Recent Publications:
Switala, A., & Konkol, G. K. (2023, in press). Creativity in the Polish Music Classroom: Historical perspectives and recent actions. In The Routledge Companion to Teaching Music Composition in Schools (Kirsty Devaney, Martin Fautley, Joana Grow, Annette Ziegenmeyer). Routledge.
Switala, A., & Majewski, P. (2023). The “Happy Island” of Polish Music Education: Self-Orientalization of educational philosophies in Post-Soviet Europe. In Comparative and Decolonial Studies in Philosophy of Education (David G. Hebert). Springer.
Switala, A. (2021). The Self-Orientalization of Polish Music Education. Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE), 5(2), 37–50. https://doi.org/10.7577/njcie.4152
Recent Conferences and Seminars:
Switala, A. (2023, January 25). Family Musicking. Fostering ‘safer space culture’ with immigrant families in Iceland. Icelandic Youth Research Conference 2024, University of Iceland. https://www.hi.is/vidburdir/islenskar_aeskulydsrannsoknir_2024_farsaeld_barna_og_ungmenna_i_hjarta_aeskulydsstarfs
Switala, A. (2023, November). The ‘safer space culture’ of Family Musicking: Supporting immigrant families in Iceland through music. The Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication (NIC) Conference 2023: Intercultural Communication with a Focus on Languages, Narratives and Translation, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden.
Switala, A. (2023, October). Family Musicking and safer-space culture. Towards positive social transformation. Þjóðarspegillinn 2023, University of Iceland.
Switala, A. (2023, September 29). Family Musicking as a space for positive social transformation. Menntakvika 2023 Annual Conference of the School of Education, University of Iceland, Iceland. https://menntakvika.hi.is/
Gudmundsdottir, H. R., & Switala, A. (2023, June 8). Family Musicking as a tool for fostering the identity of Polish and Ukrainian families with young children in Iceland. What have we learned? [Conference Presentation]. STÍL/NBR/FIPLV Cpnference 2023: Future of Languages, University of Iceland, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages.
Switala, A., & Gudmundsdottir, H. R. (2022, October 24). Family musicking as a tool for supporting the well-being of Polish and Ukrainian immigrant families with young children in Iceland. [Conference Paper]. Nordic Intercultural Communication Comference 2022, University of Iceland. https://vigdis.hi.is/en/events/nordic-intercultural-communication-conference-2022/
Switala, A., & Gudmundsdottir, H. R. (2022, October 7). Family musicking as a tool for fostering the identity of immigrant families with young children in Iceland [Conference Paper]. Menntakvika Conference 2022, University of Iceland. https://menntakvika.hi.is/
Switala, A. (2022, October 6). Tónagull po polsku. Fostering language and identity of Polish and Ukrainian families in Iceland [Presentetion]. Community Co-Creation, Reykjavik City Library. https://borgarbokasafn.is/en/community-co-creation
Switala, A., & Gudmundsdottir, H. R. (2022). Tónagull po polsku. Fostering identity of Polish immigrant families in Iceland through family music classes. Symposium: Making Our Invisible Voice Visible: Validating Our Musical and Cultural Identities in International Music Education 35th World Conference of the International Society for Music Education 2022, 17-21 July 2022.
Switala, A. (2022). Supporting Polish Immigrant Families with Young Children in Iceland Through Family Musicking [Conference Presentation]. https://nafol.net/ph-d-stipendiat/kull-10/seminar-pa-island/
Switala, A. (2022). Supporting Immigrant Populations in Iceland Through Family Musicking. London Culture Forum: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Online, 11 March 2022. https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/our-key-themes/culture-sport-and-tourism/arts-and-culture/networks/london-culture-forum
Switala, A. (2021). Adaptation and implementation of an Icelandic family-music program for groups of Polish immigrant families in Iceland [Conference Presentation]. Menntakvika, University of Iceland, 15 October 2021, Reykjavik.
Switala, A., & Gudmundsdottir, H. R. (2021). Adaptation and implementation of an Icelandic family-music program for groups of Polish immigrant families in Iceland [Senior Research Paper]. Nordic Network for Research in Music Education. Qualities in Music Education Practice and Research. Trondheim, Norway, 2-3 March 2021. https://www.ntnu.edu/nnrme2021