University Extension at the State University of Maringá (UEM)

Type: Short paper · Article nº 835

Authors: John Kennedy Pereira de Castro¹; Salete Maria Chiamulera Böhler²; Vânia Malagutti Fialho¹

Presenter: John Kennedy Pereira de Castro

Institutions: ¹ Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM); ² UNESPAR/EMBAP

Abstract

This article documents university extension activities carried out in homes in southern Brazil. It records initiatives undertaken as university outreach by the academic community within protocols of vocal-instrumental music, outlining a process of institutionalizing domestic musical experiences in contemporary times, integrating education and family life. Historically defined by family members, the domestic practice of music here sees artists, students, and professors act as active “outsiders” to this nucleus, temporarily exercising control over the domestic scene and providing a unique experience of collective music-making and focused appreciation for people of different backgrounds and age groups.

By temporarily transforming a living room into a performance stage (Chiamulera, 2010), everyday spaces of the host family are reimagined as scenic environments—stage, audience, and backstage—reshaping the household routine, where individual/family memory and educational practice intertwine. The research spans 2012 to 2025, through systematic collection of testimonies from performing artists and composers, families, partner institutions, and invited guests. A symbolic element was the enhancement of attentive listening to the community’s soundscape, with the participation of a bell ringer whose performative presence transformed commonplace local sounds into elements of discovery and learning.

The activities reached communities in different regions, including neighboring towns. The structural design of each event reflected the idiosyncrasies of the host families. The Palco Affetivo (Chiamulera, 2010, unpublished) suggests that the scope of these activities achieves social impact in areas of study still at an introductory stage. The documentation includes audiovisual records, printed programs, and pedagogical materials, forming an archive dedicated to preserving memory and studying the transformation of HausMusik: from a spontaneous domestic practice into an institutionalized project with formal objectives of music education, audience development, and strengthening the bond between art, community, and university. These actions exemplify how music simultaneously generates intangible cultural heritage, fosters cultural exchange, and consolidates networks of collaboration—valuing the family and integrating history, memory, and educational artistic practice into a single cultural movement.

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Chiamulera, S. (2017). Projeto HausMusik Brasil. UNILA.

Chiamulera, S. (2010). HausMusik (unpublished).