1 Week - Snapshot Music Mapping (1W-SMaP)
One Week Snapshot Mapping Project (1W-SMaP) is an initiative to present, compare, and
discuss various approaches to the digital mapping of musical practices in urban settings.
The goal of 1W-SMaP is to bring together researchers and students from across Europe and the UK, offering a platform for sharing perspectives and providing training in the field. Part of the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP), 1W-SMaP consists of a remote learning phase followed by a physical mobility period.
During the remote learning phase, participating students will be introduced to various
approaches to mapping urban musical ecosystems through lectures curated by the program’s
partner universities. This preparatory phase will set the stage for a five-day intensive workshop
on data gathering, which will take place during the in-person mobility period at the Department
of Musicology and Cultural Heritage in Cremona.
During the in-person workshop, students and trainers will conduct field research by applying
an innovative workflow for the production of multimedia interactive maps. This will combine
the adoption of largely used frameworks such as Google Photos and open-source mapping tools.
The workshop, which has already been tested during the first edition of 1W-SMaP, is designed to
be accessible to students with no prior experience in digital mapping. By taking pictures
through their smartphones, the participants will be able to gather, at the same moment,
geospatial data and media representing a given music ecosystem. In a second phase, the
trainers will show how to integrate these materials into interactive digital maps produced by
using tools such as Google Maps, Storymap and CollectionBuilder.
The workshop will take place in Cremona, utilizing the facilities of the Department of
Musicology and Cultural Heritage. The city’s live music ecosystem provides an ideal context for
this five-day project. In addition to meeting its core objectives, 1W-SMaP will generate diverse
datasets representing Cremona’s live music scene, which could later constitute the groundwork
for future projects.
The virtual mobility will take place before and after the physical mobility.
The physical mobility will take place from 08/06/2026 - 12/06/2026
University of Pavia students interested in participating should contact Prof. Alessandro Bratus
Students will obtain 3 credits.