Editorial

Abstract

We are delighted to present the first in what we anticipate to be a long line of Music and Arts in Action 'special issues' that referee, document and discuss innovative work presented at international conferences and symposia related to the music and arts in action. This issue of Music and Arts in Action (MAiA) on “Music and Migration” is guest edited by Dr. Nadia Kiwan (University of Aberdeen) and Professor Ulrike Hanna Meinhof (University of Southampton) and builds on a conference by the same name from 12-17 October, 2009, in Southampton, UK. Sponsored by the Arts Council UK, this international meeting grew from a unique collaboration between the University of Southampton's Centre for Transnational Studies, Department of Music and School of the Humanities, and the Turner Sims Concert Hall. This academic/artistic endeavour fused keynote lectures and paper sessions with workshops, artist residencies and concerts, and demonstrated the importance of bringing perspectives on world music to bear on studies of the arts in civil society.