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Participatory musical activities are increasingly offered outside formal educational pathways and art schools to groups with social needs or deficiencies in various contexts. These Socially Impactful Music Making (SIMM) activities have the dual purpose of helping people generate artistically valuable musical output (performances) on the one hand, and helping them achieve specific social goals (such as inclusion, empowerment, community building, activism or citizenship) on the other. Generally, SIMM activities engage professional musicians such as teachers, trainers or facilitators. Results therefore depend on what these practitioners do, on their competences, beliefs, motivation, and on the internal and external conditions and constraints under which they work.
This project makes a systematic and in-depth analysis of practitioner-teachers undertaking SIMM activities in different countries (Colombia, Benelux, Finland, UK), investigating how their backgrounds, training, beliefs and contexts influence the way they carry out their work. It addresses the following elements:
- identity and background;
- artistic and pedagogical practices;
- evaluation and development;
- professional environment;
- organisational and pedagogical implications.
The project team explores the drivers and tensions experienced by practising teachers, providing insights for their training, tenure and funding, and for the creative development of good practices.
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Music for social impact is een onderzoeksproject van eCO-CITY.
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The Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Griet Verschelden
01/01/2020 - 31/03/2023
Buitenlandse opdrachtgever bilaterale samenwerking
Buitenl. stichtingen, fondsen e.d. met wet. oogmerk
Fundacion Universitaria Juan N. Corpas
Royal Holloway
The Guildhall School of Music & Drama
The University of the Arts Helsinki