Theory as a Second Story: Extending a Tale

Autor/in	Benedict, Cathy
Titel	Theory as a Second Story: Extending a Tale
Quelle	In: Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 10 (2011) 1, S.78-85 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1545-4517
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Music Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Urban Education; Children; Singing; Social Exchange Theory; Power Structure; Story Telling; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Music; Teacher; Teachers; Musiklehrer; Lehrerverhalten; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Gesang; Theorie des sozialen Wandels
Abstract	In this article, the author states that she supports Wayne Bowman's (2006) concern with the impact narratives can have, including their potential to legitimize "existing patterns of privilege and possibility." She argues that "there is nothing inherently emancipatory about narrative." In fact, narrative "may, and often does, legitimatize existing power relations, existing discourses, existing patterns of privilege and possibility." Narrative often leads one to the heart of action and ideals. For those who are in search of varied meanings, storied accounts can lead toward a telling of events that, in their unfolding, present ethical encounters with and for resistance; thereby giving accounts of "processes of rupture" and reinforcing how significant they may be. The wake of said stories present one with how music practices and pedagogies in urban contexts need more than the dualism between healing tales or accounts of horror--they need narratives of rupture. The author follows Kincheloe and Berry (2004), believing that the kind of "feedback looping" involved in a "point of entry" treatment of a text, functions to "expose locations of power, challenge taken-for-granted assumptions and de-center positions of authority." Consequently, this article is an exercise in how one may continuously add questions and thoughts to issues raised in the article. (Contains 1 note.) (ERIC).
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	2017/4/10