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Personal profile
Research interests
Dr Karolien Dons is senior researcher at the Research centre Art & Society where she currently gives shape to the research group Music in Context. Her expertise consists of innovative music practices in social contexts. Recurring themes in Karolien’s recent research activities are a.o. participatory making processes, the engaged musician and ethical aspects, for example about inclusion and autonomy. Karolien was connected to the research group Lifelong Learning in Music where she substantially contributed to numerous research and innovation projects in capacity of researcher and project leader, such as Music and Dementia, Music at the Odense house, Meaningful Music in Healthcare (MiMiC) and Professional Excellence in Meaningful Music in Healthcare (ProMiMiC). Karolien studied musicology at Ghent University and music psychology at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland). In 2019, Karolien obtained her doctoral degree at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (London) with an ethnographic study into the facilitation of co-creative musicking with vulnerable elderly people.
Research Interests
Innovative music practices, musical co-creation, new audiences, person-centred music making, culture participation, participatieve kunstpraktijk, ethnography
Professional Information
Member of the Ethical Review Board of the Hanze University (HEAC)
Education/Academic qualification
Music, Doctor of Philosophy, Musician, friend and muse: an ethnographic exploration of emerging practices of musicians devising co-creative musicking with elderly people, Guildhall School of Music & Drama
2013 → 2019
Award Date: 31 Jul 2019
Music, Master of Arts, Music Psychology, University of Jyväskylä
Award Date: 31 Jul 2010
Music, Master of Arts, Musicology, Ghent University
Award Date: 31 Jul 2007
External positions
PhD student, Guildhall School of Music & Drama
2013 → 2019
Vice-chair Working Group Youth, European Music Council
31 Dec 2008 → 31 Dec 2013
Keywords
- M Music
- co-creation
- person-centredness
- new audiences
- professional musicianship
- music
- culture participation
- ethiek
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Projects
- 12 Finished
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Can you hear us? Virtual person-centred music making with vulnerable elderly people, and their carers and family
1/01/21 → 31/01/22
Project: Research
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ProMiMiC: ProMiMiC: ProMiMiC - Professional Excellence in Meaningful Music in Healthcare
Smilde, R., Dons, K. & de Wit, K.
1/09/19 → 28/02/23
Project: Research
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Learning art through many voices: diversity in thinking and acting in art education study programmes
1/10/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Music near you - Person-centred music making for vulnerable elderly people living independently and their carers
1/02/20 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
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Navigating power relations in a collaborative music practice in a hospital
Dons, K. & Gaunt, H., 2021, A changing game: expanding professionalism in music and higher music education. Westerlund, H. & Gaunt, H. (eds.). Routledge/Taylor & Francis, p. 102-114 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Can you hear us? person-centred music making through video-calls with vulnerable isolated elderly people and their carers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dons, K., de Wit, K., Sevindik, B. & Taekema, R., 2021, In: Journal of music, health and wellbeing. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Acting inclusively: An audiovisual portrait about diversity and inclusivity in art and music education
Dons, K., 1 Nov 2021Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products › Academic
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Muziek in een ziekenhuis: exploreren van nieuwe conventies in een 'third space'
Dons, K., Nov 2021, In: Cultuur + educatie. 20, 58, p. 118-131 14 p.Translated title of the contribution :Music in a hospital: exploring new conventions in a 'third space' Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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If Music be the Food of Love, Play on: Meaningful Music in Healthcare
Smilde, R., Heineman, E., de Wit, K., Dons, K. & Alheit, P., 2019, Utrecht: Eburon Academic Publishers. 159 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic
Activities
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Session on Social-artistic research in music
Karolien Dons (Member) & Henrique Meissner (Member)
7 Feb 2023Activity: Other
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Intro to Music in Context
Karolien Dons (Speaker)
23 Jan 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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expertmeeting kunst en ouderenzorg
Anke Coumans (Speaker) & Karolien Dons (Speaker)
25 Jan 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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AEC Annual Congress 2022
Katja Thomson (Speaker), Karolien Dons (Speaker) & Monica Veigaard (Speaker)
9 Nov 2022 → 12 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Research ethics and integrity
Karolien Dons (Speaker)
13 Dec 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Hanze Impact Podcast on Diversity and Inclusivity
26/04/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Hanze Impact Podcast #4 Inclusie en Diversiteit
7/04/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Interview about Learning Art through Many Voices
26/10/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities