Transforming embodied experiences of academic conferences through creative practice: Participating in an instant choir at the nordic geographers’ meeting in 2019

This paper stems from cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration between community music and human geography which sought to interrogate and understand claims of social sustainability and social change often cited in evaluation reports of community music projects. The lead authors (Parks and Cass...

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Published inCultural geographies Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 317 - 324
Main Authors Parks, Jude, Cassidy, Kathryn, Currie, Ruth, Doughty, Karolina, Clark, George E, Gombay, Nicole, Duffy, Michelle, Barry, Kaya, Ryan, Anne Wally
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2022
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Collaboration
Community
Conferences
Geographers
Geography
Human geography
Music
Social change
Social interactions
Sustainability
instant choir
social sustainability
creative practice
community of practice
embodied experience
academic conferences
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Summary:This paper stems from cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration between community music and human geography which sought to interrogate and understand claims of social sustainability and social change often cited in evaluation reports of community music projects. The lead authors (Parks and Cassidy) took this dialogue forward by organising a geography conference session which incorporated an instant choir workshop to test how we might ‘do’ social sustainability through practice. Drawing upon ideas from both disciplines, the paper synthesises the reflections of nine participants in the session to explore the capacity of creative, embodied, geographical practice to transform hegemonic experiences of academic conferences, and to create a sustainable and inclusive community of practice.
ISSN:1474-4740
1477-0881
DOI:10.1177/14744740211039831