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International scientific conference “Female leadership in music” Faculty of Dramatic Arts and Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade World Music Day, June 21st 2020
 * invited thematic conference*

Faculty of Music and Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade together carry out a research project “Female leadership in music” (FLIM) with the support of the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia through the program for excellent projects of young researchers PROMIS. As a part of the FLIM project, an international conference under the same title will be held, with an aim to further advance the exchange of knowledge and research orientations regarding female musicianship, gender and leadership, among the researchers from Serbia and wider region, as well as within the global academic community.

Thematic framework of the conference This symposium aims to explore the contemporary role of female musicianship in traditional folk, world music and independent popular music scenes, by focusing on historical and present-day female participation in music making, performing and maintaining. Since female agency, viewpoints and legacies in traditional and popular music haven’t been explored in cross-generic and cross-disciplinary perspective so far, the main objective would be to chart both highly visible and underrepresented key figures in several music scenes and networks. The symposium seeks to identify and describe the possibilities, gendered constraints, and acts of transgressions that together weave a complex dynamics of female participation in traditional and popular music, in relation to changing field of dominant gender ideologies. As the situation regarding music scenes and labour rapidly changes worldwide, a critical analysis of gender issues related to contemporary music making and performing is required in order to facilitate ongoing engagement of female musicians in music scenes and networks. The links between personal narratives and experiences and social institutions, contemporary gender debate, demands of music market and state policies are also the topics to be further explored in that context.

Main topics include: • Agency of women in music scenes and networks, • International and transnational collaborations of women in music • Intergenerational aspects of female music practices and role models • Musical knowledge, practice and sustainability • Role and visibility of women in maintaining local, national and regional culture.

Additionally, the Programming Committee invites papers discussing diversity, accessibility, inclusion, equality in music management, policy and networking, creative industries and cultural policies in the field of music, as well as media representation, visibility, promotion and communication strategies of women in music industry. Important dimensions of the topics of the symposium are style and approach of female leader and decision makers in music, as well as female music labor and working conditions for women in music, especially in the context of different ongoing crisis taking place simultaneously. Since the Conference will be happening both online and with the live participation of colleagues from Serbia, the live stream via Facebook page of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts will be provided timely for the wider audience.