Cross-Cultural Understanding: The Role of Rural School-Community Music Education Partnerships

Autor/in	Prest, Anita
Titel	Cross-Cultural Understanding: The Role of Rural School-Community Music Education Partnerships
Quelle	In: Research Studies in Music Education, 42 (2020) 2, S.208-230 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1321-103X
DOI	10.1177/1321103X18804280
Schlagwörter	Music Education; Multicultural Education; Culturally Relevant Education; Partnerships in Education; Rural Education; School Community Relationship; Place Based Education; Social Capital; Indigenous Populations; Foreign Countries; Music Activities; Singing; Ceremonies; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikerziehung; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Sozialkapital; Sinti und Roma; Ausland; Musikalische Aktion; Gesang; Zeremoniell; Kanada
Abstract	The inclusion of local Indigenous knowledge, pedagogy, and worldview in music education is increasingly relevant to music educators globally. This article contributes to the extensive body of knowledge already written on the subject by focusing on the contribution of such inclusion to localized societal change. My doctoral study examined the growth and contributions of bridging social capital to rural community vitality in British Columbia (BC), Canada via three school-community music education partnerships. I found that the members of one of those partnerships, the International Choral Kathaumixw Festival in Powell River, BC, engaged in ongoing cultural dialogue with local Tla'amin First Nation members over a 30-year period in order to foster meaningful inclusion of local cultural practices in that festival. This cultural dialogue ultimately contributed to more harmonious social, cultural, political, and economic relationships between settler and Tla'amin First Nation populations. The mandate of the festival, the ongoing music making activities that featured Tla'amin themes and cultural participation, the large contingent of local community volunteers and performers, and the physical commons created by music making all contributed to a shift in relations between the community of Powell River and the Tla'amin First Nation. I offer that the bridging social capital fostered by this partnership may provide insight and direction for music educators globally who wish to promote Indigenous cultural practices in their schools. A bridging social capital or relational approach based on long-term reciprocity with local Indigenous culture bearers may help music educators work towards more culturally appropriate/responsive curriculum and pedagogy in their practice. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01