PRESENTATION GUIDELINES

The Sociology of Music MiniConference features 30 paper presentations in the span of 3 hours. Given the tightness of this schedule, it is crucial that all presenters observe the following guidelines.

Note that presenters in the Book Panel (11:15-12:15) face a different set of guidelines.

• No presentation should exceed 15 minutes in duration. Timers will be placed at each of the roundtables to remind presenters of this limit.

A presenter should summarize his/her paper -- touching on the highlights -- rather than read the paper in its entirety.

Given the roundtable format, presenters will not have access to overhead projectors and comparable audio-visual equipment. As a result, presenters should consider the use of hand-outs for summarizing key information.

• For each roundtable, the initial 45 minutes are reserved for presentations. Questions and comments should occur in the 45 minutes of discussion time that follows the presentations.

 

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