TY - JOUR
T1 - Pluralism, the right, and the good in choirs, orchestras, and bands
AU - Mantie, Roger
AU - Tucker, Lynn
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Publicly funded schools are supposed to serve everyone equally in egalitarian, liberal democracies. In this paper we claim that school music ensembles fail, on the whole, to adequately reflect current socio-demographic patterns in both Canada and the United States. From a postcolonial perspective we attempt to problematize, with reference to political philosophy and educational theory, some of the fundamental issues of representation, autonomy, essentialism, and freedom as they relate to school music ensembles.
AB - Publicly funded schools are supposed to serve everyone equally in egalitarian, liberal democracies. In this paper we claim that school music ensembles fail, on the whole, to adequately reflect current socio-demographic patterns in both Canada and the United States. From a postcolonial perspective we attempt to problematize, with reference to political philosophy and educational theory, some of the fundamental issues of representation, autonomy, essentialism, and freedom as they relate to school music ensembles.
KW - autonomy
KW - cultural imperialism
KW - multiculturalism
KW - school music
KW - subjectivity
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U2 - 10.1177/0255761411433724
DO - 10.1177/0255761411433724
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84866013364
SN - 0255-7614
VL - 30
SP - 260
EP - 271
JO - International Journal of Music Education
JF - International Journal of Music Education
IS - 3
ER -