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Music and Dance

Music and Movement study

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Project duration

1.8.2023 - 1.6.2025

Core fields of research

Languages, culture and society

Physical activity, health and wellbeing

Research areas

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Research areas

Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies - Research areas

Mind, body and emotions

Department

Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Funding

Research Council of Finland

European Research Council ERC

This study is part of the Academy of Finland’s Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body & Brain (2022−2029) and the ERC funded MUSICONNECT project (2022-2026).

Project description

Music and dance are used by young adults in social interactions every day. The aim of this project is to understand how music supports social connection through embodied interaction in young people.

Project team

Project leaders

Martin Hartmann

Assistant Professor

Project members

Petri Toiviainen

Suvi Saarikallio

Iballa Burunat Perez

Postdoctoral Researcher

Marc Thompson

Senior Researcher

Joshua Silberstein-Bamford

Senior Lecturer

Patti Nijhuis

Postdoctoral Researcher

Pedro Alcantara Senra Oliveira Neto

Doctoral Researcher

Matias Hämäläinen

Technical Assistant

Rita Mustonen

Project researcher

Research groups

Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain

The Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain studies music as a multimodal human experience and as a versatile engine of change, throughout the life span and in health and disease.

Musiconnect

Music as youth empowerment: creating connection to self and others