About
The first Musedelica symposium will be held June 14-15th, 2016 at the Sussex Humanities Lab, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. The symposium will bring together students, early career researchers, independent researchers and music producers. It focusses on psychedelic music, especially (but not limited to) electronic dance music and other fields related to psychedelic drugs and music.
In addition to giving students and early career researchers the chance to present their research in an intimate and friendly academic setting, Musedelica will bring together researchers from a range of fields, facilitate the sharing and synthesis of new ideas, and help to shape an exciting and interdisciplinary field of research.
Topics will include:
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Electronic dance music, the psychedelic experience and/or trance state
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Psychedelic music (of any genre) and the psychedelic experience and/or trance state
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The embodied experience of composing, appreciating and/or dancing to psychedelic music
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Music festivals and the psychedelic experience, including issues surrounding well-being and harm reduction
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Psychedelic substances and the composition, perception and/or appreciation of music
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Dancing and the trance state and/or psychedelic experience
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Music cultures and the psychedelic experience and/or trance state
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Music cultures and the prohibition of recreational drugs
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The process, practice and/or experience of composing psychedelic music.
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New methodologies/directions in the research of psychedelic music
The deadline for proposals has passed, but I hope to run more Musedelic events in future, so please keep in touch by joining the facebook group (button on bottom right of page) or signing up to the forum at