Call for papers · News — 16 September 2024
For four years in a row, Chile led the world in reggaeton consumption. The BBC published a note in 2021 asking: “How is it possible that such a small country consumes more urban music than all of Puerto Rico or Mexico?”. In less than ten years, Chile went from being an importer t
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Conference · News — 2 September 2024
The VI Congress of the Regional Association for Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Musicological Society (ARLAC/IMS) was held from August 7 to 10 at the Faculty of Music of the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Members of the CMUS participated in the vario
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News · School of Listening — 17 July 2024
During the first half of this year, the School of Listening began to be implemented. This initiative, promoted by the Millennium Nucleus in Musical and Sound Cultures, seeks to develop methodologies for the dissemination and transfer of social research based on sound, music, and
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Events · News — 1 July 2024
The first Interdisciplinary Seminar, "Musical and Sound Cultures in Chile and Latin America," was held with great success between June 4 and 6. It was organized by the CMUS Millennium Nucleus in conjunction with the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage and its Community Culture
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Events · News — 23 May 2024
From June 4 to 6, 2024, in partnership with various cultural and university institutions, the CMUS Millennium Nucleus will hold its first Interdisciplinary Seminar: "Musical and Sound Cultures in Chile and Latin America." The seminar will bring together leading researchers and in
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Events · News — 1 April 2024
As the Millennium Nucleus in Musical and Sound Cultures (CMUS), we are pleased to announce the addition of Martin Liut (National University of Quilmes, University of Buenos Aires) and Beatriz Medeiros (Fluminense Federal University) as postdocs. Their academic and professional ex
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Events · News — 1 April 2024
"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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News · Economies, industries and policies of culture — 1 April 2024
Its first major screenings began in March with the documentary "Himno," a documentary about the song "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido" (The people united will never be defeated), directed by Martín Farías and produced by Eileen Karmy, adjunct researcher at CMUS.
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Events · News — 29 March 2024
Two CMUS researchers, Eileen Karmy and Javier Rodríguez, took part in a panel discussion at the XXXIV Valparatango Festival 2024 in Valparaíso
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News · Events — 25 March 2024
Peruvian ethnomusicologist and charanguista Julio Mendívil (University of Vienna) visited PUCV's Sausalito Campus in March as part of Laura Jordán's Fondecyt project "Culturas del casete." His activities included a master class on Inca music, a meeting with thesis students, and a lecture on the "dance of the chunchos" in Cajamarca.
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Events · News — 20 December 2023
1st Interdisciplinary Meeting on Sound and Listening Studies in Chile is an event where scholars from various Chilean institutions will discuss issues related to the links between sounds and their listening processes.
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News · Economies, industries and policies of culture — 18 December 2023
The third season of the project "(t)rap y Tecnologías" ["(t)rap and Technologies"], an online project directed by CMUS associate researcher Sebastián Muñoz, premiered on December 15.
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