To map and enhance Australian musical improvisation as a creative industry

  • Funded by Australian Government: Australian Research Council
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: LP200301401

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • Start & end year

    2021
    2025
  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $374,247.88
  • Funder

    Australian Government: Australian Research Council
  • Principal Investigator

    Prof. Roger Dean
  • Research Location

    Australia
  • Lead Research Institution

    Western Sydney University
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    N/A

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

To map and enhance Australian musical improvisation as a creative industry. The project maps transforming improviser networks in Australian music since 1970, to inform how cultural innovation develops and disseminates. Application of new statistical techniques (temporal network analysis) will combine with in-depth focus groups to show how improvisation excellence depends on a mix of artistic craft, networked collaboration and institutional support. This knowledge will assist music venues and industry in nurturing improvisation as a cultural force and commercial opportunity for export and tourism attraction post Covid-19. The novel method, integrating computational network analysis with qualitative research, will also inform and build capacity for future understandings of cultural fields and industries.