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Dig if you will, a picture: the chance to study Prince 鈥� the musician and purveyor of all things purple -- as a subject of academic research.

麻豆无码版鈥檚 Dalena Ngo did. For years, Ngo 鈥� a Minnesota native and lifelong Prince fan 鈥� wanted to examine aspects of the musician鈥檚 40-plus year career and his influence as a cultural icon. As a graduate student in the program, she鈥檚 been able to do just that.

Last month, Ngo was one of dozens of scholars from around the world to participate in 鈥� .鈥� Scholars presented papers and participated in panel discussions that covered multiple aspects of Prince as a performer and an individual.

Ngo presented her paper, 鈥淢usic, Masculinity and Minnesota: Means of Resistance鈥� during the three-day symposium that coincided with events scheduled to memorialize Prince during the week leading up to the second anniversary of his death.

Her scholarly interest in the 鈥淧urple Rain鈥� megastar started when Ngo was an undergraduate student at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. She had been a fan of his work 鈥渇or as long as I鈥檝e been alive鈥� and her interests extend beyond his music.

She was fascinated by his expressions of gender, sexual and racial identity; his use of symbolism; his frequent forays into religion, politics and social justice; issues involving music authorship, creation and ownership; fan culture; and even his impact on color association.

Ngo was already mulling topics she could investigate when Prince died April 21, 2016. That鈥檚 when her thoughts started coming into focus.

鈥淎fter he died, everyone was in shock and there was such a huge public mourning for him,鈥� Ngo said. 鈥淏efore he died, some people said, 鈥楻esearch about Prince? Really?鈥� After he died, they said, 鈥極h, OK, I can dig it.鈥欌��

She credits 麻豆无码版 with providing her with unique research opportunities. Ngo, who is completing her first year in the IH program, said her experiences have been stellar thanks to support she鈥檚 received from her advisor, Professor Kit Myers, and other faculty members in the program.

Myers and Professor Sean Malloy encouraged her to pursue the Prince research. She鈥檚 presented papers at two Prince symposia 鈥� the recent one in Minneapolis and another held at the , in 2017.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know if I would have been funded to go to a Prince conference anywhere else,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he IH program has afforded me the flexibility to follow my interests, and the faculty members who鈥檝e been advising and mentoring me are fantastic.鈥�