Here you can find a complete list of presentations I've done, with full abstracts. I have also put up the full Powerpoint presentations for the following talks:
Presentation at Music of changes: The concept of music-in-action, Exeter 2009
Title: Can't stop the music: Music and interruption in conflict transformationAt this years SocArts symposium I will present a paper that looks at how music may work in conflict transformation contexts because it provides interruptions to practices, behaviours and thoughts during conflict transformation work. You can view the full presentation and abstract below.
Guest speaker at Culture and development seminar, University of East Anglia 2009
Title: It's now or never: Music as a quick fix in development and conflict transformationI have been invited as a guest speaker to a one day Culture and Development Forum arranged by the MA students at UEA. I will discuss the role and view of music prevalent in international NGOs, in particular how it is presented and perceived in peace building and development efforts around the world. The full presentation is below.
Presentation at the ESA "Arts, Culture and the Public Sphere" conference, Venice 2008
title: Music of the fears: The dialogue between musicking, war and peace.
For this years ESA arts research network conference in Venice I have written a paper together with Ian Sutherland (SocArts/Exeter) and Muhammad Jalal Hashim from Khartoum, Sudan. Our paper focuses on the changes to music in response to war at the micro level. Full abstract below.
Title: Music use in conflict transformation: Sustainability of top-down vs bottom-up approaches
Together with other members of the SocArts group at Exeter I will be presenting the paper I did at the ESA 2007 conference, this is an opportunity for us to share our work with fellow students and staff that were not able to come to Germany. Full program below.
Title: Fostering peace through music in schools
I have been invited to give a talk at the Gown meets Town initiative in Exeter at the Global Centre. This is an opportunity for academics to share their research with interested people in Exeter. I will discuss how music can (or can not) foster peace in schools using data from my fieldwork in Norway. This is a joint event with Gabriela Meier who will talk about languages and peace.
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