We are excited to announce the next upcoming POP TALK 12 on January 17: in collaboration with AMSTERDANCE we will welcome Shain Shapiro, who will talk about his new book This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better.
Date: January 17th 2024
Time: 15.30-17.00 Uhr in Raum A0.09 im Oudemanhuispoort
Place: room A0.09 in Oudemanhuispoort, Universiteit van Amsterdam and ONLINE:
Registration: https://uva-live.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpcumpqDorHNGh_ndjfsuFQM0y29lGEA5x
Author bio:
Shain Shapiro is a globally recognised thought leader at the convergence of music, culture and urban policy. This is showcased in his debut book, This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better, due out on Repeater Books (distributed in the United States by Random House) on September 12, 2023. Shain has defined a new way to think about the value of music in cities and places and through it, influenced over 130 cities and places to invest in music and culture as founder and executive chairman of Sound Diplomacy and founder and executive director of the not-for-profit global Center for Music Ecosystems. He has authored authoritative reports on the role of music in cities, tourism, the night time economy, real estate and recovery, including the most extensive guide to music and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ever written, in partnership with the United Nations. He has spoken at hundreds of global conventions, such as SXSW and the UN World Urban Forum and delivered the first ever TEDx talk on music’s role in cities. Shain holds a PhD from the University of London and lives in East London.
