Contributions by
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Approx. 74 hours of learning materials including:
– 14 hours of video
– 50+ hours of reading
– 10 hours of Case studies, contextual texts, and reflective activities
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This Digital Resource area introduces the theme of interdisciplinarity and innovation. Interdisciplinary work brings together different methods, materials, and forms of knowledge to explore questions that extend beyond a single field. In this context, Music4Change presents materials from across the arts, humanities, and sciences, showing how music and sound can connect practice and theory, creativity and research.
Through these examples, the resource invites reflection on what it means to work across disciplinary boundaries and how such dialogue can enrich our understanding of culture, collaboration, and change.
This collection brings together key literature, discussions of central terms, curated open-access lectures, and a deep-dive case study of an interdisciplinary music project. The materials highlight how collaboration across fields can generate new insights, experimental methods, and creative responses to social and environmental challenges.
At the same time, the collection adopts a critical perspective on the concept of innovation. Within contemporary research, innovation is often associated with novelty, technological advancement, and productivity. Here, we consider how these understandings might be reoriented towards sustainability — emphasising long-term thinking, responsible use of resources, and the maintenance of ecological and social balance.
Taken together, these materials encourage an exploratory and critical approach to interdisciplinarity, and the ongoing work of thinking and creating across boundaries.