About the project
This project focuses on the role of music for disaster-affected people and communities in the UK in recovering from disasters and building back. Using archival, ethnographic and participatory methods, the student will explore how music can support community resilience and recovery after major disasters.
This project investigates how music can be leveraged to support recovery and resilience-building for communities affected by major disasters, using the Grenfell Tower disaster as a focal case study.
You will use this innovative project that combines historical research, ethnographic study, and hands-on community engagement to develop theoretical and empirical grounds for integrating music into disaster resilience and recovery.
Working closely with disaster survivors, bereaved families, and community activists, you will document and analyse how musical practices have contributed to community healing after the disaster through archival and ethnographic work.
The project will also include a participatory research phase to co-design and deliver creative music workshops with young survivors. The findings will help shape policy recommendations for schools, informal educators, community organisations, while also advancing our understanding of the role of music in social justice and community resilience after disasters.
You will join an interdisciplinary team of supervisors comprising experts in music, education, history and trauma and disaster studies. You will be an active member of the Southampton Centre for Music Education and Social Justice and Centre for Research in Inclusion, with Public Policy Southampton to support translating the research findings into real-world impact on policymakers and communities.
