The aim of this explorative research was to understand in which ways audience interaction influences the audience‟s experience of a dance performance. In particular this research focused on the processes of audience participation, affect, aesthetic distance and kinaesthetic empathy. To this end it investigated …

Musicking in Groningen: towards a grounded theory of uses and functions of music in a modern western society. Presentatie 4 juli 2012, scholing onderzoeksvaardigheden docenten Hanzehogeschool Groningen,  Lectoraat Lifelong Learning in Music & the Arts

Healthy Ageing door muziek: onderzoek naar nieuwe kansen in de muziekeducatie. Conferentie Onderzoek in Cultuureducatie Rotterdam, 21-06-2012

Ouderen en muziek: projectpresentatie. 16-06-2012, Symposium ‘Ouderen en Muziek'.

Community music: interventie of dienst aan het idioculturele

Presentatie 02-06-2012

From `Craftsmanship & Artistry’ to idiosyncratic `Musickership’: calling a paradigm into question. Paper presentation 20th EAS Conference ‘Craftsmanship & Artistry’, Den Haag, 20/4/2012.

To effectively grasp and address sustainability challenges, this chapter argues that we need to expand our predominantly logocentric and linear ways of knowing with more presentational, embodied and sensory means. The chapter traces an exploration of this position through a dialogue between four academic, …

Individualising the audience. The 3rd International Reflective Conservatoire Conference ‘Performing at the Heart of Knowledge’, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, UK, 20/3/2012.

Presentation ‘Healthy Ageing through Music and the Arts’, EU Intensive Project Schools of Health Care/Social Studies, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, 1/2/2012