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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

AHRC Project Workshop: cultural value and social justice

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 The politics of cultural value: Towards an emancipatory framework, 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 Warwick 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 here.

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

Centre for Cultural Policy Studies Co-hosts RSA Workshop: Back to the Future? The Growing Importance of the Artisan to the Regional Economy

Masters students, Diana Trantina (Russia) and Dana Muntean (Moldova) from the Centre's MA in Creative and Media Enterprises were appointed as Royal Society of the Arts Fellows in November 2013 to conduct an extensive study into artisanship in the twenty-first century and investigate how innovation and entrepreneurship can be cultivated, particularly within post-industrial regions such as the West Midlands.

Dana and Diana will present their interim findings from the Artisan 21 Catalyst Project together with Paul Hardin Kapp, a Fullbright Scholar from the University of Illinois, currently based at the University of Birmingham, who will present his current research on how and why heritage places, specifically post-industrial ones such as the Jewellery Quarter, Sheffield's Little Mester Yards, and Ironbridge, are suitable spaces for innovation and entrepreneurship.

The workshop will take place 6.00 - 8.00pm on Tuesday 3rd June 2014 with refreshments and networking afterwards in G50, Millburn House. Please email Ruth Leary if you would like to attend or require further details; r.leary@warwick.ac.uk.

Thu 29 May 2014, 13:28 | Tags: Events News Students Faculty of Arts

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