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Events · News1 April 2024

Hip-Hop on the Open Sea

"What do you call 'Urban Music'?" was the title of the discussion presented on March 23 at the Centex in Valparaíso by Sebastián Muñoz, CMUS associate researcher, in charge of the Fondecyt project "(T)Rap and Technologies." The event was part of the second edition of the cultural

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The event was part of the second edition of the cultural gathering "Hip-Hop on the Open Sea," which, according to its organizers, seeks to "open a space for learning, exchange, and collaboration among participants, as well as to foster open dialogue on the issues and challenges facing the hip-hop community."

Events · News20 December 2023

The event was part of the second edition of the cultural gathering "Hip-Hop on the Open Sea," which, according to its organizers, seeks to "open a space for learning, exchange, and collaboration among participants, as well as to foster open dialogue on the issues and challenges facing the hip-hop community."

CMUS invites you! To the 1st Interdisciplinary Meeting on Sound and Listening Studies in Chile, where scholars from various Chilean institutions will discuss issues related to the links between sounds and their listening processes. The intersections of these two phenomena will be

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“Mapuche Songs Today” event with the Pre-Columbian Museum

Events · News26 October 2023

“Mapuche Songs Today” event with the Pre-Columbian Museum

On October 25th, the "Mapuche Songs Today" event took place, organized by the Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art and the Millennium Nucleus in Musical and Sound Cultures (CMUS). Throughout the day, three working groups (Publications, Archives, and New Voices) were held, where re

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Antoine Hennion in Chile with CMUS

Events · News13 October 2023

Antoine Hennion in Chile with CMUS

On October 11th and 12th, we had the visit of Antoine Hennion, a French academic who took the time to give an international conference entitled "On a Thing Called Music: From a Sociology of Mediation to a Pragmatics of Taste," held at the Alberto Hurtado University. The panel fea

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Music of the Chilean exile: memory and creation

Events · News1 October 2023

Music of the Chilean exile: memory and creation

In the context of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état, Laura Jordán, Javier Rodríguez, and Daniela Pizarro joined neighbors from the Casa Memoria in Valparaíso for a sound archiving and collective textile construction workshop. The aim was to connect musi

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Recent Events: 2nd CMUS Researchers Conference

Events · News6 September 2023

Recent Events: 2nd CMUS Researchers Conference

On August 24th and 25th, 2023 the 2nd CMUS Researchers Conference was held in Arica, mainly at the campus of Universidad de Tarapacá.. Project researchers made a review of the CMUS work teams and research topics, showcasing the advances, achievements and future projections for ea

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Events17 August 2023

2nd CMUS RESEARCHERS CONFERENCE

On August 24 and 25, 2023 the 2nd CMUS Researchers Conference will be held in the city of Arica, mainly at the Universidad de Tarapacá. Here, researchers will have the chance to work together on the different areas found in our Núcleo. Moreover, there will be a series of communi

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RECOGNITION

News4 July 2023

RECOGNITION

Issue 52 of the journal Resonancias features the report “Beyond Mapuche Music: Equivocation, Definitions and Resistance”, written by CMUS head researcher Leonardo Díaz-Collao . This article was the recent winner of the Samuel Claro Valdés Musicology Award, given every year sinc

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2nd National Conference on Traditional and Folkloric Music

Events17 June 2023

2nd National Conference on Traditional and Folkloric Music

Last June (14, 15 and 16) the 2nd National Conference on Traditional and Folkloric Music was held on the campus of Universidad Mayor, with the participation of four different countries, and was attended by approximately 50 people daily, both in-person and online. CMUS executive d

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CMUS Project Launch

Events29 May 2023

CMUS Project Launch

CMUS, the Interdisciplinary Research Platform that Analyzes Chile’s Local Musical and Sound Cultures   Santiago, May 25th, 2023 – Next Thursday, June 1st, at 7pm, at the Centro Gabriela Mistral – GAM, will be the official launch of the Núcleo Milenio Center for Musical and Sou

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