Revolutionary Activism in Striated Spaces? Considering an Activist Music Education in K-12 Schooling

Autor/in	Hess, Juliet
Titel	Revolutionary Activism in Striated Spaces? Considering an Activist Music Education in K-12 Schooling
Quelle	In: Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 17 (2018) 2, S.22-49 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1545-4517
Schlagwörter	Activism; Music; Music Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Musicians; Qualitative Research; Vignettes; Music Teachers; Creativity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Musik; Musikerziehung; Musiker; Qualitative Forschung; Music; Teacher; Teachers; Musiklehrer; Kreativität
Abstract	Given the hierarchies, limitations, and power embedded in institutions such as schools, this paper examines whether an activist music education that occurs inside of school can be truly revolutionary. I draw upon Deleuze and Guattari's (2005/1987) treatise on "Nomadology and the War Machine" as a conceptual framework for this philosophical paper, exploring the definition of revolutionary activism and the (im)possibility for "creative lines of flight" to be drawn in schools. I further introduce the elements of an activist music education, as put forward by 20 activist-musicians in a qualitative study, and offer three vignettes from a fictionalized activist music program. I draw upon the vignettes to problematize the possibility of revolutionary activism in schools, pointing to the complexities of educators as both State and non-State actors, the complications introduced in considering Bell's (1995)principle of interest convergence, and the potential of an activist education to fall into microfascist behavior. In conclusion, I note the impossibility of engaging in truly revolutionary music education in schools. (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