It was a pleasure to participate in various
professional activities during part of this summer, and also to have an
enjoyable vacation with family in the Seattle area.
I was happy to find that many PhD students developed
excellent final papers as the third cohort of our course PhD911 Non-Western
Educational Philosophy and Policy, which has already led to publication of the
book Comparative
and Decolonial Studies in Philosophy of Education (developed
from the first and second cohorts) and will likely produce more publications in
the coming years. Click HERE
to access a review of our book in the journal Educational Philosophy and
Theory.
I enjoyed giving some guest lectures for various
universities in China, including the Education University of Hong Kong (on AI
and Artistic Creativity in Higher Education), Beijing Language and Culture
University (on World Music Performance), and for law students at China
University of Political Science and Law (on International Arts Policy). We also had quite productive meetings in Hong Kong for further planning and expansion of the Global Competence Partnership.
Later, I had a nice meeting with mentor and doctoral
supervisor Patricia Shehan Campbell in Seattle, who has recently retired
but remains quite active in teaching, research, and projects.
Publications have also been proceeding well. Our
monograph on intercultural music collaboration is nearly published, Shared
Listenings: Methods for Transcultural Musicianship and Research
(Cambridge University Press). The complete manuscript of Volume IV of our
series Deep
Soundings: The Lexington Series in Historical Ethnomusicology
(an ethnomusicological study of European composer Scharwenka) has been reviewed
and is now in revision.
The Board meeting of the International Society for
Music Education (ISME) in
Helsinki was quite successful, with great collaboration as we prepared
for the ISME 2024 World Conference in Finland. As Chair of ISME's History Standing Committee, my focus at this meeting was in three areas: ways of strengthening historical research in this field globally, supporting development of a more robust international history of the organization, and improving all publications associated with ISME. I gave two papers and chaired a
session at the Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research (APSMER) in Seoul,
Korea, where there were many impressive presentations.
Finally, I met a colleague in Singapore, Chee
Hoo Lum, for further development of a publication project before returning to
Europe. Unfortunately, I caught Covid at some point on my way back to Norway, and
had to rest recently, causing missed deadlines for some promising new projects.
Quite frustrating, but hopefully I can fully recover soon and it will work out next
time!
A few photos from summer activities are posted here:
