference Symposium, “Musical Activism and Agency: Contestations and Confluences, which took place on October 21 at the start of the Society for Ethnomusicology 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting.1 The themes of the pre-conference symposium circled around questions of responsible and respectful engagement as both scholars and practitioners challenge dominant narratives, power imbalances, and ecological issues. The three roundtables that made up the symposium, “Music Environment, Health and Displacement,” “Sites of Resistance,” and Confronting Extractionism: Responsible Research Ethics and Professional Practices” brought nineteen presenters into conversation with each other and the virtual audience, addressing topics ranging from Canadian politics to climate change. Focusing on the themes of activism, agency, and extractionism as they dialogue with and through musical and other performative practice, this selected bibliography casts a wide net, bringing together literature that engages with an array of topics and issues. The annotations were created by drawing on original abstracts, reviews and of course, the material itself. The bibliography, however, is a work in progress and will continue to be refined until it is published publicly in 2021. We apologise for any omissions and invite comments, additions, and suggestions for additions, which can be sent to Golam Rabbani at
[email protected] . The inspiration for the pre-conference themes arose from the intended site of the 2020 SEM conference. The capital city of the settler-colonial nation of Canada, Ottawa sits on unceded territory of the Algonquin people.