Drawing on his ethnographic research in Latin America (with young people living in urban poverty) and in Europe (with migrant and refugee minors), Alix Didier Sarrouy focuses on the importance of the cultural context in order to better understand how the many 'actors in music education' can 'resonate' with each other. These 'actors' are students, teachers, assistants, directors, tutors, parents - and the objects themselves! These 'actors' are students, teachers, assistants, directors, tutors, parents... as well as objects! Alix Didier Sarrouy - Sociologist and musician. Doctorate in sociology of art and culture from the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle and the Université du Minho. Researcher at the Institute of Ethnomusicology - Music & Dance (NOVA.FCSH, Portugal). In 2020, he was awarded a highly competitive FCT individual grant for a 6-year research project: 'IncArt - Migrants and refugees in Europe: the arts as tools for socio-cultural inclusion'. Principal investigator of the "YouSound - Music education as an inclusive tool for refugee minors in Europe" project (www.yousound.eu). Alix Sarrouy teaches at the School of Art and Design, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. In 2022, he published two books: one as author, entitled "Acteurs de l'éducation musicale: ethnographie dans les programmes socioculturels El Sistema, Neojiba et Orquestra Geração" (Edições Húmus-CICS.NOVA);

and a second as co-editor and co-author, entitled "The art of building citizenship: youth, creative practices and activism" (Tinta da China). Link to Science Vitae.
Position/affiliation: Musician and Researcher at the Institute of Ethnomusicology - Music & Dance (NOVA.FCSH, Portugal).