Communication

Shared creation: a transdisciplinary course of cultural mediation

The objective of the “shared creation” project is to provide scientific support for a transdisciplinary course of cultural mediation initiated by the La Marmite Association and implemented by the HEMU (Haute école de musique Vaud Valais Fribourg) as well as La Manufacture (High School of Performing Arts) in collaboration with the “Reading and Writing” Association. Between December 2020 and July 2021 (therefore in the midst of the COVID-19 health crisis), then between March and June 2022 (once the measures were lifted), five illiterate people from this Association had the opportunity to participate in a course on the theme of the Forest, punctuated by cultural outings – to the museum, the theatre, the concert, the cinema, – as well as meetings and time for collective creation with a musician and a performer of the performing arts. Thus, our contribution will question the course proposed within the framework of the “shared creation” project by focusing on the links it has created, the meaning it has produced and therefore the effect it has had. had on those who took part.

Biography

With a double training as a musician and a psychologist, Angelika Güsewell holds a doctorate in psychology. Since 2005, she has been responsible for research and a professor at the HEMU. Since 2020, she has been part of the management team. She has conducted numerous research projects at the crossroads of music and human and social sciences. She is part of the scientific commission of the Institute for Research in Music and Performing Arts (IRMAS) and represents the Hautes Écoles of Music of French-speaking Switzerland in various national and international working groups. As founding vice-president of the Swiss Society for Positive Psychology (SWIPPA), she contributed to the launch of a positive psychology CAS at the University of Lausanne. With 25 years of experience in piano teaching, she is also a lecturer in the pedagogy department of the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris.