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CALL FOR PAPERS:
Contemporary Music Review (Rutledge) - special edition on music improvisation
and Inclusion
(http://performancewithoutbarriers.com/call-for-papers)
* 2 April 2018: Abstracts of 300 words due
* 24 April 2018: Selected Authors notified and asked to submit a full paper
* 1 September 2018: Full papers due
* December 2018: Final Proofs
* February 2019: Expected Date of Publication
Musical improvisation is an important non-verbal mode of dialogue that can
engender communication across borders of difference. Free improvisation in
particular facilitates musical dialogues across generations and cultural
borders. Furthermore, the possibilities of transposing the ‘language’ of
musical improvisation and its practices and discourses, have been investigated
in areas of study outside of the creative arts. This includes usages of
improvisation in inclusive practices, with marginalised groups and for
enhancing well being and social cohesion.
Many forms of improvisation practices have been characterised as being social,
political as well as aesthetic endeavours. Improvisation can enable musicians
not only to explore their instruments in unusual ways, but allow for exploring
new modes of social organisation, challenging hierarchical structures, and
emphasising inclusive, egalitarian relationships between collaborators.
We are interested in new research on music improvisation: from the potential
inherent in improvisation practices towards inclusion, as well as those which
may reinforce exclusive identities; practical applications of improvisational
forms of knowledge and behaviours into other disciplines; to investigation into
the social and political impact of improvisation on people’s lives. For this
special issue we invite proposal on (but not limited to):
Improvisation and inclusion
Critiques of the language and the politics of “inclusion” in improvised music
contexts
Practices of improvisation that include marginalised groups
Inclusive music making
Improvisation and exclusion
Socially engaged practice / art
Critical disability studies
Improvisation and well being
Peace studies and improvisation
Improvisation and flow
Improvisation studies
Music therapy / community music therapy
Improvisation in Sonic Arts
Improvisation in Sound Studies
Other topics may be considered at the discretion of the guest editors.
Submission Instructions
* Abstracts of 300 words or less should be sent to:
k.samuels@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:k.samuels@xxxxxxxxx> (2 April 2018)
For more information on Contemporary Music Review including full submissions
instructions, please visit the journal’s website:
http://www.tandfonline.com/GCMR
Editorial information
Guest Editor: Dr Franziska Schroeder (Queen’s University Belfast)
Guest Editor: Dr Koichi Samuels (Queen’s University Belfast)
Guest Editor: Dr Rebecca Caines (University of Regina)
For general Enquiries about the call please contact
Koichi: k.samuels@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:k.samuels@xxxxxxxxx>
or
Franziska: f.schroeder@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:f.schroeder@xxxxxxxxx>
Best wishes,
Franziska
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dr f r a n z i s k a s c h r o e d e r
School of Arts, English and Languages, Queen's University Belfast
Senior Lecturer and School’s Impact and Public Engagement Champion
Tel. 028 9097 1024
Email: f.schroeder@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:f.schroeder@xxxxxxxxx>
http://www.sarc.qub.ac.uk/~fschroeder/
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