This is a free webinar series running over nine weeks.

Every year since 2015, the international research platform SIMM (Social Impact of Music Making) has brought together experts from the fields of musical practice and research. After Brussels and Ghent, London, Porto and Bogota, the annual SIMM-posium returns to Belgium this winter, hosted by BOZAR.

From 12 January to 9 March, weekly online sessions will bring together some of the world’s leading specialists to explore themes that combine music and activism.

The full programme of activity looks like this:

WELCOME SESSION - January 12 | 4.00-5.30pm
Keynote speech and introduction

SESSION 1 - January 19 | 4.00-5.30pm
Musicians in social music projects (I)

SESSION 2 - January 26 | 4.00-5.30pm
Music in detention (I)

SESSION 3 -  February 2 | 4.00-5.30pm
Music in detention (II)

SESSION 4 - February 9 | 4.00-5.30pm
Intercultural social music projects (I)

SESSION 5 - February 16 | 10.00am-11.30am
Intercultural social music projects (II)

SESSION 6 - February 23 | 10.00am-11.30am
Musicians in social music projects (II)

SESSION 7 - March 2 | 4.00pm-5.30pm
Social music projects in the Global South (I)

SESSION 8 - March 9 | 4.00-5.30pm
Social music projects in the Global South (II)

Attendees can register for all or single webinars.

For more information and to register, please visit:
www.bozar.be/en