[AUDITORY] Frontiers Research Topic on "The Role of Music During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (Niels Christian Hansen )

Subject: [AUDITORY] Frontiers Research Topic on "The Role of Music During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
From:    Niels Christian Hansen  <nch@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Mon, 3 Aug 2020 10:22:59 +0000

Frontiers Research Topic on =93The Role of Music During the COVID-19 Pandem=
ic=94

The Frontiers Research Topic =93Social Convergence in Times of Spatial Dist=
ancing: The Role of Music During the COVID-19 Pandemic=94, edited by Niels =
Chr. Hansen, Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann, and Jane W. Davidson, is now open for s=
ubmissions with abstracts due on 1 Sep and full manuscripts due on 1 Nov. P=
lease note that abstract submissions are voluntary and primarily serve to g=
ive the editors an opportunity to promote wide representation. Full manuscr=
ipts can still be submitted if no abstract is submitted.

**Due to the exceptional nature of the COVID-19 situation, Frontiers is wai=
ving all article publishing charges for COVID-19 related research in this R=
esearch Topic.**

Link to official call: https://fro.ntiers.in/CovidMusic
Deadlines: 1 Sep 2020 (abstracts), 1 Nov 2020 (full manuscripts)
Contact: Niels Chr. Hansen, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies & Center f=
or Music in the Brain, Aarhus University, nchansen@xxxxxxxx<mailto:nchans=
en@xxxxxxxx>

More info: The global COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown measures pro=
duced a multitude of novel ways of engaging with music. Creative outbursts =
spread =91virally=92 from balconies and living rooms to social media platfo=
rms where new concert formats and innovative, thought-provoking music video=
s proliferated under hashtags such as #coronasongs, #quarantunes, and #song=
sofcomfort. These new phenomena bore witness to a conviction that music may=
 be used to create and maintain social bonds and cope with anxiety, boredom=
, loneliness, stress, and a looming uncertainty about the future.

This Research Topic invites music researchers from all disciplinary backgro=
unds with diverse methodological skillsets to jointly document, investigate=
, and understand music=92s role during the coronavirus crisis. The current =
situation provides unique opportunities for ecological observations, large-=
scale surveys, and controlled experiments on the interplay between ingraine=
d psychological mechanisms and cultural practices in promoting social conve=
rgence despite imposed spatial distancing.



Niels Chr. Hansen (PhD, MSc, MMus, BA)
Assistant Professor (AIAS-COFUND II Marie Sk=B3odowska-Curie Fellow)
Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies & Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhu=
s University, Denmark
nchansen@xxxxxxxx<mailto:nchansen@xxxxxxxx> | ph. +45 25338833