Oxford Handbook of Social Justice in Music Education

Music education has historically had a tense relationship with social justice. One the one hand, educators concerned with music practices have long preoccupied themselves with ideas of open participation and the potentially transformative capacity that musical interaction fosters. On the other hand, they have often done so while promoting and privileging a particular set of musical practices, traditions, and forms of musical knowledge, which has in turn alienated and even excluded many children from music education opportunities. The Oxford Handbook of Social Justice in Music Education provides a comprehensive overview and scholarly analyses of the major themes and issues relating to social justice in musical and educational practice worldwide. The first section of the handbook conceptualizes social justice while framing its pursuit within broader contexts and concerns. Authors in the succeeding sections of the handbook fill out what social justice entails for music teaching and learning in the home, school, university, and wider community as they grapple with cycles of injustice that might be perpetuated by music pedagogy. The concluding section of the handbook offers specific practical examples of social justice in action through a variety of educational and social projects and pedagogical practices that will inspire and guide those wishing to confront and attempt to ameliorate musical or other inequity and injustice. Consisting of 42 chapters by authors from across the globe, the handbook will be of interest to anyone who wishes to better understand what social justice is and why its pursuit in and through music education matters. Music education has historically had a tense relationship with social justice. One the one hand, educators concerned with music practices have long preoccupied themselves with ideas of open participation and the potentially transformative capacity that musical interaction fosters. On the other hand, they have often done so while promoting and privileging a particular set of musical practices, traditions, and forms of musical knowledge, which has in turn alienated and even excluded many children from music education opportunities. The Oxford Handbook of Social Justice in Music Education provides a comprehensive overview and scholarly analyses of the major themes and issues relating to social justice in musical and educational practice worldwide. The first section of the handbook conceptualizes social justice while framing its pursuit within broader contexts and concerns. Authors in the succeeding sections of the handbook fill out what social justice entails for music teaching and learning in the home, school, university, and wider community as they grapple with cycles of injustice that might be perpetuated by music pedagogy. The concluding section of the handbook offers specific practical examples of social justice in action through a variety of educational and social projects and pedagogical practices that will inspire and guide those wishing to confront and attempt to ameliorate musical or other inequity and injustice. Consisting of 42 chapters by authors from across the globe, the handbook will be of interest to anyone who wishes to better understand what social justice is and why its pursuit in and through music education matters.

CB: Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Music Education, Florida International University.
PS: Associate Professor of Music Education, Florida International University.
GS: Senior Lecturer in Education, The Open University.
PW: Professor of Music Education, Western University.

- Preface
- Why Social Justice and Music Education?
- Editors
- Section I. Understanding Social Justice in Music Education Conceptually, Historically, and Politically
- Introduction-From Pioneers to New Frameworks. Section Editor, Paul Woodford
- 1. Intersecting Social Justices and Music Education
- Estelle Jorgensen, Indiana University, United States
- 2. Understanding Social Justice from the Perspective of Music Education History
- Marie McCarthy, University of Michigan, United States
- 3. The Ethics of Policy: Why a Social Justice Vision of Music Education Requires a Commitment to Policy Thought
- Patrick Schmidt, Florida International University, United States
- 4. Facing the Music: Pursuing Social Justice Through Music Education in a Neoliberal World
- Stephanie Horsley, Western University, Canada
- 5. Educational Policy Reforms and the Politics of Music Teacher Education
- Gabriel Rusinek, Complutense University of Madrid, and José Luis Aróstegui,University of Granada, Spain
- 6. The Promotion of Multiple Citizenships in China's Music Education
- Wai-Chung Ho, Hong Kong Baptist University, and Wing-Wah Law, The University of Hong Kong
- 7. What Did You Learn in School Today? Music Education, Democracy, and Social Justice
- Joel Westheimer, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Section II. Reclaiming Difference in Music Education
- Introduction-Beyond Toleration: Facing the Other. Section Editor, Cathy Benedict
- 8. Disjunctured Feminism: Emerging Feminisms in Music Education
- Roberta Lamb, Queens University, Canada, and Niyati Dhokai
- 9. A Jazz Funeral in Music Education
- Elizabeth Gould, University of Toronto, Canada
- 10. The Space Between Worlds: Music Education and Latino Children
- Jacqueline Kelly-McHale, DePaul University, United States, and
- Carlos Abril, University of Miami, United States
- 11. Music, Social Justice, and Social Inclusion: The Role of Collaborative
- Music Activities in Supporting Young Refugees and Newly Arrived Immigrants in Australia
- Kathy Marsh, Sydney University, Australia
- 12. Hidden in Plain Sight: Race and Racism in Music Education
- Deborah Bradley, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
- 13. Ableism and Social Justice: Rethinking Disability in Music Education
- Alice-Ann Darrow, Florida State University, United States
- 14. Gender and Sexual Diversity Challenges (For Socially Just) Music Education
- Louis S. Bergonzi, University of Illinois, United States
- 15. Beyond Toleration-Facing the Other
- Richard Matthews, King's University College, Canada
- Section III. Epistemological Shifts and Just Practices
- Introduction-Socializing the Value of Equity. Section Editor, Patrick Schmidt
- 16. "What do we think we know?"
- Cathy Benedict, Florida International University, United States
- 17. Multiculturalism and Social Justice: Complementary Movements for Education in and Through Music
- Christopher Roberts and Patricia S. Campbell, University of Washington, United States
- 18. Music Education, Social Justice, and the 'Student Voice': Addressing Student Alienation through a Dialogical Conception of Music Education
- Gary Spruce, The Open University, United Kingdom
- 19. Informal Learning as a Catalyst for Social Justice in Music Education
- Flavia Narita, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil, and Lucy Green, London Institute of Education, United Kingdom
- 20. Musical Creativity and 'the Police': Troubling Core Music Education Certainties
- Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, University of Thessaly, Athens, Greece
- 21. Music Education and Social Reproduction: Breaking Cycles of Injustice
- Ruth Wright, Western University, Canada
- 22. The Imperative of Diverse and Distinctive Musical Creativities as Practices of Social Justice
- Pamela Burnard, Laura Hassler, Lis Murphy, and Otto de Jong, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 23. Music Teachers' Repertoire Choices and the Quest for Solidarity:
- Opening Arenas for the Art of Living with Difference
- Sidsel Karlsen, Hedmark University College, Sweden, and Heidi Westerlund, Sibelius Academy, Finland
- 24. Youth Empowerment and Transformative Music Engagement
- Susan O'Neill, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- 25. You Gotta Fight the Power: The Place of Music in Social Justice Education Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin, United States
- Section IV. Toward Social Justice Pedagogy: Problems and Opportunities
- Introduction-Rethinking the Ways We Engage with Others. Section Editor, Gary Spruce
- 26. Social Justice in the English Secondary Music Classroom
- Chris Philpott with Jason Kubilius, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
- 27. Hospitable Music Making: Community Music as a Site for Social Justice
- Lee Higgins, Boston University, United States
- 28. Social Justice and Urban Music Education
- Rubén Gaztambide- Fernández and Leslie Stewart-Rose, University of Toronto, Canada
- 29. Social Justice and Music Technology in Education
- Paul Louth, Youngston State University, United States
- 30. Music First and Last: Developing a Socially Just Pedagogical Approach to Music Education with Technology.
- Jonathan Savage, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
- 31. Rescuing Choral Music from the Realm of the Elite: Models for Twenty-first Century Music-Making-Two Case Illustrations
- André de Quadros, Boston University, United States
- 32. Music Education Assessment and Social Justice: Resisting Hegemony Through Formative Assessment
- Martin Fautley, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom
- 33. Critical Reflection for Social Justice and Inclusion in Music Education.
- Carolyn Cooke, The University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- 34. Can Music Teaching be a Powerful Tool for Social Justice?
- John Sloboda, The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, United Kingdom
- Section V. Social Justice in Practice: Examples of Educational Projects from Beyond
- the Schools and Around the World
- Introduction-Description, questions, and challenges for researchers. Section Editor Paul
- Woodford
- 35. Restorative Justice, Transformative Justice, and their Relationship to Music Education
- Mary Cohen, University of Iowa, and Stuart Paul Duncan, Yale University, United States
- 36. Relationship, Rescue, and Culture: How El Sistema Might Work.
- Eric Shieh, Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School, United States
- 37. Negotiating Gender, Popular Culture, and Social Justice in Music Education
- Joseph Abramo, University of Connecticut, United States
- 38. Music Education and the Invisible Youth: A Summary of Research and Practices of Music Education for Youth in Detention Centers.
- Maud Hickey, Northwestern University, United States
- 39. Music: An Alternative Education in the South African Freedom Struggle
- Sheila C. Woodward, Eastern Washington University, United States
- 40. New Faces in Old Spaces: Mexican American Musical Expressions and Music Equity within the Music Curriculum
- Amanda Soto, University of Idaho, United States
- 41. The Intersection of Music Teacher Education and Social Justice: Where Are We Now?
- Julie Ballantyne and Carmen Mills, The University of Queensland, Australia
- 42. Striving for justice with determination and hope: An epilogue
- Janet Barrett, University of Illinois, United States