Dear reader,
In this newsletter we present the Beladrum, a musical instrument that helps to diagnose autism in children, some new projects, partnerships and publications, a masterclass by Robin Nelson, and more.
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Musical stimulus to diagnose autism
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The ‘Beladrum’ is a musical instrument that helps to diagnose autism in young children. Gerard van Wolferen, lecturer at HKU Music and Technology, developed this instrument in collaboration with the University Medical Centre Utrecht (UMCU).
Watch the video and read more
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In search of a ‘good work’ framework
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How can teams in intermediate vocational education (MBO) develop a joint ‘good work’ framework to increase the team’s effectiveness? Bart van Rosmalen, HKU Professor in Art and Professionalization, participates in a consortium that received a grant from NRO to research this question.
Read more [in Dutch]
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Research on the sound of cutlery
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HKU Music Design Research Programme, has been awarded a SIA-KIEM grant for the project KlinkKlaar to conduct research on new sound possibilities of resonant materials in relation to spaces and the people staying in these spaces.
Read more about this research
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Making Utrecht a sustainable city
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HKU is participating in IRIS, a large-scale EC-funded project on integrated and replicable solutions for energy efficiency in sustainable cities. This is a joint project between HKU and citizens using co-creation approaches to help them reduce their energy consumption.
Read more about this project
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Ludodidactics in India
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Willem-Jan Renger and Evert Hoogendoorn, both teachers and researchers in Ludodidactics at the HKU Master of Arts Education, visited India to teach a group of 30 educational professionals about the principles of playful learning.
Read more about this India visit
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Teaching conference visitors about the future of food
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With the use of game jams and game storms developed in the EC funded JamToday project, the Innovation studio of HKU has contributed to the awareness raising about the future of food supply in Europe at several Transmango conference events
Read more about these events [in Dutch]
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Masterclass by Robin Nelson
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Professorial fellow Robin Nelson from the University of London visited HKU on December 5th. He gave a masterclass for MA students Scenography and Fine Arts on practice as artistic research. Afterwards he went to the workspace of the 2nd year students MA Scenography to discuss the research aspect of their work.
Read more about this visit here
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Call for Presentations ELIA Biennial Conference 2018
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Colleagues from ELIA member institutions from all artistic disciplines are invited to contribute to the programme and showcase their practices in the arts and education. The theme for this conference is ‘Resilience and the City’. Deadline is 18 December 2017.
Read more about this call
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HKU promotes interests on European level
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HKU will play a role in the advocacy of art education and research at European level. Participation in the European network of universities of applied sciences enables HKU to promote the importance of art education and related research.
Read more about UAS4Europe
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Smart culture
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The first NWO-SIA Smart Culture Conference took place in Amsterdam from 23-24 November. HKU Professor Nirav Christophe represented the platform Kunst ≈ Onderzoek (Art ≈ Research) in a conversation between makers and researchers. Other HKU researchers joined this meeting as conference participants.
Read more about this event here.
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New Knowledge and Innovation Agenda
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CLICKNL presented the Knowledge and Innovation Agenda for the Creative Industry 2018-2021 during the Design Research & Innovation Festival at the Dutch Design Week.
Read more about the K&I Agenda
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Major of Utrecht visits HKU expertise centres
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Mr. Jan van Zanen, major of Utrecht, came to visit HKU and got a tour in virtual reality. He was impressed by the alienating effect of this virtual tour.
Read more about the Mayor's visit [in Dutch]
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• Podcast: Series Wendingen [in Dutch]. How to make ‘wendingen’ [twists and turns] in the habits of work? Bart van Rosmalen, HKU Professor in Art and Professionalization, provides practical interventions in this podcasts series.
• Publication: Towards Creating a Body of Evidence-based Interactive Digital Narrative Design Knowledge: Approaches and Challenges, Hartmut Koenitz and Christian Roth, 2nd International Workshop on Multimedia Alternate Realities (proceedings), California, October 2017
• Book: The Ambiguity of Reality: Towards an Awareness of the Significant Role of Play in Higher Arts, Imara Felkers. In: The Philosophy of Play as Life. Wendy Russell, Emily Ryall, Malcolm MacLean [Ed], Chapter 10. Developed in collaboration with HKU.
Order this book here• Book: Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurs, Elisabetta Lazzaro. In: Culture, Innovation and the Economy. Biljana Mickov & James E. Doyle [Ed], Chapter 7. Order this book here• Book: Futures of Artistic Research. At the Intersection of Utopia, Academia and Power, Jan Kaila, Anita Seppä, Henk Slager. Writings from the Academy of Fine Arts (5). Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki, 2017. ISBN 9789527131428 Order this book here
• Journal: Coming soon. New issue of MaHKUscript. The third issue of the online HKU journal MaHKUscript Reclaiming Artistic Research will be published in mid-December. This issue focuses on the increasing centrality of artistic research within art practice on the one hand, and artists’ widespread lack of identification with artistic research discourse on the other.
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