Building social connection and inclusion through rock music in the Western Balkans

Fostering the art of small changes

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21684591
AutoresG Howell (0000-0002-5621-8143, The University of Melbourne, autor de correspondencia), Brydie-Leigh Bartleet (0000-0003-4346-780X, Griffith University), Jane W Davidson (0000-0003-4941-9518, The University of Melbourne), Jane Davidson (The University of Melbourne)
Año2024
Volumen46
Número3
Páginas404-419
Fecha de publicación2024-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaResearch Studies in Music Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1321-103X • E-ISSN: 1834-5530
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1321103x241242731
OpenAlexW4396672978
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas39

This article explores community-based rock music education as a site for strengthening social cohesion in a context of postwar, interethnic divisions. Focusing on small and incremental changes, it examines the practices of Music Connects, a project in the Western Balkans, and its goals of revitalizing rock culture in support of a more inclusive social life and greater freedom of movement in the region. The article explores the ways that an organizational and participant focus on aesthetic practices and artistic goals can still contribute to social goals. It highlights three key tasks connected to rock music education and revitalization, captured in the novel conceptual constructs of rehearsal space, the incubator, and the expansion of normal. Drawing upon qualitative data gathered in 2019 and 2021 from 40 participants, the article tells a story of small social changes through music-making that added up to significant developments in the region, musically and socially

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Music education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Diverse Music Education Insights · Diverse Musicological Studies · Gender Studies · History · Music Education and Analysis