Leaving the Space Better than You Found It through Song: Music, Diversity, and Mission in One Black Student Organization

Autor/in	Deckman, Sherry L.
Titel	Leaving the Space Better than You Found It through Song: Music, Diversity, and Mission in One Black Student Organization
Quelle	In: Harvard Educational Review, 83 (2013) 2, S.279-294 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8055
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Student Organizations; Power Structure; Student Diversity; Figurative Language; Ethnic Diversity; African American Culture; Social Bias; Social Change; Cultural Pluralism; College Students; Personal Narratives; College Faculty; Whites; Singing; Music; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Student organisations; Schülerorganisation; Studentenorganisation; Studentenvereinigung; Studentenvertretung; Sozialer Wandel; Kulturpluralismus; Collegestudent; Erlebniserzählung; Fakultät; White; Weißer; Gesang; Musik; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	In recounting the history and present dynamics in the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College, Sherry Deckman presents a portrait of what it means to leave a space better than you found it through song. The story of Kuumba--Harvard's oldest black student organization and now its largest multicultural organization--is told through the experiences of Sheldon K. X. Reid, the group's professional director. Issues and tensions of diversity and community surface, and we learn how Kuumba has become a space where lost cultural practices are revived through music to create a campus home and family for members of diverse backgrounds. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10