Tuning in to young people: what’s the role of songwriting for imagining future gender cultures?
Want to know how young people imagine gender in the future? We understand gender is a social construct, and we know queer and gender diverse young people are subject to violence and harm when they transgress the boundaries. But when these topics are raised in schools, moral panics quickly emerge. What happens when we ask for young people’s thoughts on these issues, and how can we use music to communicate them? Join music therapist Dr Elly Scrine as they introduce songwriting not only as a method for data collection, but as a way for young people to write their own narratives and position themselves as the experts of their own experiences.
Bio
Dr Elly Scrine is a music therapist, lecturer at the University of Melbourne, and electronic artist. Elly’s doctoral research examined the role of music for young people exploring gender, and how schools operate as sites of power and regulation. Elly currently works with young people in community mental health, and is passionate about the affordances of music in engendering personal, social, and structural change.
7:00pm @Meat Market in The Stables, 2 Wreckyn Street (corner of Wreckyn Street and Courtney Street) North Melbourne VIC 3051.
*Please note this venue has been updated as of 7 November.
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
This is an alcohol-free venue.
Also speaking at this location at 5:30pm is Tara Suamba and at 8:30pm is the Centre for Multicultural Youth.
Please reach out to knowledge@melbourne.vic.gov.au to request an Auslan interpreter for this event.
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