Music, Research, and Activism

MUSIC, RESEARCH, AND ACTIVISM

May 10–12, 2023, University of Helsinki, Finland

Registration open by Monday 3 April

https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/music-research-and-activism

Welcome to the conference Music, Research, and Activism that brings together scholars and practitioners engaged in music, research, and activism in different disciplines and scholarly traditions. Activist research may be motivated with environmental and social movements and struggles, as well as with topical crises and conflicts such as climate emergency, ecological catastrophes, wars and conflicts, forced migration, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Activist music research calls us to revisit many classical questions of music research (in both practical and theoretical perspectives), addressing music as a social and political force, cultural practice, identity technology, material culture and economy. It is also crucial to acknowledge the epistemological diversity of the world, which fuels activist researchers to engage with forms of knowledge production beyond academic conventions.

The conference will include keynote presentations by Martha Gonzalez, Aaron S. Allen, and Minna Salami as well as two panels, a roundtable, and 29 parallel sessions. The programme is available here, and the abstracts here.

The conference is being organised as an onsite conference, to be taken place at the Language Centre of the University of Helsinki, Finland. Some parts of the conference will be accessible on Zoom as well; as an online participant, it is possible to participate in all the keynotes, opening and closing as well as seven online sessions.

All participants (both onsite and online) should be registered by Monday 3 April. You can find more information about registration and fees here.