Voice InFormation
The research group Sang i danning is a forum where singing as a cultural phenomenon, singing as impression, expression and imprint, singing as talent, singing as identity, singing as a profession, singing as a subject, singing as sound, technique and perception and singing as a leisure activity are put on the agenda.
All members of the research group have broad professional expertise and experience with performative expression. Through research and development work, we seek to improve the conditions for the aesthetic subjects in kindergarten and school, among other things by creating awareness of the unique nature of the aesthetic subjects and opportunities for growth, joy, unity, cooperation, and the experience of meaning and belonging.
Overall goals:
- motivate research into the importance of vocal expression in kindergarten, school and voluntary music life
- explore connections between voice and formation
- gather and make available knowledge about voice use, singing and vocal communication
- explore singing as a complex artistic expression, and the formative and didactic potential of this
Ongoing projects
News in Sang i Danning
2–3. December 2024 Symposium "Sang i danning"
Formation is about the human being being formed or shaped throughout life - not only about us acquiring new knowledge and skills, but about us developing as broadly and fully as possible and taking social responsibility. This can happen through active, conscious and ethical actions related to ourselves and the outside world. It can also happen through aesthetic encounters and experiences. Formation is an important task for kindergarten and school, but not only there - formation processes take place throughout life. Singing can play a role in formation in many different ways. During the symposium, we will focus on and explore song in the making through contributions, workshops and presentations.
The symposium is for everyone who is concerned with singing and voice as performers, researchers, cultural mediators and/or as educators at different levels and in different contexts.
Invited contributors: Graham Welch, Ingerid Solrunsdatter Straume, Hilde Haraldsen Sveen, David Thorarinn Johnson and Ruth Wilhelmine Meyer.
During the symposium, there will be parallel sessions (30 minutes) where participants can present their work, receive feedback and participate in discussions. It is possible to present in Norwegian or English. An English-language presentation provides opportunities for input from English-speaking guests and/or participants.
If you wish to present at the symposium, send an abstract with title and description of up to 250 words to Anne Kristine Wallace Turøy - akwt@hvl.no - by 8 September 2024.
Registration by 1 October https://events.provisoevent.no/hvl/events/Sangsymposium/register
