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Research Presentations

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Keynote Presentations at Academic Conferences

  • Treacy, D. S. (2020, November). Reflections on the use of appreciative inquiry in a cross-cultural music education collaboration, The Nordic Network for Music Education (NNME) annual symposium and intensive joint Master course, Hamar, Norway. Available to view at https://youtu.be/J1-n9NQAqUU

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  • Westerlund, H., Karki, K., Shah, I., Shrestha, J., Timonen, V., Tuladhar, R. & Treacy, D. S. (2019, November). Self-reflexivity in and through intercultural professional collaboration in music education. Keynote presented at the International Society for Music Education (ISME) South Asia Regional Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal.

 

Academic conference presentations

  • Treacy. D. S. (2022, November). Navigating modernity/coloniality in music education: The case of music in Nepali private schools. Invited paper presented at the Communality & the Arts: Place, Sustainability and Heritage seminar, Inter Arts Center, Malmö, November 8–9.

  • Treacy, D. S. & Thomson, K. (2022, November). The World in Motion ensemble as a case of imaginative design in music education for transformation. Invited paper presented at the Communality & the Arts: Place, Sustainability and Heritage seminar, Inter Arts Center, Malmö, November 8–9.

  • Treacy, D. S. & Westerlund, H. (2022, January). Gender exclusion and multicultural discourse: Activism through public pedagogy in Nepali music education. Paper presented at the Gender and Musicianship Study Days, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland, January 24-25.

  • Thomson K. & Treacy D. S. (2021, October). Mapping visions of sustainability in music education. Invited paper presented at Social Engagement & the Arts: Participation and Sustainability seminar, Inter Arts Center, Malmö. October 26-27. 

  • Treacy, D. S. (2021, October). The potentials of engaging with a reflective matrix for navigating cultural diversity in music education. Paper presented at the Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME XV) conference, Potchefstroom, South Africa, October 18–29. Available to view at https://vimeo.com/631103400/aa427a9b3d

  • Treacy, D. S. (2020, November–December). Reflections on possibilities and pitfalls from using appreciative inquiry in a cross-cultural research project. Invited paper presented at the Migration & the Arts: Borders, Intercultural Collaborations and Education seminar, Inter Arts Center, Malmö. Nov. 30 – Dec. 1.

  • Treacy, D. S. (Panelist) (2020, August). The politics of diversity in music education. Symposium accepted for the 34th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki Finland. (Conference Cancelled).

  • Treacy, D. S. (Panelist) (2020, August). Creating and challenging music teacher professional knowledge through mobilizing networks: Visions, interculturalism and diversity. Symposium accepted for the 34th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki Finland. (Conference Cancelled).

  • Treacy, D. S. (2019, November). Insights for music teacher education from co-constructing visions with musician-teachers in the Kathmandu Valley. Paper presented at the International Society for Music Education (ISME) South Asia Regional Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal.

  • Treacy, D. S. (2019, June). Envisioning music teacher education: Global lessons from Nepal. Paper presented at the Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME) conference, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 16–19.

  • Treacy, D. S. (2018, July). To imagine, aspire, inquire and take action: Experiences co-constructing visions with musician-teachers in the Kathmandu Valley. Paper presented at the Music in Schools and Teacher Education Commission (MISTEC), ISME, Prague, Czech Republic.

  • Treacy, D. S. (2017, November). Engaging practitioners as inquirers: Co-constructing visions for music teacher education in Nepal. Paper presented at the International Society for Music Education (ISME) South Asia Regional Conference, Bangalore, India.

  • Treacy, D. S. (2017, October). Co-constructing visions in music teacher education. Poster presented at the MUs!C School music teacher training 60th anniversary, Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

  • Treacy, D. S. (2017, September). Co-constructing visions for music teacher education: Methodological and ethical deliberations on anticolonial research in the majority world. Paper presented at the How to Speak About the Unspeakable in Research Conference, Oulu, Finland.

  • Treacy, D. S., Thapa, S. & Neupane, S. K. (2017, March-April). Cultural Renewal and Change: The Role of Global Influences in Nepali Music and Music Education. Paper presented at the Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME XIII) conference, Kathmandu, Nepal.

  • Gurung, P. & Treacy, D. S. (2017, March-April). Building an Appreciative Inquiry Teachers' Network: A Co-reflection from the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Paper presented at the Cultural Diversity in Music Education XIII (CDIME) conference, Kathmandu, Nepal.

  • Treacy, D. S. (2017, March). Co-constructing Visions for Context-Specific Music Teacher Education: Appreciative Inquiry in the Kathmandu Valley. Paper presented at the Nordic Network for Research in Music Education (NNMPF) conference, Gothenburg, Sweden.

  • Treacy, D. S. (2017, February). Reflexive Appreciative Inquiry in the majority world: Methodological and ethical deliberations from a 4D cycle with musician-teachers in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Paper presented at the European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Leuven, Belgium.

  • Treacy, D. S. & Westerlund, H. (2016, July). Rethinking the distinction between school music and ‘proper’ music education: Lessons from the School Song practice in Nepal. Paper presented at the International Society for Music Education (ISME) 32nd World Conference, Glasgow, Scotland.

  • Treacy, D. S. (2015, September). Appreciative Inquiry and teacher collaboration as a strategy for envisioning inclusive music education in Nepal. Paper presented at the Society for Ethnomusicology-International Council for Traditional Music (SEM-ICTM) conference, Limerick, Ireland.

  • Gaunt, H., Treacy, D. S. & Furu, P. (2015, June-July). Ensemble processes in arts: What organisational processes constitute ensembles in music, theatre and visual arts? Accepted full paper presentation at the XIIIth International Conference on Arts & Cultural Management (AIMAC2015) conference, Aix-en-Provence, France.

  • Furu, P., Gaunt. H. & Treacy, D. S. (2015, June). Exploring creative processes within arts ensembles. Accepted full paper presentation at the 10th International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD 2015), Bari, Italy.

  • Shah, I., Treacy, D. S. & Timonen, V. (2015, June). Assessment as manifestations of culturally constructed conceptions of knowledge and values in music education: Challenges for envisioning practices in Nepalese schools. Paper presented at the Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME XII) conference, Helsinki, Finland.

  • Treacy, D. S. (2015, June). Co-constructing visions for inclusive music education in Nepal: Methodological choices and ethical considerations for cross-cultural research. Paper presented at the Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME XII) conference, Helsinki, Finland.

  • Treacy, D. S. (2015, June). Part of the symposium: CDIME 2050? Visions for the Future (Chair: Eva Saether) at the Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME XII) conference, Helsinki, Finland.

  • Treacy, D. S. (2015, March). Co-constructing visions for inclusive music education: Appreciative Inquiry in Kathmandu Valley schools. Paper presented at the Nordic Network for Research in Music Education (NNMPF) conference, Helsinki, Finland.

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