Providing Contexts for Understanding Musical Narratives of Power in the Classroom: Music, Politics, and Power in Grenada, West Indies

Autor/in	Sirek, Danielle
Titel	Providing Contexts for Understanding Musical Narratives of Power in the Classroom: Music, Politics, and Power in Grenada, West Indies
Quelle	In: Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 15 (2016) 3, S.151-179 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1545-4517
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Music; Music Education; Case Studies; Personal Narratives; Blacks; Power Structure; Adoption (Ideas); Teaching Methods; Classroom Techniques; Social Class; Working Class; Cultural Influences; Music Teachers; Musical Instruments; African American Culture; Cultural Pluralism; Slavery; African Culture; Grenada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Musik; Musikerziehung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Erlebniserzählung; Black person; Schwarzer; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Klassenführung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Arbeiterklasse; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Music; Teacher; Teachers; Musiklehrer; Musikinstrument; Kulturpluralismus; Sklaverei; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur
Abstract	The role of music in Grenada, West Indies has traditionally been to pass on knowledges, values, and ideals; and to provide a means of connecting to one another through expressing commonality of experience, ancestry, and nationhood. This paper explores how Eric Matthew Gairy, during his era of political leadership in Grenada (1951-1979), exploited the transmission and performance of music in very specific ways to further his career politically and exert power over Grenadian society. This historical case study of Grenada, where music was deliberately used as a method of supporting perceived social and political binaries, sheds light upon the power dynamics that are at play when we uplift certain musics in the classroom, and silence others. [This paper was presented at the 9th International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education (2015).] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	MayDay Group. Brandon University School of Music, 270 18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A9, Canada. Tel: 204-571-8990; Fax: 204-727-7318; Web site: http://act.maydaygroup.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01