PUBLIC CALL FOR THE SYMPOSIUM: Sound and Music in the Lived Experience of Babies, Toddlers and Vulnerable Groups

Avgust 24–26, 2023
Ljubljana, Slovenia

You are invited to participate or audit our interdisciplinary symposium titled Sound and Music in the Lived Experience of Infants, Babies and Vulnerable Groups, which will take place 24–26 August 2023 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Being part of the traditional international festival Nights in Old Ljubljana Town, the symposium will be enriched by lively musical activities relating to its topic. 

You are invited to submit the abstract of your contribution in English by 15 May 2023. The abstract should include 250–300 words, your first and last name, the title of your institution and your email address. Please send it to: b-air@rtvslo.si. The general public is welcome to attend.

The symposium will examine the role of sound and music in sensitive life periods and situations such as the earliest developmental stages or vulnerable situations (e.g., marginalised individuals and groups, senior citizens, those with various conditions, asylum-seekers). The discussion will run within a broad interdisciplinary framework among artists and renowned international experts in the fields of developmental psychology, neurophysiology, neuropsychology, psychoacoustics, music therapy, music pedagogy, anthropology. The discussion will focus on questions such as: How does music enter and cocreate the human experience from the earliest ages onwards? Why do we even create in the first place? How can we address largely overlooked audiences and encourage listeners and those involved in music – especially creators and performers of music, sound artists and producers – in the broadest sense? What dilemmas arise from the dichotomy between the desire to satisfy the aesthetic expectations of young listeners and the necessity for an ethical, profound and lasting relationship between artists and young audiences? How can an individual become a dialogic partner in hearing the inner world of another person? What are the concepts and experiences of medical ethnomusicology or applied ethnomusicology with regard to the role of music among children and underprivileged individuals and groups? What social or psychological effects are encouraged by including such people in musical activities?

More information:
https://imagosloveniae.net/en/public-call-for-the-symposium-sound-and-music-in-the-lived-experience-of-infants-babies-and-vulnerable-groups/ 

Organizers of the symposium:
– Ustanova Imago Sloveniae – Podoba Slovenije,
– Radio Slovenija,
– Akademija za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani,
– Glasbenonarodopisni inštitut ZRC SAZU,
– Oddelek za muzikologijo Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani,
– KED Folk Slovenija.