You Can Only Choose From the Things You Know”

Engaging With Students’ Dark and Politicized Funds of Knowledge in the Music Classroom

Bibliographic Data

ID9729010
AuthorsKelly Bylica (0000-0001-5890-4676, Boston University, MA, USA, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume55
Issue5
Pages617-640
Publication date2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00131245221087995
OpenAlexW4223590423
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited34

This article uses the lens of border crossing to consider the ways in which middle school music students and their teachers engaged with dark and politicized funds of knowledge. Through the development of music composition projects, students and educators shared, challenged, and problematized issues of race, immigration, and urban identity as they grappled with the complexities inherent in their knowledges and experiences. This article explores how these projects served as catalysts for dialogue that challenged unidirectional understandings of knowledge, encouraged dispositional reflection, and amplified the need for dynamic pedagogical practices that seek to connect learning practice with in-the-world experiences

Aesthetics · Composition (language · Identity (music · Immigration · Music education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Diverse Music Education Insights · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes · Psychology