Naming Moral-Political Discourses in Music Education
A Philosophical Investigation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10203480 |
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| Authors | Lauren Kapalka Richerme (0000-0003-3366-296X, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-65 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00224294211019942 |
| OpenAlex | W3171798469 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
Given the contemporary polarized political landscape and the elective nature of much music teaching and learning, it is important that music educators understand how they reinforce or undermine stakeholders’ political beliefs. The purpose of this inquiry is to investigate alignment between Lakoff’s moral-political metaphors and Allsup’s main ideas and to consider the value of certain moral-political discourses for music education. I demonstrate that Allsup favors concepts that align with Lakoff’s liberal nurturant-parent metaphor, while his ideas work in tension with the conservative strict-parent metaphor. When conservative moral discourse goes unacknowledged, discussions about what kind of ethics should inform music education get misrecognized as arguments about whether ethical concerns should inform music education. I also examine the potential implications of practices aligning with music educators’ individual moral-political beliefs, a community’s moral-political preferences, or a balanced approach to the two metaphors. Yet, nurturant-parent values and associated practices often remain unarticulated and peripheral in music teacher education. I propose that music educators might name the role that conservative ethics play within the profession, provide increased attention to practices aligning with the nurturant-parent moral-political metaphor, and experiment with discourse and actions not directly invoking either moral-political metaphor
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Metaphor · Music education · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diverse Music Education Insights · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Values and Moral Education
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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy in Music Education
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On the “Truthiness” of Remixing the Classroom
| Highly cited | No |
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