| dc.description.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. | en_GB |
