Seventh meeting at University of Durham
Northern Network for Empirical Music Research (NEMuR 7) at Durham University
Friday 11 November 2022
The event will bring together staff and students from across the North of England to discuss research findings, methodologies, and current debates in empirical music research (music psychology, computational musicology, music performance science, music education, etc.).
We look forward to welcoming many of you in-person to Durham, but there will also be a hybrid option (via Zoom) if you are unable to join us physically. The meeting will be held in the Ustinov Room of Van Mildert College (https://goo.gl/maps/AoQ6jWZwxY1qXrkh8).
To register to attend in person, please complete the form by 17 October 2022: https://durhammusic.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_73cWdBTIYd9qrMa
To register to attend online, please complete the form by 17 October 2022: https://durhammusic.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eKIwkMsY8qyG3aK
Brief Timetable:
9:30-10:00 Coffee and Welcome
10:00-11:30 Decolonisation Workshop
11:30-11:40 Comfort break
11:40-13:10 Synchrony and Entrainment Workshop
13:10-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Music Research Panel
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 Sharing best practices in teaching: Discussion session
(17:30 Dinner in Durham city centre for in-person attendees)
Detailed Programme:
9:30-10:00 Coffee and Welcome
10:00-11:30 Decolonisation Workshop
· This session aims to provoke practical strategizing about the different ways in which empirical music research can make progress toward addressing decolonisation and broader EDI goals. It will involve directed discussion around key topic areas, and the development of potential strategies for addressing current challenges in the field.
11:30-11:40 Comfort break
11:40-13:10 Synchrony and Entrainment Workshop
· 11:40-11:55: Presentation from Persefoni Tzanaki (Sheffield) on PhD project on synchrony and social bonding
· 11:55-12:10: Presentation from Hannah Gibbs (York) on PhD project on synchrony in gamelan ensembles
· 12:10-13:10: Interactive workshop and general discussion on synchrony/entrainment analysis methods led by Prof Martin Clayton and Prof Tuomas Eerola (Durham)
13:10-14:00 Lunch provided
14:00-15:30 Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Music Research Panel
· 14:00-14:15: Dr Caroline Waddington-Jones (York): collaborations between music psychologists, music educators, and health sciences/community arts practitioners
· 14:15-14:30: Dr Kelly Jakubowski (Durham): collaborations between music psychologists & ethnomusicologists
· 14:30-14:45: Dr Elaine King (Hull): collaborations between music psychologists and music performers
· 14:45-15:00: Dr Michelle Phillips (RNCM): collaborations between music psychologists, scientists, and music composers
· 15:00-15:30: Panel discussion. This will include open questions and discussion with the four panelists, in particular reflecting on the following questions:
o How can music psychology and/or empirical methods provide new insights to other music subdisciplines?
o What can music psychologists/ empirical musicologists learn from collaborating with other music (and non-music) subdisciplines?
o What are the benefits and challenges of working across disciplinary boundaries?
o How can we attain truly inter/transdisciplinary ways of working, which benefit all parties involved?
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 Sharing best practices in teaching: Discussion session
· A representative from each university within the network will be asked to provide a 5-minute overview of brief examples of teaching practices that have worked particularly well for them in recent years (e.g., innovative teaching methods, research-led teaching practices, interdisciplinary approaches to teaching, etc.). Following these examples of best practices, an open discussion will be held, in which we may also collectively consider particular challenges within our teaching of empirical music topics.
17:30 Dinner in Durham city centre (location TBC)