Curriculum Vitae
Chronology of education/work experience for Arild Bergh
2004 -
present: PhD at Exeter University with Tia DeNora: Music and
Conflict Resolution.
2008 –
present: Music and Arts in Action: Co-Editor and instigator of online,
peer reviewed journal (http://musicandartsinaction.net)
2006 (May):
Completed M.Phil. and transferred to full PhD at Exeter University.
2002-2003:
Postgraduate Certificate in Research methods of Social Sciences,
Oxford Brookes University. Completed with distinction.
1995:
Conceived and developed the project “Med Music on the Move”
about the music of immigrants from Mediterranean countries inside
the EU. Received 60,000 pounds funding from the EU and BBC World
Service and collaborated with 7 other journalists on the project.
1992 -
present: Running own company, Asgard Software, Oxford, specialising
in bespoke software and websites.
1990 -1992:
Worked for Broadcast Software, London, as in-house developer and installer.
1986 -1990:
Music director of a local radio station, and freelance music
journalist for NRK (Norway’s national radio), Puls (Norway's
biggest music paper), Morgenbladet (Norwegian newspaper). Did major
research and article series on Eastern European underground music
and worldwide cassette music networks.
1981-1986:
Trained and worked as glazier, Drammen, Norway.
1980-1981:
Gjerde Business School, Drammen, Norway.
1971-1980:
Konnerud Primary/Secondary school
Publications
- Emotions in motion: Transforming conflict and music; in Irène Deliège and Jane Davidson (eds), Music and the Mind: Investigating the functions and processes of music (a book in honour of John Sloboda): Oxford University Press [forthcoming].
- with Tia DeNora; Flexibility and (Dis)engagement – mobile music and the politics of everyday life; in Sumanth Gopinath and Jason Stanyek (eds), Oxford Handbook of Mobile Music and Sound Studies: Oxford University Press [forthcoming].
- with Denora, Tia; From wind-up to iPod: techno-cultures of listening; in Eric Clarke, Nicholas Cook, Daniel Leech-Wilkinson and John Rink (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [2009]
- Everlasting love: The sustainability of top-down vs bottom-up approaches to music and conflict transformation. In S. Kagan & V. Kirchberg's (Eds.), Sustainability: A new frontier for the arts and cultures, pp. 351-382. (Germany): VAS-Verlag. [2008]
- I'd like to teach the world to sing: Music and conflict transformation; Musicae Scientiae; Special issue; pages 141-157 [2007]
Conference presentation
- Culture and development seminar at University of East Anglia (guest speaker) [2009]
- SocArts conference on Music of changes: The concept of music-in-action in exeter [2009]
- European Sociological Association (ESA) Arts
and Culture Conference in Venice [2008]
- European
Sociological Association (ESA) Arts
Interim Conference in Lueneburg [2007]
- International
Peace Research Association conference in Calgary [2006]
- American
Sociological Association conference in Montreal (acceptance
rate=15%) [2006]
- Exeter
University School of Humanities and Social
Sciences Postgraduate Conference [2006]
- European
Society for the Cognitive Study of Music Conference in Porto [2005]
Other activities
JournalServer - 2001 to
2003: Technical
director for this project initiated at Oxford University. It aims to
assist scholarly journals from low and middle-income countries to be
online free of cost.
United Nations Association
(Oxford branch)
- Development
officer 1998 - 2002. Responsible for promoting the UN's work to
schools and other groups in Oxford via talks and networking. Helped
to start an UNA branch at Oxford Brookes University.
Public Speaking - Charter
member of Bardwell Speakers Club, Oxford. Vice-president (Education)
in 1998-1999 and 2001-2002, with responsibility of guiding members
towards a completed course in public speaking. Winner of Area speech
contests in 1999 and 2000.
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