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GAME Research Group Seminar - Ongoing historical ethnography PhD on the Faroe islands musical heritage

Activity: Talk or presentationInvited talk

Description

On 3 October 2025, Knút Háberg Eysturstein delivered an invited presentation at the GAME Research Group Seminar (Grieg Academy Music Education Research Group) hosted by the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. The talk focused on his ongoing PhD project, which employs a historical ethnographic approach to investigate musical heritage, traditional singing, and their roles within Faroese music education, past and present. The presentation included reflections on methodology, fieldwork, and the evolving synthesis of archival and interview-based data.
Period3 Oct 2025
Held atWestern Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Music heritage
  • Music Education
  • Music Tradition
  • Traditional Music
  • Doctoral Dissertation