IMS: SEK 3.4 million to research in Digital Music and Entrepreneurship
As part of its focus on digitalisation, entrepreneurship and regional development, the Kamprad Family Foundation has awarded funding to the project Writing Pop (History): Digital Music Production and Entrepreneurship in the Swedish Music Museum and Schools in Småland. The project is led by Martin Knust, Professor of Musicology at Linnaeus University, and involves several regional actors in Småland, including schools and music initiatives.
The project continues from the project “The Computer Is the New Harmonica!” and through this collaboration, research based knowledge will be translated into practical musical and educational activities. It will implement the outcome of the previous project.
– We are very proud to receive the continued grant from the Kamprad Family Foundation and look forward to start the work and the collaboration after the summer, says Martin Knust, Professor of Musocology and member of the Linnaeus University Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies (IMS).
The project translates research findings into practice through two concrete strands.
1. The first involves a collaboration with the new Swedish Museum of Music in Västervik, where research on digital pop music production, the music scene of Småland, and music entrepreneurship will be integrated into the museum’s exhibitions—an initiative requested by Björn Ulvaeus.
2. The second strand focuses on implementing the project’s music‑pedagogical outcomes in schools across Småland. In collaboration with municipal schools, Academy X in Tingsryd, and the digital music studio at Möckelsnäs, the developed eight‑step model for values‑based digital music education will be tested and widely applied.
The overall aim is to strengthen both music education and regional music activity.