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Contents Website Spéis BULLETIN OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TRADITIONAL MUSIC IRELAND MAY 2010 Images from the ICTM Ireland Welcome to the first volume of Spéis – the online Annual Conference 2010 bulletin of the International Council for Traditional Music, Ireland. The bulletin will be published twice a year and will contain lots of up to date information on the research activities and interests of ICTM members as well as highlighting upcoming events and opportunities. As with all the activities of ICTM Ireland, we encourage you to become involved in this publication by keeping us informed of your work on a regular basis. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who attended and who contributed to the success of the recent ICTM conference (Ensemble: Playing Together) in Limerick. There has been lots of ICTM activity since then – work is progressing on the on- line journal which will be launched towards the end of the year, plans are underway for participation in the Festival of World Cultures in July, and a number of research groups are compiling information for the Contents website www.ictm.ie. Thanks to all the committee members and sub-group members for their Conference / Festival of World Cultures 2 continued commitment; a big thanks to Thomas Johnston who has done a great job on designing and An Insight Track 3 developing Spéis. Young Researcher Project 4 Research in Ireland 5 Remember, ICTM Ireland is for and about you, the ICTM Ireland Member Events Listings 6 members, so please do come forward with any Recent & Forthcoming Publications 8 suggestions as to how to make it into the valuable Recently Completed Theses 10 resource and network it has the potential to become. Upcoming Conferences / Funding 11 Liz Doherty, Chair ICTM Ireland Call for Contributions to Spéis 12 Compiled and Edited by ! Thomas Johnston and Liz Doherty Contact Spéis at [email protected] Spéis Recent and Upcoming Activities of ICTM Ireland ICTM Ireland 5th Annual Conference 2010 A selection of images from the annual ICTM Ireland Conference held on the 26th-28th February at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick. This year’s conference theme was ‘Ensemble: Playing Together’. Our Keynote Speaker was Professor Tim Cooley, (University of California, Santa Barbara), Editor of the SEM Journal Ethnomusicology and Author of key research text "Shadows in the Field" (2008). He was introduced by Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (Irish World Academy of Music and Dance) at our keynote event held at the Georgian House, Pery Square on, Saturday Feb 27th. The keynote was followed by a conference dinner and session at Dolan's, Limerick. We were also joined this year by distinguished scholars Professor Marcello Sorce Keller (Musical Anthropology of the Mediterranean) & Dr Britta Sweers (Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music) who will contribute towards and review our proceedings. For further images and details of the 5th ICTM Ireland Annual Conference visit Dr. Catherine Foley & Dr. Steve Coleman Prof. Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin Shannon Burns & Prof. Marcello Sorce Keller Prof. Tim Cooley & Dr. Britta Sweers ICTM Ireland at the Dun!Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures This year, for the first time, ICTM Ireland will have a presence at the Dún Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures, which takes place on July 23rd-25th. (see: http://www.festivalofworldcultures.com/). This is the largest 'world music' event in Ireland, and has grown in popularity since it began 10 years ago. This year ICTM Ireland have been invited to hold a public discussion forum event at the Kingston Hotel, Dun Laoghaire on Saturday 24th July. A panel of ICTM Ireland members are invited to present their research and answer questions regarding their work. At the Festival of World Cultures event we aim to strike a balance between research carried out within and outside Ireland and we will encourage visiting musicians to sit in and respond to the presentations. If you would like to participate in this discussion at the Festival of World Cultures send an outline of your research presentation (100 word) by 1st June to Tony Langlois at: [email protected] 2 16 ICTM Ireland OCTOBER SATURDAY in association with DANCE RESEARCH FORUM IRELAND THE present INSIGHT TRACK hosted by The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance University of Limerick ICTM Ireland in association with Dance Research Forum Ireland this year invite postgraduate students involved in study and research in the disciplines of music, song or dance in Ireland to attend and participate in The Insight Track, a one day event taking place in the new Irish World Academy of Music and Dance building at the University of Limerick on Saturday 16th October. The Insight Track is an event where experienced facilitators will deliver workshops designed to support researchers in various interrelated areas of their research and working lives. Participants in this year’s The Insight Track workshops will be introduced to the Alexander Technique and its benefits in terms of some of the most common difficulties experienced by research students from the anxiety often associated with performing, presenting, and public speaking, to the discomfort of sitting in front of a computer for many hours. Another workshop will focus on ways of improving one’s writing skills and strategies, finding satisfaction in engaging in regular and productive writing, and integrating writing into one’s working life. There will be much opportunity for discussion, reflection, playing, singing and dancing throughout the day. Full details of the event, including information on registration, schedule etc. will be available soon at www.ictm.ie and www.danceresearchforumireland.com For further information on The Insight Track contact ICTM Ireland student representative Thomas Johnston ([email protected]) or DRFI Student Representative Breandán de Gallaí ([email protected]). 3 HOSTED BY STARTS Keep up to date with The Insight Track at: www.ictm.ie IRISH WORLD ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DANCE 10:30 AM 16/10/10 UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK and www.danceresearchforumireland.org Spéis Upcoming Activities of ICTM Ireland This year ICTM Ireland invite post-primary music teachers and their students to participate in Listen Local, the ICTM Ireland Young Researcher Project 2011. Listen Local will focus on ‘listening’ through post-primary music curricula. The project is open to all music students in all years and ideal for Transition Year and Leaving Certificate Applied students. Listen Local will provide an opportunity for students to develop their listening and research skills as well as knowledge of music in their community. Any music teachers who are interested in taking part in Listen Local please can contact Avril McLoughlin at [email protected]. Participating music students will become members of a dedicated website where they can upload materials relating to their projects and discuss their projects with participating students from other schools. Each student group will work towards submitting aspects of their projects at the end of each stage (see below: What is involved?). THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TRADITIONAL MUSIC, IRELAND invite you and your music students to participate in the ICTM Ireland YOUNG RESEARCHER PROJECT What is ICTM Ireland? 2011 The International Council for Traditional Music is one of the largest and most international organisations for the study of traditional music and dance in culture. ICTM Ireland is one of 33 National Committees of ICTM and as such, brings a local focus to the activities of ICTM. While Irish traditional music is at the very core of ICTM Ireland, the wide range of music played, studied, and researched on the island of Ireland has a particular relevance for the organisation. What is the Young Researcher Project? • The focus of the 2011 Project is ‘Listening through the post-primary music curricula’ • Students develop their listening and research skills, as well as knowledge of music making in their community • The project is open to ALL years • It is particularly suitable as a Transition Year project • Students work in groups and produce a poster for the chance to present their project at the 2011 ICTM Ireland Annual Conference (date & venue TBC) What is involved? • Listen Local will take place over 12-weeks where YOU choose which days to work on the project with your students. The project will be divided into three stages: 1. Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn (4-weeks pre-Halloween mid-term 2010) 2. Research Skills for the Beginner Researcher (4-weeks post-Halloween mid-term 2010) 3. Poster Preparation (4-weeks post-Christmas 2011) What support do I get from ICTM Ireland? • Dedicated ICTM Young Researcher website where your students can discuss their projects with Contact Avril McLoughlin at: participating students from other schools [email protected] for further • Teacher section with resources uploaded every week 4 information or if you would like to take • Telephone support to occur at various intervals over part in the ICTM Ireland the course of the project Young Researcher Project 2011 Visit www.ictm.ie Spéis Research in Ireland at www.ictm.ie In each edition of Spéis we focus on the research interests of one of ICTM Ireland’s members who will be included in the Research in Ireland section of the ICTM Ireland website. To give you a preview of this information portal, we are thankful to Deirdre Ní Chonghaile for providing the following abstract of her paper which she presented at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology Conference, Oxford University on the 10th April 2010. “No man is an island”: some ethical challenges of Deirdre Ní Chonghaile's PhD research concerns the doing fieldwork at home in a small community traditional music of her home, the Aran Islands. A writer, lecturer, broadcaster and fiddle-player, she is In this paper, I reflect on the experience of researching and involved with the local folklore project Bailiúchán representing the indigenous musical life, past and present, Béaloideas Árann.
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