Academic Chair Jonet
Universiteit Gent, Faculteit Kunst & Filosofie Vakgroep Kunst-, Muziek- en Theaterwetenschappen
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41 – Technicum blok 4
9000 Gent
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Mind the Body! Towards Embodied Strategies and Participatory Musicking in Intercultural Settings. 29 April 2025
Participatory music making has gained a lot of attention in recent years reflecting the importance of access to cultural participation for all members of the society, regardless of their background. At the same time, the number of artists that engage in participatory music projects has been steadily increasing, creating the need for responsive and comprehensive training programs. Research shows that artists that engage in intercultural participatory music practices face multiple challenges such as language barriers, different musical grammars and backgrounds. Besides, they come across other contextual jeopardies that are likely to occur in transient contexts, such as in asylum centers, immigration detention centers and facilities for unaccompanied refugee minors. To overcome these barriers, responsive facilitation and participant-led designs for musical workshops are the main concern for facilitating artists in their quest to create safe spaces and acts of hospitality.
10th SIMM-posium 24-26 November 2025 Bozar Belgium
Call for Participation – This international conference is organized by the Academic Chair Jonet/CESAMM of Ghent University and HOGENT, in collaboration with the SIMM network.
The conference will feature research presentations critically examining the social impact of participatory music-making across diverse cultural and geographical contexts.
We are pleased to announce that Professor Lee Higgins, Director of the International Centre for Community Music at York St John University, will deliver the keynote address.
11th SIMM research seminar
Together with Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the SIMM research network, CESAMM-Centre for Social Action and Music Making organizes the 11th SIMM research seminar (Guildhall School, London, 8 and 9 September 2025) which will bring together scholars doing research on the role of different art disciplines (music, theatre, music theatre, opera, dance, visual arts, curating arts, design, circus) within participatory social and community projects.
New Book project on participatory music practices in Flanders and Brussels
The new academic year has started, and we launch a new book project! Filip Verneert and An De bisschop will write and edit a book this year highlighting participatory and socially engaged music practices in Flanders and Brussels. We will make portraits of musicians active in the field on the one hand and of projects and organizations on the other hand. The aim of the project is to make participatory music practices more visible for a broader public. The written language of the book will be Dutch.
HUB-meeting#5: Symposium Participatie in de kunsten. Praktijken-Weerstanden-Toekomsten (in Dutch!).
Together with our HUB-partner Concertgebouw Brugge, Impulscentrum Musica and many other organisations active in the field of Participatory arts in Flanders and Brussels, we organize this one-day symposium to share visions and experiences about participatory arts initiatives, and we give the floor to practices in the workshop sessions in the afternoon. The keynote lecture will be given by Sandra Trienekens (Urban Paradoxes, NL), the Round Table discussion will be moderated by Kristof Van Gestel & An De bisschop.
Workshop Co-creation in Opera and Music Theatre, European Network of Opera Academies.
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