Performing the Political: Public Pedagogy in Higher Music Education
The project aims to expand the notion of the political in music professionalism by advancing eco-artistic imagination and transformative systems thinking within higher music education.
Project introduction
The project will be conducted with international collaborators in the Nordic higher music education contexts and with students, teachers, and leaders at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. Through participatory processes, the project will construct new practices for music professionalism and visions for responsible higher music education politics significant to society.
The University of the Arts Helsinki Ethical Review Committee reviewed the ethical acceptability of this study on 23.10.2023.
Project events
- Musicians in society – society in musicians, 8.2.2024 at 10:00-15:00 Sonore, Helsinki Music Centre
Contact information for the project
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Tuulikki Laes
- University Researcher, Tutkimusinstituutti, Research Institute
Part-time teacher, MuTri Doctoral School, Sibelius Academy - +358407104373
- tuulikki.laes@uniarts.fi

Project name
Performing The Political: Public Pedagogy In Higher Music Education
Time
09/2023-08/2027
Funder
The Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities, Research Council of Finland
Team
Principal investigator: DMus Tuulikki Laes, Academy Research Fellow, Senior Researcher
Project researcher: DMus Taru Koivisto, Post Doctoral Researcher
Project introduction
The project will be conducted with international collaborators in the Nordic higher music education contexts and with students, teachers, and leaders at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. Through participatory processes, the project will construct new practices for music professionalism and visions for responsible higher music education politics significant to society.
The University of the Arts Helsinki Ethical Review Committee reviewed the ethical acceptability of this study on 23.10.2023.
Project events
- Musicians in society – society in musicians, 8.2.2024 at 10:00-15:00 Sonore, Helsinki Music Centre
Contact information for the project
-
Tuulikki Laes
- University Researcher, Tutkimusinstituutti, Research Institute
Part-time teacher, MuTri Doctoral School, Sibelius Academy - +358407104373
- tuulikki.laes@uniarts.fi
