Peace, Empathy and Conciliation Through Music: A Collaboratory
The University of Melbourne
21-22 September, 2017
Enquiries: Samantha Dieckmann (samantha.dieckmann@unimelb.edu.au)
Organised by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, The University of Melbourne, in collaboration with the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts & Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, and Multicultural Arts Victoria, this collaboratory will bring together researchers, practitioners (musicians including performers, community musicians, music educators, music therapists; community development workers; social service workers; arts organisation delegates), and arts and community policymakers to share ideas around the ways that music is used to develop peace, empathy and conciliation. We invite submissions from local, national and international researchers and practitioners, and hope that the symposium will produce thought-provoking discussion and fruitful partnerships between industry, community and education sectors.
Organised around the United Nations International Day of Peace, this collaboratory will include a keynote address by Laura Hassler, founder and director of ‘Musicians Without Borders’.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- The emotional, social, cultural, psychological and/or political mechanisms underlying the use of music in peace building, empathy development and/or conflict transformation.
- The characteristics of effective and ineffective musical practices and programs aimed at peace building, empathy development and/or conflict transformation.
- The ways in which various stakeholders involved in this work engage with one another, and the implications of their collaboration.
- The frameworks within which such music programs and practices are supported, and how these structures affect the work itself.
- The ways in which schools and universities engage with music practices and programs aimed a peace building, empathy development and/or conflict transformation, and the ways this engagement can be improved upon
Accepted presentation formats:
Academic papers (20 mins); fieldwork reports (20 mins); thematic panels of 3-4 speakers (45 mins); workshops (60 mins or 90 mins); poster presentations (A0 size).
Call for Papers
Submission guidelines:
Submissions should include the title of presentation, presentation format, 250-word abstract, and short professional biography of presenter/s (approx. 50 words).
Email submissions as Microsoft Word files to samantha.dieckmann@unimelb.edu.au
Deadline for submissions is 1 June, 2017, and notification of acceptance/rejection provided within two weeks, with instructions on how to register. Deadline for registration is 1 July 2017.
