The Master’s Program in Traditional Arts

Telemark University College, Rauland, Norway

The Master’s Program in Traditional Arts offers focus areas in folk music and folk art (wood, textile, metal, folk art painting etc.) and provides a foundation of knowledge for students interested in a variety of careers. The program is characterized by a unique combination of theoretical and practical coursework, in which the student’s own creative work is at the core of the curriculum. The structure of the program ensures essential areas are covered, while allowing flexibility for students to pursue different personal and professional interests. The theoretical part is concentrated to the first semester and focuses on methodology, aesthetics, cultural theory and communication theory with particular emphasis on the challenges related to the study and dissemination of traditional art. This course prepares the students for the work on the master project, where combination of theoretical and practical elements is central. Continue reading “The Master’s Program in Traditional Arts”

Call for Papers: 2nd International Workshop in Hanover/Hildesheim

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover   Emmichplatz 1   30175
Prof. Dr. Phil. Bohlman
Prof. Dr. Raimund Vogels

Center for World Music
Seelhorststraße 3
Telefon +49 511 31 00 – 7631
Telefax +49 511 31 00 – 7642
e-mail: raimund.vogels@hmt-hannover.de

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BFE One-Day Conferenc “Taking Pleasure Seriously: Theorising Pleasure and Music”

Just a reminder, if you are considering submitting an abstract for the British Forum for Ethnomusicology One-Day Conference “Taking Pleasure
Seriously: Theorising Pleasure and Music” (Sat 7 Nov 2009), that the deadline for abstracts is MONDAY 31 AUGUST. Continue reading “BFE One-Day Conferenc “Taking Pleasure Seriously: Theorising Pleasure and Music””

Europeana – the Europe’s digital library

Some of you have already heard about DISMARC (DIScovering Music ARChives) – the EU co-funded project uniting Europe’s music archives and presenting the results to a global audience.

By 2010, the EU intends to have a fully functioning new portal Europeana – the Europe’s flagship digital library, supported by the EU’s i2010 initiative. Its aim is to present Europe’s digital cultural heritage to the world.

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CIM10 Nature versus Culture, 21st – 24th July 2010, University of Sheffield, UK

The Conferences on Interdisciplinary Musicology promote collaborations between sciences and humanities, between theory and practice, as well as interdisciplinary combinations that are new, unusual, creative, or otherwise especially promising.

CIM10 will focus on the relationship between nature and culture in musical behaviour, thinking and sound.

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