[Commlist] Call for applications - Workshop: Music and (Post-)Truth in the Age of GenAI ‘Slopaganda’

*/The Music and Online Cultures Research Network (MOCReN) presents:/*

*Utrecht University Winter Workshop (13, 14 & 15 January 2027)*

*Music and (Post-)Truth in the Age of GenAI ‘Slopaganda’*

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*CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: *https://www.mocren.org/ww27/ 
<https://www.mocren.org/ww27/>**

*Direct link to application form: 
*https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/DwUH36DRKH 
<https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/DwUH36DRKH>**


Supported by a Van Oostrom grant, MOCReN <https://mocren.org/> will host 
its second Winter Workshop at Utrecht University, NL on *Wednesday 13, 
Thursday 14, and Friday 15 January 2027*. This is not a traditional 
conference with paper sessions. The event will provide an opportunity 
for care-led and playful sessions to discuss research methods, develop 
work together, and network, this time with the theme of *music and 
(post-)truth in the age of GenAI ‘slopaganda’*.

The workshop is prompted by, and will address, questions including:

  * How should we investigate and theorise various *political uses of
    music online* during the post-truth era?
  * What methodological and epistemological *ground truths* do we rely
    on when researching online music cultures?
  * How do ideas of media literacy, suspicion, and aesthetic value
    inform our engagements with audiovisual *genAI slopaganda*?
  * Why has music become involved in the grey area between *fandom and
    conspiracism*?
  * How do *post-truth* and *populist discourses* collide in online
    music cultures?

The deadline for all participation applications is *Friday 21st August 
2026*. Subsequent correspondence regarding decisions, travel info, and 
accommodation recommendations will be sent out by *Friday 11th September 
2026*. The final information including a schedule will be distributed in 
November 2026, and an online pre-workshop meeting will be held via 
videocall on *Friday 11th December 2026*.

Questions? (mocren.hello /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(mocren.hello /at/ gmail.com)>

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