Fields of Green: Addressing Sustainability and Climate Change through Music Festival Communities
Principal Investigator: Matt Brennan (University of Edinburgh)
From 2015 to 2016
Fields of Green is an AHRC funded research project exploring the sustainability of Scotland’s music festivals through the eyes of artists, audiences and festival organisers. In his opening remarks at the September 2014 United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated unequivocally: “climate change is the defining issue of our time. Read more
Transmitting musical heritage
Principal Investigator: Dr Kate Pahl (University of Sheffield)
From 2013 to 2014
Music is a cultural product of society, a sonic reflection of ideologies and behaviours – a performative heritage. When musical sound is transferred from player-to-player, or player-to-audience, we question what of this cultural meta-data travels with it, and how. Read more
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