Facts about the Cluster
- Cluster leader: Ragnhild Br?vig
- Cluster leader 2025: Anne Danielsen
- The cluster's?official web page
- The cluster's core research question:?What are the vital features of musical rhythm and time, how are they experienced, and why do they matter?
- Mailing list
Meetings
When: Wednesdays from 9.15–10.15 am.?
Where: Roundtable meeting room (V217).
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Topics discussed in this cluster forum include, but are not limited to, the following:?
- Perception and Aesthetic:?How can we explore relations between psychological perception and aesthetic experience? What is the role of aesthetics in an interdisciplinary environment like RITMO? How can perspectives from the humanities inform and enrich our understanding of perceptual experience and meaning?
- Rhythm:?music-theoretical concepts of rhythm, concrete musical cases and ongoing research related to rhythm, relevant literature on musical rhythm and groove
- "TEAR":?Timing, Expectations, and Attention in complex Rhythmic contexts from an interdisciplinary perspective
Spring 2026
| 28 Jan | No meeting | ? |
| 4 Feb | Atilla Vrasdonk – improvisation and entropy at different time-scales. | ? |
| 11 Feb | Kjell Andreas Oddekalv –?ongoing research | ? |
| 18 Feb | Meeting free week (winter vacation) | ? |
| 25 Feb | Alex Stevenson – PhD "Kappe" | ? |
| 4 March | No meeting | ? |
| 11 March | Rainer Polak – Participatory and Presentational Musicking | ? |
| 18 March | Lara Pearson - the SongGesture project | ? |
| 25 March | Guilherme Schmidt C?mera – ongoing work | ? |
| 1 April | Easter holiday / meeting free week | ? |
| 8 April | Possible disputation | ? |
| 15 April | Tour de RITMO | ? |
| 22 April | Anne Danielsen –?Flexibeat | ? |
| 29 April | Meeting free week | ? |
| 6 May | Baptiste Bacot – ongoing work | ? |
| 13 May | Bilge Serdar G?ksülük – project development | ? |
| 20 May | Open slot (will be cancelled if no presentation) | ? |
| 27 May | Vemund Hegstad Alm – work in progress | ? |
| 3 June | Ragnhild Br?vig – work in progress | ? |
| 10 June | Joe Coughlan-Allen - work in progress | ? |
| 17 June | Meeting free week | ? |
Fall 2025
| 3 Sept | Discussion: Plans and schedule for the fall semester (part of the RITMO kick-off) | ? |
| 10 Sept | No meeting | ? |
| 17 Sept | Bilge | ? |
| 24 Sept | Journal Club by Kjell Andreas | ? |
| ? | Meeting free week (Autumn break) | ? |
| 9 Oct | Joe | ? |
| 15 Oct | Baptiste | ? |
| 22 Oct | Rainer | ? |
| 29 Oct | Kjell Andreas | ? |
| 5 Nov | (Anne & Kjell A. at SMT conference) | ? |
| ? | Meeting free week | ? |
| 19 Nov | Olivier | ? |
| 26 Nov | Ragnhild | ? |
| 3 Dec | Bilge | ? |
| 10 Dec | RITMO X-mas seminar and "julebord" | ? |
Spring 2025
| 29 Jan | Discussion: Plans and schedule for the spring semester | ? |
| 5 Feb | No meeting | ? |
| 12 Feb | Baptiste (journal club) | ? |
| ? | Meeting free week (Winter break) | ? |
| 26 Feb | Finn | ? |
| 5 March | No meeting | ? |
| 12 March | Rebecca Simpson (RITMO seminar series presenter) | ? |
| ? | Meeting free week | ? |
| 26 March | Baptiste | ? |
| 2-3 April | Tour de RITMO | ? |
| 9 April | Kjell Andreas | ? |
| ? | Easter holiday | ? |
| 23 April | Vemund | ? |
| 30 April | Vilde | ? |
| 7 May | Anne | ? |
| ? | Meeting free week | ? |
| 21 May | Olivier | ? |
| 28 May | Rainer | ? |
| 4 June | Ragnhild | ? |
| 11-13 June | SysMus25 at RITMO | ? |
Fall 2024
| 11. Sept | Interpreting Madvillain | Ragnhild Br?vig |
| 18. Sept | Investigating perceptual thresholds of microrhythm in groove-based musical contexts: methodological challenges and preliminary findings from pilot studies | Gui C?mara |
| 25. Sept | No Meeting (several at conferences) | - |
| 2. Oct | Meeting free week (Autumn break) | - |
| 9. Oct | No Meeting (RITMO in Gothenburg) | - |
| 16. Oct | Move, not groove. Why dance is a better way to think about the origins of rhythmic entrainment | Steven Brown and Rainer Polak |
| 23. Oct | No Meeting | - |
| 30. Oct | Rereading the British magazine Black Music | Louisa Olufsen Layne |
| 6. Nov | Some thoughts on future projects | Anne Danielsen |
| 13. Nov | No Meeting (meeting free week) | - |
| 20. Nov | Presentation of research project | Baptiste Bacot |
| 27. Nov | No Meeting | - |
| 5. Dec | NB! Thursday from 14.00–16.00 (same place) | Joint cluster meeting with the Interaction & Pleasure cluster, with Eric Clarke and Nikki Dibben |
| 11. Dec | On generalization and the single case: aspects of the science-humanities gap | Rainer Polak |
Spring 2024
| 31. jan | Rhythm Forum | Anne Danielsen will present |
| 7. February | Perception & Aesthetics meeting | Emil Bernhardt will present |
| NB! Canceled | ||
| 21. February | Meeting free week (winter vacation) | - |
| 28. February | Rhythm Forum | Mari Romarheim Haugen will present |
| 6. March | Perception & Aesthetics meeting | TBA |
| 13. March | TEAR workshop | Discussion of Huron's ITPRA theory. Ragnhild Br?vig will introduce |
| 20. March | Rhythm Forum | Rainer Polak will present |
| 27. March | Easter holiday | - |
| 3. April | Perception & Aesthetics meeting | Peter Edwards will present |
| 10. April | TEAR workshop | Bruno Laeng will present |
| 17. April | Rhythm Forum | TBA |
| 24. April | Perception & Aesthetics meeting | Eivind R?ssaak will present (in conversation with Ragnhild Br?vig) |
| 1. May | Research week | - |
| 8. May | TEAR workshop | Kjell Andreas Oddekalv will present |
Fall 2023
| 12. Sept. | TEAR workshop | Launching and discussion of the concept |
| 20. Sept. | Rhythm Forum | RITMO guest Justin London (Carleton College) will present |
| 27. Sept. | Perception & Aesthetics meeting | RITMO guest Michiel Kamp (Utrecht University) will present |
| 4. Oct. | No meetings (research week) | – |
| 11. Oct. | No meetings | – |
| 18. Oct. | Rhythm Forum | Kjell Andreas Oddekalv will present |
| 25. Oct. | Perception & Aesthetics meeting | Remy Martin will present |
| 1. Nov. | TEAR workshop | NB! Change of time: we'll start 10.45. Anne-Kristin Solbakk and Saira Jameela Hussain will present |
| 8. Nov. | No meetings (research week) | – |
| 15. Nov. | Rhythm Forum | Guilherme C?mara will present |
| 22. Nov. | Perception & Aesthetics meeting | Bilge Serdar will present |
| 29. Nov. | TEAR workshop | Ragnhild Br?vig will present |
| 6. Dec. | No meetings (Tour de RITMO) | – |
| 13. Dec. | No meetings (research week) | – |
| 20. Dec. | No meetings | – |
Spring 2023
| 1. Feb. | Discussion Forum | Martin will present |
| 8. Feb. | Copenhagen Retreat | – |
| 15. Feb. | Perception and Aesthetic Meeting | Ragnhild will present |
| 22. Feb. | Research week / winter break | – |
| 1. Mar. | Discussion Forum | TBA |
| 8. Mar. | Coffee | We’ll meet at ?se kaffebar |
| 15. Mar. | Perception and Aesthetic Meeting | Alex and Rainer will present |
| 22. Mar. | Discussion Forum | TBA |
| 29. Mar. | Coffee | We’ll meet at ?se kaffebar |
| 5. Apr. | Easter Holiday | – |
| 12. Apr. | Perception and Aesthetic Meeting | Emil will present |
| 19. Apr. | Discussion Forum | TBA |
| 26. Apr. | Social Gathering | – |
| 3. May | Coffee | We’ll meet at ?se kaffebar |
| 10. May | Perception and Aesthetic Meeting | Remy will present |
| 17. May | Research week | – |
| 24. May | Discussion Forum | Jamie Howell will present |
| 31. May | Coffee | We’ll meet at ?se kaffebar |
| 7. Jun | Perception and Aesthetic Meeting | Surprise |
| 14. Jun | Summer workshop and gathering | – |
| 21. Jun | Research week | – |
Fall 2022
| 14. Sept. | Coffee at ?se | ? |
| 21. Sept. | Perception & Aesthetics: Anne will talk about rhythm, time and presence. | ? |
| 28. Sept. | Coffee at ?se | ? |
| 5. Oct. | No meeting (meeting free week) | ? |
| 12. Oct. | HumSam Discussions Follow-up discussions of the Rhythm, Time and Presence session with short introduction on perspectives from cognitive psychology from Anne-Kristin. | ? |
| 19. Oct. | Coffee at ?se | ? |
| 26. Oct. | Perception & Aesthetics: Emil will talk about expressive meter. | ? |
| 2. Nov. | Coffee at ?se | ? |
| 9. Nov. | Meeting free week | ? |
| 16. Nov. | HumSam Discussions: We will first discuss the name and aims of the cluster, then Martin will present some findings from his ongoing research | ? |
| 23. Nov. | Coffee at ?se | ? |
| 30. Nov. | Stefan Koelsch meeting in the roundtable meeting room (Perception & Aesthetics postponed to next semester) | ? |
| 7. Dec. | No meeting (Tour de RITMO) | ? |
| 14. Dec. | No meeting (meeting free week) | ? |