Hi Everyone, getting ready for Sept. 21. Am I at the right place?
It is true that governments sign treaties with one another or with groups within their jurisdiction to stop violence. At the same time, bonds that exist among peoples – within a country and across borders – can lessen the likelihood of conflict. Shared languages, economic trade/business investment, history, religion, legal and political systems, for example, may lessen the likelihood of war. This Challenge focuses on the nexus of music, business and peace, and is being run in partnership with Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, Jacobs School of Music and College of Arts and Sciences.
The Challenge builds on a event being organised by Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and Kelley School of Business on 11 May, a video of which will be published on our site, and will include online discussions on 21 June, 20 July and 21 September. The Challenge draws together articles from a special issue of the Journal for the College Music Society.
4 months, ending September 2018.
Hi Everyone, getting ready for Sept. 21. Am I at the right place?
Hi Olivier, that’s great to hear! You’re in right place, we’re looking forward to the live segment of this discussion, happening on Sept 21, 10am to 11am ET.
I’m glad to be joining this forum tomorrow morning.
Greetings Andre and everyone, just wanted to share the updated info, since April 2017:
Olivier Urbain, Director of the Min-On Music Research Institute (MOMRI)
http://institute.min-on.org/newsandtopics/ “Talk” to you very soon!
Trying to join this discussion.
Thank you Olivier - we have updated your title.
Checking in myself. We’ll start in about 30 minutes
Also checking in – looks like everything is set.
Ready to join the discussion.
Hello everyone,
I am also ready to join in.
Nancy
Good Morning Everyone! We will start in just a few minutes
Welcome everyone! We’re looking forward to the conversation!
Happy International Day of Peace! Today, we begin the last of a four-month long discussion on how music and business can interact in order to foster peace. There is a literature and tradition for music to impact peace. More recently, the same has developed with respect to businesses as well. For the last two years, we have held conferences with business and music schools at Indiana University and, through this forum this summer, are reaching out to create a wider network of conversations. We’ll run for an hour today, but of course, the discussion can continue (and we hope that it will) beyond today.
I know that there will be some people joining a bit later as they get out of meetings, but perhaps we could start by introducing those who are signed on right now. To get us going, my name is Tim Fort. My focus is on business and peace and I teach at the Kelley School of Business
Connie Cook Glen, Jacobs School of Music -I teach a course entitled “Music of War and PEace” and have focused on social justice through the arts for several years.
My name is Kathleen Higgins, and I’m a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin.
My name is Gisela Flanigan, executive director for Sistema Global.
My name is Nancy Love. My focus is on music, democracy, and peace. I teach at Appalachian State University.
I’m Olivier Urbain, director of the Min-On Music Research Institute. Focusing on the application of music and musicking in peacebuilding activities. Min-On means Music of the People in Japanese.
Thanks to all of you. I know there will be some others dropping in as well, but let’s go ahead and get started. We have three starter questions for us. We’ll have each one run for about 15-20 minutes. As these things tend to go, I am sure (and look forward to) tangents along the way as well.
Our first question is a simple, but important one: 1. What is your view on the positive ways music and business can contribute to peace and to reinforce each other?