2024 International Research School Sustainable Cities and Cultures of Music

Music4Change offers a multifaceted international research school (3 ECTS) directed towards graduate students and researchers with papers, panels and workshops on the theme of Sustainable Cities and Cultures of Music to be held on 6th-8th November at the University of Groningen.

During these three days we will explore new ways of researching cities in relation to sustainability within the realm of music in a variety of formats, including through workshops, soundwalks, interactive performances, concerts, and papers. While cities prove essential entities for the development, cultivation, and transformation of musical cultures, institutions and practices, urban music-making also involves unprecedented challenges in the face of multiple global economic, environmental, and political crises.

This research school seeks to explore the changing organization of musical values, activities, and preferences taking place within them. Further we seek to expand upon new and (re-)emergent musical practices to investigate more sustainable alternatives for live music performance spaces, and for media and preservation strategies, educational models, and health systems that encourage the proliferation of musical communities within and across livable, inclusive, and sustainable cities. During this international research school, we come together to explore research and innovations in the formation of sustainable musical cultures and communities, and to critically explore musical and sonic pathways towards more sustainable cities.

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