The CMUS 2025 International Seminar: “Social Emergencies: Contemporary Transformations in Music and Society” will be held on October 8, 9, and 10. To attend, please register using this form. If you wish to follow the lectures and panels remotely, they will be broadcast on the official CMUS YouTube channel. The event, which will be held at Universidad Mayor and Universidad de Los Lagos, will feature three international guests. Here’s a little more about them.

Colombian Óscar Hernández is a musicologist with a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies and a PhD in Social and Human Sciences. He is Director of the Pensar Institute of Social and Cultural Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. His work focuses on musical significance, research-creation, and cultural management. He has published internationally recognized books and articles and was awarded the Casa de las Américas Musicology Prize (2014). He will give the lecture “Sound, Territory, and Commons in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” on Wednesday the 8th at 10:00 a.m. at the Manuel Montt campus of Universidad Mayor.

Originally from the US, Jess Reia is an adjunct professor in Data Science and co-director of the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia. Her research addresses the relationship between technology, public policy, and human rights, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence and urban governance. She has developed projects in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and has published in media outlets such as the BBC, Le Devoir, and Estadão. She has also worked on cultural policies and urban nightlife in cities such as Montreal and Rio de Janeiro. She will give the lecture “Urban Music Governance: What Street Art Can Teach Us About Data, Policy, and Our Cities” on Thursday, the 9th, at 10 a.m. at the Universidad de Los Lagos (República campus).

Pablo Semán is an Argentine sociologist and anthropologist, a researcher at CONICET (National Council of Experts) and a professor at the National University of San Martín (UNSAM). His work focuses on popular culture, religiosity, and political processes in Latin America. He is the author and co-author of eight books, in addition to numerous articles and chapters published in international academic journals. His lecture, “100% White and Slum Dweller: Rebel Conservatism, Free Market, and Popular Right,” will be held on Friday, the 10th, at 10:00 a.m. at the University of Tarapacá (República campus).

Detailed program

October, Wednesday 8th – Music and Artificial Intelligence
Universidad Mayor (Manuel Montt Campus) / Universidad de Tarapacá (Quebec Campus)
● 10:00 AM – Lecture
“Sound, Territory, and Commons in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” by Óscar Hernández (Pensar Institute, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana).
● 12:00 PM – Panel Discussion
With local guests, moderated by Christian Spencer (Center for Research in Arts and Humanities-CIAH, Universidad Mayor).
● 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Internal discussion session and core evaluation (closed activity).

Thursday 9th – Music and City Governance
Universidad de Los Lagos (República) / Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Bellarmino Hall)
● 10:00 – Lecture
“Urban Music Governance: What Street Art Can Teach Us About Data, Policies, and Our Cities,” by Jess Reia (University of Virginia).
● 12:00 – Panel Discussion
With local guests, moderated by Eileen Karmy
(Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso).
● 3:00 PM – Workshop for CMUS thesis students with the participation of international guests

Friday, October 10th. Music and the New Right
Universidad de Los Lagos (República Campus)
● 10:00 – Lecture
“100% White and Slum-Dweller: Rebel Conservatism, Free Market, and Popular Right,” by Pablo Semán (CONICET-UNSAM).
● 12:00 – Panel Discussion
With local guests, moderated by Carla Pinochet
(Universidad Alberto Hurtado).
● 1:30 – 1:45 PM Closing remarks and closing of the seminar.