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Työnimike: Professor in Cultural Music Research

Työnkuvaus:
The University of the Arts Helsinki is an international forerunner in education and research in the arts and solidifies the arts as a driving force in society. The University of the Arts Helsinki's wide selection of programmes in the arts as well as its productive dialogue between pedagogy and research have earned the University of the Arts Helsinki a unique reputation on an international scale.

As a part of the University of the Arts Helsinki, the Sibelius Academy is the highest-level music university in Finland, training artists in independent artistic work, educators, and other music professionals.

 

The Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts is opening a call for a five-year fixed-term post in Seinäjoki:

PROFESSOR IN CULTURAL MUSIC RESEARCH

This specialty field researches and develops practices in music and culture as well as the creative urban environment and cultural wellbeing. The post implements research and development projects in event management in urban spaces. The starting date is negotiable beginning at the start of 2019.

Background information and operational environment

The professorship grew out of research and co-operation jointly funded by the University of the Arts Sibelius Academy, University Consortium of Seinäjoki and the University Association of South Ostrobothnia. It is a continuation of the post in popular music and cultural music research from 2002-2017. The professorship is part of Epanet, a multidisciplinary research network, among six universities in South Ostrobothnia (www.epky.fi/epanet).

The professor will apply research findings in the University Consortium of Seinäjoki's focus areas of well-being and creativity. Administratively, the post is situated in the Sibelius Academy's faculty of music education, jazz and folk music. The professor will work primarily in the University Consortium of Seinäjoki and if needed in the University of the Arts Helsinki office, but research group members may work in other locations as well. The University Association of South Ostrobothnia has established a steering group to support the professor; this group may include representatives of other parties (e.g., sponsors of the Consortium) necessary for the projects.

Seinäjoki and the South Ostrobothnia region have a long history of organizing musical events. The region is committed to investing in cultural events as part of its urban planning initiatives at both the strategic and operational levels, now and into the future. Local communities and companies are striving to establish boundary-breaking musical activities, for example, in cooperation with popular music networks. These efforts include diversifying education and cultivating entrepreneurship in music in order to promote the vitality of the city of Seinäjoki and the South Ostrobothnia region. efforts that have already contributed to the wellbeing of its residents, visitors and economy as well as its thriving creative environment. This cultural entrepreneurship and the education that supports it not only allow for the diversification of the area's industrial and commercial activity but give residents and visitors alike the opportunity to engage in art activities that increase the region's cultural and social capital and improve their quality of life.

More information on the Sibelius Academy and the University Consortium of Seinäjoki can be found at www.uniarts.fi and www.ucs.fi.

Please see the whole advert at Uniarts website http://www.uniarts.fi/en/jobs-and-vacancies.

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Työnantajan nimi: Taideyliopisto

source: TIVA