Sponsors & Partners

Partnering Organizations and Co-Presenters

17, Institute of Critical Studies (Mexico City, Mexico)

17, Institute of Critical Studies is a space situated at the nexus or crossroads between the academic field, non-academic culture and psychoanalysis.

Conceived as a laboratory of the word, 17 Radio is a space for creation and reflection on communication technologies and policies, concerned with the development of social ties. The entire audio version of the IF 2022 festival will be broadcast through 17 radio, which can be streamed on their website: https://17radio.org/

Partnering Organizations and Co-Presenters

DownBeat Magazine

DownBeat magazine is the granddaddy of American music magazines. DownBeat covers the world of Jazz, Blues & Beyond to bring back the best in jazz and blues as well as its offshoots. Folks can subscribe to DownBeat magazine at downbeat.com!

Partnering Organizations and Co-Presenters

Fonoteca Nacional

The Fonoteca Nacional is a Mexican institution under the Secretariat of Culture that preserves Mexico’s sonic heritage and promotes the culture of listening and sound.

Festival Sponsor

IICSI

The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) is a partnered research institute, funded through a SSHRC partnership grant, that investigates how improvisation can improve life. IICSI’s mandate is to create positive social change through innovative scholarship, impactful arts events, and community-oriented activities. Our Institute works with scholars, students, creative practitioners, and community partners to practice and study improvisation as a model for social change. This research has resulted in the development of new technologies for making sound; large-scale celebratory community gatherings; numerous publications, including hundreds of articles published through our Institute’s peer-reviewed journal; workshops for youth; artist talks; and academic conferences. The University of Guelph also offers graduate programs in Critical Studies in Improvisation, which arose from years of IICSI’s award-winning, arts-based research and training. Since 2020, IICSI has put on the annual IF Festival, presenting improvisational artists of all disciplines from around the world.

The project team for the Institute includes 75+ researchers and 65+ community partners around the globe, as well as several Student Research Assistants and core staff members. The Institute has key sites at University of Guelph, McGill University, Memorial University, University of Regina, Carleton University, the University of British Columbia, Queen’s University Belfast (N. Ireland), and 17, Institute of Critical Studies (Mexico). 

The Institute was founded in 2013 and builds on funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), as well as contributions from the host institution, sites, and many partners.

Festival Sponsor

Musagetes

Musagetes is an international organization that makes the arts more central and meaningful in people’s lives, in our communities, and in our societies.

Festival Sponsor

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports postsecondary-based research and training in the humanities and social sciences.

Festival Sponsor

University of Guelph