DANIELLE TREACY
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University Researcher in the Sibelius Academy Faculty of Music Education, Jazz, and Folk Music
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Researcher in the project Music Education, Professionalism and Eco-politics (EcoPolitics 9.2021 – 8.2025)
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Researcher in the project Transition pathways towards gender inclusion in the changing musical landscapes of Nepal (amplifyHer, 9.2023 – 12.2026)
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Co-editor Nordic Research in Music Education

Photo: Eeva Anundi
NEWS
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March 27, 2023
Invited Lecture
Katja Thomson and I represented the EcoPolitics project by presenting on the topic of Music Education and Sustainability as part of the Uniarts Helsinki Researcher Lecture Series.
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November 8–9, 2022
Communality & the Arts
I presented two invited papers at the Communality & the Arts: Place, Sustainability and Heritage seminar held at the Inter Arts Center in Malmö. One was a single authored paper titled, Navigating modernity/coloniality in music education: The case of music in Nepali private schools. The second was co-authored with Katja Thomson and titled, The World in Motion ensemble as a case of imaginative design in music education for transformation. Read more about the seminar here.
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Photo: Eeva Anundi
February 14, 2022
New Publication
My article presenting a critical reflection on an application of appreciative inquiry was published in Action Research. The article focuses on three situations of breakdown in the research process and the researcher reflexivity these breakdowns stimulated. Click here to read the article.
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January 25, 2022
Gender and Musicianship Study Days
Heidi Westerlund and I presented a paper titled Gender exclusion and multicultural discourse: Activism through public pedagogy in Nepali music education as part of the Gender and Musicianship Study Days at the University of the Arts Helsinki.
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October 26, 2021
Social Engagement and the Arts
Katja Thomson and I presented a paper titled Mapping visions of sustainability in music education as part of the Seminar on Social Engagement & the Arts: Participation and Sustainability in Malmö, Sweden.
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October 21, 2021
CDIME XV
I presented a paper titled The potentials of engaging with a reflective matrix for navigating cultural diversity in music education as part of the 15th Cultural Diversity in Music Education conference. Click here to watch the video.
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September 1, 2021
EcoPolitics Project Begins
September 1st marked the beginning of a new Academy of Finland funded project titled, Music education, professionalism, and eco-politics, in which I am a postdoctoral researcher. Click here to learn more about the project



