Equity via relations of equality

Bridging the classroom-society divide

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ID21490076
AuthorsLauren Kapalka Richerme (0000-0003-3366-296X, Indiana University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume39
Issue4
Pages492-503
Publication date2021-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Music Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0255-7614 • E-ISSN: 1744-795X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/02557614211005899
OpenAlexW3147085867
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited21

Although music educators have asserted the importance of naming systemic inequities, the mechanisms through which practices within music classrooms, such as community formation, may directly challenge the systemic inequities beyond them remain undertheorized. The purpose of this philosophical inquiry is to investigate the nature of equity and to consider which music education practices might best support more equitable societal relations. Explaining the problems of paternalistically imposing one’s vision of equity on others, I offer that by functioning in “relations of equality,” members of society might collaboratively name and challenge contemporary inequities. In considering how music educators might best foster the skills and dispositions needed for lifelong relations of equality, I posit the possibilities of communicative cultural capital, which involves community members interacting effectively across cultural differences, and academic skills cultural capital. When music educators assume that students will develop academic skills through music making, rather than emphasize how to develop such skills, they may end up benefiting students who learn those dispositions in privileged home environments. I also consider how identifying as part of a musical community can motivate individuals to challenge inequities throughout their lives. Equity is not a stable end but a relational value

Cultural capital · Music education · Musical · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Diverse Music Education Insights · Early Childhood Education and Development · Law · Psychology · Religious Education and Schools

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