On Embedding Indigenous Musics in Schools: Examining the Applicability of Possible Models to One School District’s Approach

Recent curriculum policy changes in British Columbia (BC) require that educators in all subject areas—including music—embed local Indigenous knowledge, pedagogies, and worldviews in their classes. Yet facilitating such decolonizing cross-cultural music education activities requires knowledge that mu...

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Published in:Update: Applications of Research in Music Education
Main Authors: Prest, Anita, Goble, J. Scott, Vazquez-Cordoba, Hector
Other Authors: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2022
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First Nations
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spelling crsagepubl:10.1177/87551233221085739 2024-09-15T18:06:39+00:00 On Embedding Indigenous Musics in Schools: Examining the Applicability of Possible Models to One School District’s Approach Prest, Anita Goble, J. Scott Vazquez-Cordoba, Hector Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/87551233221085739 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/87551233221085739 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/87551233221085739 en eng SAGE Publications https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Update: Applications of Research in Music Education volume 41, issue 2, page 60-69 ISSN 8755-1233 1945-0109 journal-article 2022 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/87551233221085739 2024-08-12T04:31:27Z Recent curriculum policy changes in British Columbia (BC) require that educators in all subject areas—including music—embed local Indigenous knowledge, pedagogies, and worldviews in their classes. Yet facilitating such decolonizing cross-cultural music education activities requires knowledge that music educators may not currently possess. We use four models created by an Indigenous Arts scholar to examine the interface of Indigenous and Western art musics in performing arts settings: (a) integration, (b) nation-to-nation music trading and reciprocal presentation, (c) a combination of the first two models, and (d) non-integrative encounters that are in relationship but have irreconcilable elements. We consider the applicability of these models in music education settings, using them to analyze our findings from a study in which we explored the ways teachers have embedded local First Nations songs and drumming in classes in a single metropolitan school district in BC. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations SAGE Publications Update: Applications of Research in Music Education 875512332210857
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