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[Bernd Enders]

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From: "Satu Julin" <sjulin at cc.jyu.fi>
To: <Bernd.Enders at rz.uni-osnabrueck.de>
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Subject: Invitation - PSS2001


PYTHAGORAS SUMMER SCHOOL IN COGNITIVE MUSICOLOGY
August 7-17, 2001
University of Jyvaskyla
Finland


THE AIM OF PYTHAGORAS SUMMER SCHOOL IN COGNITIVE MUSICOLOGY
Since the early 1960s, methods and objectives of cognitive science have
been applied in musicology. The new field of study in musicology is called
cognitive musicology. Cognitive musicology consists of studying mental
processes of the human mind related to perception, learning and production
of music. This innovative, new paradigm established its position at the
begining of the 1980s. In cognitive musicology high technological expertise
is linked together with the profound humanistic traditions of Europe. Its
research methods are close to those of natural sciences. Expecially
important is the modelling of human mental processes with the help of
computers.

The aim of the Pythagoras Summer School in Cognitive Musicology is to give
the participants good knowledge and skills in the application of the most
recent scientific results, methods and technology into use with studies of
cognitive musicology. The Pythagoras Summer School will include the
following topics: acoustics, psychoacoustics, perception, learning and
production of music, musical expression, gestures and emotions, computer
simulations, brain research, cognitive musicology, and the historical and
philosophical basis of cognitive musicology.

The Pythagoras Summer School in Cognitive Musicology is named after
Pythagoras Graduate School. This graduate school was founded in 1999 to
provide a strong scientific education for post-graduate students in the
field of music and sound research. The students of the school have
backgrounds in both humanistic and natural sciences. More information about
the Pythagoras Graduate-School can be found at
www.jyu.fi/musica/Pythagoras/.

The Pythagoras Summer School in Cognitive Musicology is funded by the
European Union (Intensive Programmes), the University of Jyvaskyla,
Finland. The Summer School will be fully integrated in the curricula of the
partner institutions; student completing the program will receive credit
for their work. ECTS will be applied in order to facilitate credit transfer.


TO WHOM?
The Pythagoras Summer School in Cognitive Musicology is targeted at
doctoral students of musicology and related disciplins, such as computer
science, multimedia, psychology, philosophy, information science, computer
science, mathematics and physics. Since multidisciplinarity is
quintessential for cognitive musicology, the Pythagoras Summer School aims
to bring together students representing different disciplines.


TEACHING METHODS AND MATERIAL
The pedagogical and didactic methods of the Pythagoras Summer School in
Cognitive Musicology are based on the most recent scientific results of
cognitive psychology. Each participant of the summer school will be given
her/his individual learning plan. In order to keep theory and practice
connected to each other, the teaching is based mainly on small-scale
projects. The progress of each individual will be monitored during the
course by means of learning diaries.

The teaching of the Pythagoras Summer School will take full advantage of
new technology. A significant part of the teaching material will be
computer-based, allowing the students to pace their progress invidually.
The teachers act more as observers and instructors than as traditional
lecturers. Distance learning methods will be applied during the Pythagoras
Summer School in co-operation with both European and non-European
researchers and lecturers.

The course will end with an examination. The evaluation will emphasise the
students' ability to apply their knowledge of different disciplines
creatively and to apply their skills in various contexts. Succesful
completion of the Pythagoras Summer School will give the student 7 ECTS
credits.


COSTS
The the Pythagoras Summer School is free for students. Moreover, part of
the travel costs will be paid by the Summer School (for EU citizens only).
The students are recommended to apply for scholarships from their local
universities for accommodation and other possible expenses related to the
Pythagoras Summer School in Cognitive Musicology.

Accommodation is reserved for all students at the Kortepohja Student
dormitory. The cost for accommodation will be approximately 130 EUR/person
for the time of the Summer School, August 6-17.


APPLICATION AND SELECTION OF STUDENTS
The participants of the the Pythagoras Summer School in Cognitive
Musicology will be selected by the Organizing Committee. Decisions are
based on applications, in which the students describe their former studies,
academic degree, motivation and scientific interests.

The application form can be found on the Internet at the URL
www.jyu.fi/musica/pss2001/. The applications are due February 28, 2001.


PYTHAGORAS SUMMER SCHOOLS SITE
The location of the Pythagoras Summer School in Cognitive Musicology is
Jyvaskyla, the capital of Central Finland, a lively university town with
about 80 000 inhabitants and 35 000 students. The city is located at the
heart of one of the beautiful Finnish lake districts, on Lake Päijänne,
about 270 km north of the capital, Helsinki. The Summer School will take
place on the University Campus. The facilities of the Department of
Musicology include a versatile computer classroom, a modern studio, and
band classrooms. The building also a music library, a chamber music hall
and a pleasant café.

More information about the University of Jyvaskyla: www.jyu.fi/

The City of Jyvaskyla is a bustling centre for business, education, sports
and culture, situated at the heart of Finland. In Jyvaskyla and in its
immediate surroundings you can experience the beautiful Finnish nature in
its many different forms. Jyvaskyla is especially known for its rich
variety of culture: there are several museums, art exhibitions, concerts,
events and theatre performances, to suite every taste.

More information about the City of Jyvaskyla:  www.jkl.fi/


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Antonio Camurri PhD, Department of Communication, Computer and System
Siences, Genoa University
Rolf Inge Godøy PhD, NoTAM, Music technology section of University of Oslo
Marc Leman PhD, Insitute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music,
Department of Musicology, Gent University
Jukka Louhivuori PhD, Department of Musicology, University of Jyvaskyla
Albrecht Schneider PhD, Institute of Musicology, University of Hamburg
Petri Toiviainen, PhD, Department of Musicology, University of Jyvaskyla.


ADDRESS OF THE SECRETARIAT:
Satu Julin
University of Jyvaskyla
Department of Musicology
Box 35 (M)
FIN-40351 Jyvaskyla
Finland
e-mail: sjulin at cc.jyu.fi, tel. + 358 14 260 1342, fax: +358 14 260 1331

For the latest news about the Pythagoras Summer School in Cognitive
Musicology: www.jyu.fi/musica/pss2001/ .


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VII International Symposium on Systematic and Comparative Musicology
III International Conference on Cognitive Musicology
August 16-19, 2001
University of Jyvaskyla
Finland
www.jyu.fi/musica
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Ms Satu Julin
University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Musicology
P.O.Box 35 (M), FIN-40351 Jyvaskyla, FINLAND
Tel. + 358 14 2601 342, Fax  + 358 14 2601 331
E-mail: sjulin at cc.jyu.fi
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