Timothy Taylor, author of "Global Pop: World Music, WorldMarkets," will present his lecture "World Music Revisited" Fridayat 3 p.m. in Patterson Hall, Room 456.
"Personally, I would like to hear how Dr. Taylor has respondedto world music being so popular," said Barbara Ching, director ofthe Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities and associate professorof English. "I would also like to get inspiration on teaching worldmusic in the humanities course on globalization."
Jones said she hopes student will get a wider perspective ofmusic.
"I want students to get an appreciation of all things global,"she said. "It's a good way to spend a Friday afternoon beforespring break."
Junior Kyle Carlson, an economics major, said world music givesvariation in his music collection.
"It's more interesting than a lot of Western music, whichsometimes rehashes the same old stuff," Carlson said. "I also likeworld music because it gives new influence to other artists oftoday."
Taylor taught at Denison University and the University ofCalifornia in Berkeley before starting at Columbia University in1996. His research interests include music as it relates toglobalization, postmodernism, colonialism, gender, race, ethnicityand technology. He also plays several traditional Irishinstruments.
"It's going to be a good lecture," Ching said. "I hope studentslearn how to think of world music critically and not just somethingyou listen to in Starbucks. They can learn the relation betweenAmerica and the rest of the world through this."
