{"id":338,"date":"2023-11-21T13:14:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T13:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/mmp-conference\/?page_id=338"},"modified":"2024-03-06T19:01:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T19:01:30","slug":"mmp-conference-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/mmp-conference\/mmp-conference-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"MMP Conference 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to the Major Music Project Conference 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one-day, student-led MMP conference is part of the learning & teaching activities of the fourth-year MUS10105 Major Music Project<\/a> undergraduate module offered at Edinburgh Napier University, School of Arts and Creative Industries. The purpose of this student-led event is to act as an opportunity for our 4th<\/sup> year BA Music students to present their final year dissertations and practice-led research projects work-in-progress, and to share their research processes and findings with their peers and the extended academic community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘Man with a Movie Camera’ (Dziga Vertov, 1929).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReflexivity informs positionality. It requires an explicit self-consciousness and self-assessment by the researcher about their views and positions and how these might, may, or have, directly or indirectly influenced the design, execution, and interpretation of the research data findings\u201d<\/span><\/i> (Holmes, 2020)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme of the MMP Conference 2024 is <\/span>\u2018The Self in Research\u2019<\/b>, providing a valuable opportunity for presenters to delve into their research so far and to share their research aims, processes, and findings<\/span> through the lens of<\/span> positionality<\/span><\/i>. This draws inspiration from Holmes (2020),<\/span> who<\/span> emphasises the importance of encouraging students to explore and deeply understand the concept of<\/span> positionality<\/span><\/i> and its impact on research.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Positionality<\/span><\/i> encompasses the influence of inherent cultural, social,<\/span> and political perspectives on a researcher’s position, shaped by their lived experiences and understanding of the world. It is key for researchers to comprehend the implications of their<\/span> positionality<\/span><\/i>, and \u2018that through doing so, they should become a better researcher\u2019 (ibid.). This involves moving beyond external factors, delving into the researcher’s<\/span> self<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>reflexivity<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>subjectivity<\/span><\/i>, and the <\/span>performative<\/span><\/i> aspects of research. By recognising the researcher as an active participant and examining factors like beliefs and biases, embracing<\/span> reflexivity<\/span><\/i> becomes essential (Walshaw, 2010). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We invite presenters to see<\/span> positionality<\/span><\/i> as a tool to further our understanding of our research and others through<\/span> reflexive<\/span><\/i> discussion of the journey taken in the MMP project so far. The 2024 MMP one-day conference provides a forum for presenters to further explore their own and others’ final-year Major Music Projects by presenting their ongoing work for peer and lecturer feedback. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference Date & Venues: Tuesday 12th March 2024 <\/strong>\u2014 Rooms F5, F6, G4, G9 Merchiston Campus, Edinburgh Napier University.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holmes, A.G.D. 2020. Researcher Positionality – A Consideration of Its Influence and Place in Qualitative Research – A New Researcher Guide. <\/span>Shanlax International Journal of Education<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>8<\/b>(4), pp.1-10. https:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/EJ1268044.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walshaw, M. 2010. <\/span>The Researcher’s Self in Research: Confronting Issues about Knowing and Understanding Others<\/span><\/i>. [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 3\u20137 Jul, Freemantle, Western Australia. https:\/\/eric.ed.gov\/?id=ED520979<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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