Project

Contemporary Music, Artistic Citizenship and Education

Traditional boundaries of what conventionally is perceived as the role and of art and artists in society are constantly challenged, not least at present time with scarce economic means and increasing social and democratic challenges. The concept of Artistic citizenship (AC) encap-sulates artists’ social engagement and it high-lights the potential of artistic education to en-force people’s creative agency and general quali-ty of life in a life-long perspective. There appears to be a potential for research on exploring (AC) in formal as well as in informal settings