CFP: Music, Law and Business (Helsinki)

MUSIC, LAW AND BUSINESS
IASPM-NORDEN 2010 CONFERENCE, HELSINKI
24 - 27 NOVEMBER 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS

The field of music production is in a state of uncertainty, if not even in an outright crisis of reproduction. Because of recent and relatively rapid changes in communication technology, old conglomerate models and structures of production, dissemination and consumption of music are arguably subject to change. This has also created pressure towards legislative changes, especially in relation to copyright issues. In general, the increased importance of immaterial property rights, as opposed to selling physical records, has been acknowledged within the music industries.

In order to address these shifting conditions of music production and consumption, IASPM-Norden (the Nordic Branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music; http://iaspmnorden.wordpress.com/) invites scholars and other interested parties to share their ideas in the "Music, Law and Business" conference. The aim of the conference is to provide a forum in which industry professionals, officials, scholars and other agents can engage in a mutually beneficiary dialogue. The goal is furthermore explicitly multidisciplinary, as the purpose is to bring together experts not only from the conventional areas of music research dominated by humanities and social sciences but also from economics and legal studies.

The programme of the conference consists of keynote lectures, plenary roundtables, thematic workshops, individual presentations and poster presentations. Individual presentations and entire workshops may be built for example on the following topics:

• music and global/national/regional economy
• export ventures of music
• economic dimensions of music copyright, including sampling and licensing
• synergy/cross‐marketing
• economic impacts of music technology
• restructuring of music industry
• music cluster in terms of economy and legal issues
• music and market censorship
• music and public subvention
• music and fair use
• music piracy
• legal and economic ethics of music
• musical expression, genres and styles in terms of law and business
• the aesthetic and legal criteria of musical works
• the impact of fan communities and social media
• legal and economic implications of music education

Proposals for presentations (20 mins) or workshops (90 mins) should be sent to the conference organisers no later than 15 December 2009, preferably as an email attachment (rtf/pdf/doc) to iaspmnorden [at] gmail.com. The proposal should include the following information:

Title
Presenter(s)
Institution(s)
Email
Summary (200 words, explicating the background, approach and central arguments)
Keywords (max. five)
Technical equipment required (PC/DVD/CD/data projector/over-head projector/etc.)

Please label your attachment with your last name and first initial (eg. beathoven-l.rtf), not the title.

The official language of the conference is English. Notifications of acceptance will be sent no later than 15 January 2010.

Confirmed guest speakers of the conference include Adj.Prof. Tarja Rautiainen-Keskustalo (Department of Music Anthropology, University of Tampere, Finland) and Dr Patrik Wikström (Media Management and Transformation Centre, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden).

The conference is organized by the Nordic Branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music with the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology, University of Helsinki (Musicology), Aalto University (School of Economics/Best Practices of Globalization in Finnish Rock Exports research project), Sibelius Academy and Music Export Finland, in co-operation with the IPR University Center, International Institute of Popular Culture and Statistics Finland.

Should you need more information about the conference, please visit IASPM-Norden website (http://iaspmnorden.wordpress.com/) or contact IASPM-Norden chair Antti-Ville Kärjä personally (avkarj@utu.fi).

CFP: The Choir­Artistic, Pedagogical and Scholarly Perspectives (Sibelius Academy, Helsinki)

THE CHOIRARTISTIC, PEDAGOGICAL AND SCHOLARLY PERSPECTIVES
SIBELIUS ACADEMY - HELSINKI, FINLAND
20 - 22 MAY 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

An interdisciplinary symposium organized by Sibelius Academy, The Doctoral School of Music, Theatre and Dance, and Finnish Musicological Society, 20th- 22nd of May 2010. Helsinki, Finland.

The Choir is an international symposium whose focus is on the particular meanings and practices embedded in the choir throughout history, as reflected in various forms of art and strands of research. The symposium is open to both scholarly presentations and demonstrations grounded in artistic, as well as pedagogical practice.

The main themes addressed in the symposium are the following:

• Meanings and functions allotted to the choir in different phases of history
• Multi-faceted ontology of ”the choir” as situated between art, on the one hand, and society and religion on the other
• Politics of the choir
• What hypothesis – or conclusions – are there to be drawn from the particularly flexible nature of the choir, its fascinating and often simultaneous permanence and change?
• What is the position and meaning of the choir in today’s art forms?
• Choir as a cultural domain
• Choir as a musical medium
• Choirs on/as stage
• Re-inventing choir?
• Choir and creative practice
• Choir and professionals

The deadline for submissions is October 15, 2009.

For inquiries, contact:
Prof. Anne Sivuoja-Gunaratnam
Tel: +358 40 7104287
Dr. Markus Mantere
Tel: +358 40 7104339

Full details:
http://www.siba.fi/fi/choir2010/symposium

CFP: Colloquium on Artistic Research in Performing Arts (Helsinki)

KUVA (LAAJENNETTU METATIEDOSTO)
COLLOQUIUM ON ARTISTIC RESEARCH IN PERFORMING ARTS
THEATRE ACADEMY, HELSINKI
19 - 21 NOVEMBER 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS

Artistic research, art-based research, practice-based research, practice-led research, performance as research – these are just some of the terms and approaches that have been developed to describe knowledge production originating from artistic concerns. This colloquium is the first in a series of biannual colloquia, organised by the Performing Arts Research Centre at the Theatre Academy of Helsinki, aimed at addressing the problems and possibilities of artistic research, particularly those involving the performing arts. The term ‘performing arts’ is here understood in a broad sense that encompasses a variety of different creative practices. The purpose of these colloquia is to contribute to the development of research practices in the field of the performing arts and to foster their social,pedagogical and ecological connections.

The question we wish to begin with is:
How does artistic research change us? Artistic research does not only produce knowledge; it also changes us as individual and collective beings – artists, pedagogues, spectators, citizens, consumers. In what ways can this kind of change be the object of research? Could the change itself serve as a criterion for the relevance of the research?

We invite researchers to join the colloquium and to participate in the discussion by sharing their experiences on the transformative dimensions of their artistic research practice.

The colloquium will be organised to take account of the special features of various artistic research practices: research can realise itself in its own concrete set up; cooperative action and collective reflection can function as a means of producing knowledge; the definition of the role and place of the observers or participants in a situation can be an essential part of the research arrangements, etc. The colloquium can also serve as the site of the research itself.

The colloquium will take place over three days. On Thursday, presenters will have the possibility to hold day-long workshops for other colloquium participants and the doctoral students of the Performing Arts Research Centre. Friday and Saturday are reserved for all kinds of presentations,including the possible presentation of the workshops, and discussions.

We kindly encourage you to submit presentation, demonstration and workshop proposals on your practice and your experience with artistic research related to the performing arts. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and should include 50 words of biographical detail on the presenter.

We suggest that you outline the ideal format for your presentation (research arrangement,workshop, installation, paper etc.) including length, venue and mode of participation. The language of the colloquium is English.

Please send proposals via email to Research Coordinator Annika Fredriksson at
Annika.Fredriksson@teak.fi no later than 15.5.2009.

Applicants will be informed of their acceptance by 15.6.2009 and asked to confirm their participation by 1.9.2009.

The Colloquium Venue:

The colloquium will be held at the Theatre Academy in Helsinki. The Academy is situated near the centre of the city. It is well served with public transport from the airport and the main railway station and is easily reached by metro, tram or bus. http://www.teak.fi/

Further Information:

For further information on the colloquium, please contact:
Professor Esa Kirkkopelto esa.kirkkopelto@teak.fi or
Professor Annette Arlander annette.arlander@teak.fi

The Performing Arts Research Centre (Tutke), Theatre Academy, Helsinki
Teatterikorkeakoulu Teaterhögskolan Theatre Academy
Haapaniemenkatu 6, PL 163, FI-00531 Helsinki
tel. +358 (0)9 431 361, fax. +358 (0)9 4313 6200
http://www.teak.fi