Keywords in Music and Peacebuilding

Music in peacebuilding is an emergent field with interested scholars representing a variety of intertwined fields, from applied ethnomusicology to sociology, from peace and conflict studies to social movement studies. In addition to scholarly pursuits, there are numerous practitioners and activists who are involved in the work of music in peacebuilding, sometimes explicitly connected through their work to music and peacebuilding and sometimes implicitly. The Min-On Music Research Institute (MOMRI)[1], based in Tokyo, Japan, is possibly the only research organisation in the world dedicated solely to music in peacebuilding. There is a growing interest in music in peacebuilding (and music, conflict and violence), but the one thing that became abundantly clear is that we did not share a collectively agreed upon vocabulary to effectively discuss matters of shared concern. After many discussions and break-out groups failed to develop consistent frameworks, MOMRI decided that we should attempt to find a common set of reference points and discourses to facilitate collaborative work in the future. This special issue of Music and the Arts in Action on Keywords for Music in peacebuilding is the result of this process.

 https://musicandartsinaction.net/index.php/maia/issue/view/keywords-for-music-in-peacebuilding-vol-1

[1] http://institute.min-on.org/

Chamber Music as a Metaphorical Model of Negotiated Peaceful Dialogue

This event sounds very interesting and it echoes some of things I have been talking about for awhile, but it does not seem to consider the socially derived meaning of music and instead focuses on some innate inner quality of the music, which I find problematic. At least it is being discussed.

Filed under: Art of Peacework,Conferences, Events,Dispute resolution and negotiation — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 09:57 PST

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Chamber Music as a Metaphorical Model of Negotiated Peaceful Dialogue

Please come to this interdisciplinary presentation. Admission is free and community members are very welcome!

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Where: Vancouver School of Theology Chapel
Chamber Music as a Metaphorical Model of Negotiated Peaceful Dialogue

When musicians perform a string quartet, it may appear that they are reading a pre-set dialogue in the mysterious language of pitched sound. In fact, however, notation of Western classical music is consummately imprecise. Performance involves an intense negotiation through which conflictual beliefs somehow reconcile into beautiful co-created soundscapes. Thousands of collective decisions are achieved through democratic process and real-time non-verbal debate. How they accomplish the task may have ramifications across many fields of collaboration. Speakers include: Prof. Rena Sharon, School of Music, 2011 Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence; Prof. David Gillham, Violin and Chamber Music; Prof. Maxwell Cameron, Political Science, Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions and Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence; Prof. Michelle LeBaron, Law, Director of the Dispute Resolution Program and CRANE project.

See http://www.calendar.events.ubc.ca/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo;jsessionid=B30DDBE095C7D21D958CF4C4C01BBEAB