[csaa-forum] CFP: Music and Mediation Conference, University of Adelaide, 9-10 June 2025

[GJ Breyley]

*Call for Papers *

*Music and Mediation*

Conference at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide

*9-10 June 2025*

*Keynote speaker: Naomi Sunderland, Director, Creative Arts Research
Institute, Griffith University*

*Deadline for abstracts: Monday 16 December 2024*



Mediation, in all its senses, from transmission to conflict resolution, is
particularly relevant in times of technological innovation, sustainability
challenges, forced displacement and struggles for equality or survival.
This conference, generously supported by the Musicological Society of
Australia (MSA), is concerned with the ways music and the study of music
may contribute to the many theories and practices around mediation.

We invite proposals from all disciplines, for panels, individual papers and
roundtable discussions addressing one or more of these themes:

1. *Music and conflict resolution*

What roles can music play in contexts of conflict, post-conflict and the
negotiation of improved relations and potential healing? From interpersonal
relationships to community divisions, industrial relations and postwar
societies, music may enable the articulation of unspoken emotions and the
promotion of mutual understanding and recognition. Is ‘resolution’ always
possible or are there other ways of surviving conflict and trauma with or
through music?

2. *Sustaining and building connections through music*

How does music contribute to connections – or disconnections – across space
and time? When relationships are disrupted, e.g. by migration, displacement
or social change, how do musical practices sustain those relationships
and/or build new connections with people and places? Related topics include
the roles of music in cultural traditions, memory, environmental
sustainability, sociopolitical movements, community health and wellbeing.

3. *Transmission and pedagogy of music*

New technologies and mobilities have made some music more accessible in
more places than ever before. What are the effects and conditions of this
accessibility? Is ‘other’ music overlooked in the process? How are musical
ideas mediated? What are the roles of technology, media, composition,
performance, instrument/equipment design, venues, infrastructure and
educational methods?

4. *Cultural mediation*

What mediating roles does music play in literature, theatre, film,
television, radio, audio/visual arts and gaming? How do interactive
cultural forms shape related musical practices? How does music shape and
contribute to translations and adaptations?

5. *Influencing*

Music and dance are central features in the world of influencing, from
social media and advertising to government and election campaigns. How do
music and dance ‘influence’ listeners and viewers in such areas as
lifestyle, fashion, body image, spending habits, voting practices and
political action?

6. *Histories*

Music histories enjoy great popularity, from biopics, curated playlists,
tributes and social media galleries to memoirs, authorised and unauthorised
biographies and analytical accounts. What forms of mediation emerge from
historical analysis, narratives about music and musical narratives?

7*. Entanglements*

Are notions of music and mediation problematic? Since Adorno, scholars have
devised many new ways of understanding music’s multiple entanglements.
Topics may include music and accountability, materiality, relationality,
constellations and the destabilisation of boundaries.

8. *Other*: new research beyond the above categories.

*Submit proposals **here*
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPcN6xY_ooX1k8oU9tRctII1rmfMbUToAKx2DaNwyUUDqMeg/viewform>
for panels (3 or 4 presenters), individual papers, roundtable discussions
or workshops. For individual papers and for each presenter on a panel, a
250-word abstract is required. For roundtable discussions and workshops,
one abstract is required for the whole session. Papers will be 20 minutes
in length, followed by 10 minutes’ Q&A. Online participation is available.

*Deadline for abstracts: Monday 16 December 2024 *

Notification of acceptance: Monday 30 December 2024

*Registration*: Salaried academics: A$ 88 [= approximately US$ 59, EUR 54]

Registration for all other delegates is free, thanks to the support of the
MSA and the Elder Conservatorium of Music. Registration includes morning
tea, lunch and afternoon tea on both days.

*Publication*: Presenters will be invited to submit article proposals for a
special issue of a journal.

*Keynote speaker Professor Naomi Sunderland* is Director of the Creative
Arts Research Institute at Griffith University. She is a proud descendant
of the Wiradjuri First Nations People of Australia alongside her mixed
European heritage. Naomi has an expansive research and publishing record in
arts-health, well-being, and First Nations social justice with a particular
focus on creative, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed research approaches.

More invited speakers and special guests to be announced soon!

*Enquiries*: Please email the convenor, Gay Breyley, at
gay.breyley at adelaide.edu.au.

This event is generously supported by the Musicological Society of
Australia’s Special Funding Scheme. The conference stems from a research
project that is generously supported by the Elizabeth Wood Research
Fellowship in Musicology at the Elder Conservatorium of Music.
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