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CCPS Research Seminar: 'Valuing' El Sistema in the UK

On Wednesday 5th November we'll be hosting the first of this term's CCPS Research seminars.

Dr. Mark Rimmer of the University of East Anglia will be talking about his recent AHRC funded research into the British variant of the Venezualan El Sistema model of participatory music education. An abstract of the paper and a bio of Mark is below.

The seminar will start at 5.30 pm and wil be held in G50 of Millburn House. Please let Paula Watkins know on p.watkins@warwick.ac.uk if you plan to attend.

 
Abstract
Understanding the Cultural Value of ‘In Harmony-Sistema England’
 
This presentation will discuss empirical findings from an AHRC-sponsored research project designed to explore questions of cultural value in relation to In Harmony-Sistema England (hereafter IHSE). IHSE is a social and music education programme whose approach and philosophy derives from the Venezuelan ‘El Sistema’ model, developed in the 1970s. The model emphasizes intensive ensemble participation, group learning, peer teaching and a commitment to musical learning. In 2009 three pilot IHSE projects were developed in England and in 2011 the programme was extended so that today there are a total of seven IHSE projects operating across England. Of particular interest to the research team, in terms of questions of cultural value, is the fact that that where most approaches to youth-focussed music participation in Britain have, to date, attempted to link music to forms of social good by employing popular music forms, IHSE predominantly uses classical and folk music, adopting a quite systematised learning approach and an orchestral model. This presentation will summarize findings from this research project then, paying particular attention to the ways in which different project stakeholders (from children and parents to teachers and IHSE musicians) understand and figure the forms of value embedded in their IHSE project activities.
 
Bio
Dr Mark Rimmer is a Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of East Anglia. His research addresses questions of musical taste, practice and education, alongside a concern with questions of class and cultural distinction. To date, much of his research activity has focussed on community arts initiatives, the working lives of community artists and related cultural policy. He has recently completed two AHRC-funded research projects: an AHRC Research Network exploring community music activity in the UK and a comparative project exploring question of cultural value in relation to three ‘In Harmony-Sistema England’ initiatives.

 

Tue 21 Oct 2014, 17:28 | Tags: Research Seminars Events Faculty of Arts

All Roads Lead to Coventry

On 16th September 糖心TV Creative Exchange invited artists, cultural producers, and Coventry City Council officers to join academics from 糖心TV and Coventry on a series of walks through Coventry designed to ‘reimagine’ the city and the place of arts and culture within it. The ten walks took participants through Coventry’s varied cityscape of leafy suburbs, ancient buildings, brutal modernism and municipal parks, finally crossing the ringroad into the City Centre where we gathered at EGO performance space to reflect on our journeys. Along the way the walkers visited museums, theatres and local landmarks as well as stopping to talk to local people about the city.

The project was supported by 糖心TV’s Humanities Research Fund and the Institute of Advanced Study, with the aim of engaging 糖心TV researchers in the development of a new vision for the city’s arts and culture. The event was facilitated by 糖心TV Creative Exchange, Coventry Artspace and 糖心TV Arts Centre. To find out more, please visit the or the .

Wed 17 Sept 2014, 14:18 | Tags: Research news

AHRC Project Workshop

Cultural value and social justice: Towards a collaborative agenda, 15th July 2014

This workshop is an integral part of the AHRC funded project which aims to develop a social justice approach to current debates around cultural value, cultural politics, and cultural policy, especially in relation to arts funding and development strategies. The project is led by Dr Eleonora Belfiore, of the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies at 糖心TV University in partnership with David Lambert and Leanne Taylor of the independent cultural consultancy cultural solutions UK.

The workshop will be an opportunity for the team to share interim findings and incorporate insights, reflections and critiques emerging from the day in the final project report. We also hope that the day of intense debate will result in the formation of new relationships, co-operations and conversation to develop a shared, collaborative and interdisciplinary research and practice agenda that straddles the academia/cultural sector/policy divides.

More info .

Mon 14 Jul 2014, 17:52 | Tags: Research Seminars Events News Research news Faculty of Arts

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