DiSko is an innovation project intending to innovate school concert practices produced and implemented nationally by Arts for Young Audiences Norway (AYAN) and regional partners in Norway. The project will innovate an established practice through research based innovation procedures in order to respond to challenges connected to school ownership and school integration. This research-based innovation work will be carried out over four years with a selection of schools and groups of musicians and producers from NCA within a budget of 7.4 mill NOK. The DiSko project will develop and try out alternative concert forms, which to a greater degree can be experienced and shared by pupils, teachers as well as musicians. Our research questions are:
- How can dialogue based concert practices be produced in order to be integrated as meaningful and professional elements in school´s everyday life?
- How can schools facilitate such integration in their work with teaching, learning and Bildung?
DiSko´s point of departure is that shared ownership emerges through equity-based relations, and our practical innovation processes will be grounded in this belief. From the practical iterations of concert productions, researchers will develop analysis and research reports, and parallel to the concert production activities, a continuous implementation and discussion will take place. An interactive website will be a central component in the communication between researchers, musicians, teachers and users, other interested persons and organizations.
Funding: the Norwegian Research council (NFR)
Project owner: The Norwegian Concert Agency (NCA)
Research partner: CASE center, at Stord/Haugesund University College
