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Music, technology, and education in a sustainable future 

14th May 2025, 18.00-19.00, Escola Superior de Educação, Politécnico do Porto

Sala A106

Zoom https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/91358871116

Evangelos Himonides | University College London

Education, and, consequently, music education, appear to be at a neonatal stage, in Britain, when it comes to addressing climate change and sustainability issues. Global metrics suggest that this situation appears to be as challenging, if not worse, around the world.
In this presentation, I will be offering a general taxonomic map of issues that are central to a future sustainable music educational praxes. This is the result of a comprehensive review of key literatures in the overarching field.
Additionally, we will be offering information about a novel UCL initiative, the "Crafting Sustainabilities Collective", a creative synergies group connected by the common goal to co-design new interventions with groups and communities that harness the possibilities of creative making involving technology in support of sustainability.

Evangelos Himonides is Professor of Technology, Education, and Music at UCL, where he leads a number of courses and supervises doctoral & post-doctoral research. He is co-founder of the Music-Education-Technology International Conference (MET), associate editor of Frontiers in Psychology, the Journal of Music, Technology and Education, and past associate editor of Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology. Evangelos has developed the free online technologies for Sounds-of-Intent (2003-2023), Inspire-Music, and the Online Afghan Rubab Tutor. He is fellow of the RSA and Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society. When time is available, Evangelos likes to handcraft guitars in order to raise funds for charity.