INET-md

Transdisciplinary Research

Arts, Sciences and Humanities

INET-md is a music and dance research unit, headquartered at NOVA FCSH and with other three branches at DeCA UA, FMH-ULisboa and ESE-P.Porto.

Social and cultural relevance

Networks and Partnerships

INET-md is invested in partnerships with communities, scholars, artists, policymakers and non-academic institutions in pursuit of democratic and decolonial constructions of knowledge.

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Upcoming events

INET-md holds various events, some of which are regular, such as the permanent seminars of its research groups and the INET-md Forums. You can also follow INET-md’s agenda via the monthly newsletter and our social networks.

The intangible as a disputed territory: science, technology, and traditional knowledge in music and dance

4th Symposium ICTMD-SoMoS

Latest news

2026 · 08 · 12

Guillermo de Llera Blanes visits McGill University, Canada, with project for developing the MidiMbira

2026 · 08 · 11

Shannon Garland visits INET-md with a project on Festa do Avante!

2026 · 07 · 14

INET-md researcher joins the European Academy of Sciences

2026 · 07 · 23

World Premiere of “V’s” by the “B’s”

2026 · 06 · 07

INET-md at the EcoFestival Montejunto

Research Groups

Ethnomusicology and Popular Music Studies

Historical and Cultural Studies in Music

Creation, Performance, and Artistic Research

Education, Music, and Theater in the Community

Musical Acoustics and Sound Studies

Thematic Lines

Digital and Technological Performativities

Heritage(s), Archives and Museums

Power, Politics and Activism

Studies on Women, Gender and Sexuality

Ongoing Projects

MidiMbira: Research-Creation of Digital Musical Instruments at CIRMMT and IDMIL

Musical Feeling and Volunteer Labor at the “Festa do Avante!”

Revolutions per Minute: Finding Utopia(s) in Brazilian Sound Art

AI as Catalyst: Transformative Impacts on Digital Performance, Computational Music, and Cultural Creativity

Unlocking the Power of Sound in Museum Exhibitions

Sounds with the Taste of Home

Sarabanda Atlântica

Songs of Seeking e Fragmentos de Viagem

Resonating Mwenje: Documenting the timbila making process and the techniques of the masters from Zavala, Mozambique

FEMUS 18: Spaces and Profiles of Women Making Music in 18th-Century Portugal

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Branches of INET.md