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Project cooperationUpdated on 5 May 2026

Musical Heritage and Linguistic Diversity in Europe

Senior Researcher at Estonian Literary Museum

Tartu, Estonia

About

My research focuses on the relationship between music, language, and cultural memory, with particular attention to minority and endangered languages embedded in traditional song practices.

My contributions to the project

  • Ethnomusicology and intangible cultural heritage expertise

  • Analysis of traditional songs as repositories of linguistic and cultural structures

  • Study of oral transmission and its transformation under socio-political conditions

  • AI-based and computational analysis of music corpora

  • Data visualisation and mapping of cultural and musical practices

  • Case-study expertise in Ukrainian and Baltic musical traditions (including war-affected heritage)

What I am looking for
I am seeking partners with expertise in:

  • Traditional music and oral transmission

  • Digital humanities and cultural data analysis

  • Linguistics and multilingualism

  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning

  • Digital archives, cultural heritage databases, and research data infrastructures

  • Intangible cultural heritage

  • GLAM sector (archives, museums, libraries)

  • Community-based organisations working with minority and endangered cultural heritage

Stage

  • Completing the consortia

Call

  • Destination: Innovative Research on European Cultural Heritage and Cultural and Creative Industries

Type

  • Partners for an existing consortium
  • A consortium to join as partner

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