Sound Methods for a New World
A Symposium on Collaborative and Co-Creative Methods for Music Research

Auditorium (Music Building 1030) and Fishbowl (Music Building 0359)

Music Building

Thursday, September 14 and Friday, September 15, 2022

All day

Thursday, September 14

Music Building Auditorium

10-10:45: Coffee and donuts

10:45-11: Welcome

Mike Silvers (UIUC, Musicology) and Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta (Univ. of Birmingham, Ethnomusicology and Popular Music Studies)

11-12:30: OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS    

“Building creative ecosystems for healthy aging: an ethnomusicologist’s perspective”

Jennie Gubner (University of Arizona, Ethnomusicology; Applied Intercultural Arts Research)

12:30-1:30: Lunch break

1:30-3: WORKSHOP: Participatory Action Research for Music

Mike Silvers and Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta

3-3:30: Coffee break

3:30-5: ROUNDTABLE: Sound knowledges

      Christina Bashford (UIUC, Musicology)

      Aubrie Powell (UIUC, Musicology)

      Will Patterson (UIUC, African American Studies/Music Technology)

      Adam Kruse (UIUC, Music Ed)

Friday, September 15

Music Building Fishbowl

10:30-noon: ROUNDTABLE: Cultural assets

       Andrew Greenlee (UIUC, Urban and Regional Planning)

       Emma Walters (UIUC, Urban and Regional Planning)

       Magdalena Novoa (UIUC, Urban and Regional Planning)

Noon-1:30: Lunch

1:30-3: ROUNDTABLE: Sound societies

        Blair Smith (UIUC, Art Education/Gender & Women Studies)

        Renata Burchfield (UIUC, American Indian Studies)

        Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta

        Mike Silvers

3-3:30: Coffee break

3:30-5: WORKSHOP: Participatory Action Research for Music

Mike Silvers and Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta

5-6:30: CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Music Building Auditorium

“Ethnomusicology in a world without seasons? Reflections on music, the arts and conviviality”

Samuel Araújo (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Ethnomusicology Laboratory)

6:30-7:30: Reception