In late 1999 there was an international conference
organized in Stockholm, for the first time exploring the
full width of humans relation to music. Around 20
researchers and experts within their respective fields
discussed and shared their knowledge on topics like:
- What is 'ancestral'
and what is 'derived' in music?
- In what ritual
contexts have music been utilized throughout
times?
- Cognition and affect
in musical manipulation.
- Music in film and commercials; the
smooth persuader. ('abstract' for Örjan Strandbergs
paper)
- Music and consumer
behaviour.
- Health effects of
music in the environment.
- The re-use of music
for manipulative purposes.
- Copyright; historically,
economically and moraly.
- Music - The individual
and social control.
- The changing
structure of the music industry. Threat or
opportunity?
The conference aimed at
stimulating future research in the above fields, also
cross-border.
Speakers and lecturers:
Hans Wigzell, Jan Ekstedt, Nils L. Wallin, Steven Brown,
Ellen Dissanayake, Ulrik Volgsten, Peter J. Martin,
Claudia Bullerjahn, Örjan Strandberg, Michel Chion,
Philip Tagg, Rob Strachan, Bengt Arne Wallin, Adrian
North, Töres Theorell, Ola Stockfelt, Yngve Åkerberg,
Roger Wallis, Thomas Anderberg, Göran Rosenberg, Olle
Edström.
The conference which
was held during three days in Stockholm, september 17-19,
was arranged by Karolinska institutet: institutionen för
folkhälsovetenskap in cooperation with Hjärnåret (Svenska
Neurologföreningen) and SAMI, Svenska Artisters och
Musikers Intresseorganisation supported by SKAP, Svenska
Kompositörer av Populärmusik and SMFF, Svenska
MusikförläggareFöreningen.
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