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SIMM-POSIUM: 2nd Research Symposium on Social Impact of Making Music (SIMM) 2017

Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, 8-9 July, 2017

This symposium brought together researchers, practitioners interested in research, and policymakers concerned with social welfare, to build and strengthen a network of professionals wishing to deepen rigorous and evidence-based understanding of how active participatory music making may be used to bring measurable social benefits to groups of individuals in diverse situations.

This network is one strand of activity of the newly formed International Centre for Social Impact of Making Music, directed from the University of Ghent, Belgium, but intended to involve institutional partners in various countries, which will support a programme of collaborative research training and development under the guidance of international experts in the field.

In order to preserve a lively and fully participatory dialogue, the number of participants was restricted, and based on written expressions of interest. The format of the meeting involved brief 10-minute presentations of research or research-related work in progress (or critical reflections on research), which were curated into thematic panels of four to five presentations followed by a plenary discussion.

Presentations on any aspect of making music’s social impact were welcomed, including sessions on the following topics:

  • Making music in the complex social ecology of the metropolis: opportunities and challenges for London and other mega-cities
  • Experiences from the global south: impact of context and culture
  • The role of conservatoires and other higher education institutions in delivering social impact of making music

A keynote address was given by Samuel Araujo, Ethnomusicology Laboratory, Federal University of Rio De Janeiro.

The programme was overseen by a scientific committee whose members are:

Geoffrey Baker Royal Holloway / Institute of Musical Research
Susan Hallam UCL Institute of Education
Jennie Henley Royal College of Music
Francois Matarasso Writer and Researcher
Lukas Pairon SIMM Centre, University of Gent
John Sloboda Guildhall School of Music & Drama

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