Research goals
The goal of our research project which involves an interdisciplinary collaborative team is to provide a tool kit which can facilitate guidelines for measures to be implemented in festivals of a small scale in order to reduce their carbon footprint, ultimately achieving festival sustainability.
Why do this?
Most organizations or sectors are becoming increasingly aware of their increasing obligation to reduce their carbon footprint in order to meet the target set by the Paris Agreement which is to limit global warming by 1.5˚C by 2030 (IPCC) .The art and music sector are no exception. In fact, the art and music sector arguably have a leading role to play in reducing emissions.
What will this involve?
The collaboration involves working with festival organisers from a relatively new local and small regional classical music festival called Cellissimo based in Galway. This festival first ran in 2021 and will run again in 2024, as it runs on a 3 – yearly basis. This festival is organised and operated or in association with Music for Galway. The other collaborations involve studying measures taken by another classical music festival in Jarna, Sweden with Songs of Travel Project.
Our research paper will be based on two sets of data. These data sets will involve analysis from data conducted from the Galway Jazz Festival in 2019, and data from another contemporary classical music festival in Jarna, Sweden.
