This paper stems from cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration between community music and human geography which sought to interrogate and understand claims of social sustainability and social change often cited in evaluation reports of community music projects. The lead authors (Parks and Cassidy) took this dialogue forward by organising a geography conference session which incorporated an instant choir workshop to test how we might ‘do’ social sustainability through practice. Drawing upon ideas from both disciplines, the paper synthesises the reflections of nine participants in the session to explore the capacity of creative, embodied, geographical practice to transform hegemonic experiences of academic conferences, and to create a sustainable and inclusive community of practice.

本文源于社区音乐与人文地理学之间的跨学科对话与合作，旨在询问和理解社区音乐项目评估报告中经常引用的社会可持续性和社会变革的主张。主要作者（帕克斯和卡西迪）通过组织地理会议来推进这一对话，其中包括一个即时合唱团研讨会，以测试我们如何通过实践“实现”社会可持续性。论文借鉴了两个学科的思想，综合了会议九位参与者的思考，探讨了创造性的、具身性的、地理实践在转化学术会议霸权经验方面的能力，并创造了一个可持续和包容的实践社区。