Meet the researchers: Catharina Christophersen

We are very happy to introduce our readers to the researchers in the FUTURED project. First out is Professor Catharina Christophersen, project initiator and leader from Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. How did you get involved with the FUTURED project?  I have always been interested in critical and educational research, in particular the way … Read more

News from WP3: Developing collaborative, innovative and interactive music education practices

The researchers in work package 3 are currently busy with data generation and analysis. Work package 3 aims at developing collaborative, innovative and interactive music education practices together with schools. Researchers Kari Holdhus and Catharina Christophersen have finished generating data in the music classroom in study 5. They have collaborated with a musician, three teachers, … Read more

Diving into public pedagogy – theories for the real utopias of music education?

The FUTURED #TextImmersion-group, consisting of researchers from HVL and OsloMet, had its first meeting recently. We began with an article by Giroux, from the Handbook of public pedagogy, a text focusing on neoliberalism as public pedagogy. Starting from an excellent discussion, this post is a reflection on some of the topics raised, particularly in relation … Read more

FUTURED researchers to NNMPF

25th conference of Nordic Network for Research in Music Education FUTURED researchers were traveling to Copenhagen for the Nordic Network for Research in Music Education Conference 3.-5. March 2020. Catharina Christophersen from Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (WNUAS), Silje Valde Onsrud (WNUAS), and Heidi Partti (Uniarts Helsinki) investigated the topic Time for change in Nordic music teacher … Read more

FUTURED kick-off seminar

The FUTURED kick-off seminar took place in Bergen September 9-10 at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. Excellently led by the FUTURED leaders and researchers, everyone involved in the project met for discussions on important topics from each work package and the project as a whole.