Vernacular music (a troublesome concept at best) has become embedded in the curricula of many higher level music departments across the globe. This has very often been achieved under the gaze of elite and privileged culture and in particular western academic ‘musicologies’ whose premade and potentially colonising paradigms have arguably shaped the consideration of these musical ‘others’. Ethnomusicologists among others have observed and critiqued this phenomenon in the past fifty years; however there have been few opportunities to observe these phenomena from the perspective of those academics who are shaping the spaces for folk, ethnic, popular and ‘other’ musics in higher education.
The aim of this conference is to bring together practitioners and pedagogues within their own cultures to explore and share current and new research, addressing, but not limited to, the following:
- Engaging vernacular and ethnic musics in higher level education in colonial and post- colonial contexts
- Colonial and post-colonial perspectives on music, ethnomusicology and music education
- Engaged and ethical practices within cultures
- The effect of colonisation and occupation on shaping a third level pedagogical context
- Approaches in teaching and learning of vernacular and ethnic music
- Challenges in teaching vernacular music in diverse music education settings
- Curriculum development and design
- Enabling resilient and resourceful learners, teachers and practitioners
- Online and hybrid teaching and learning
These themes are suggestions and proposals on a broad range of topics relating to vernacular and ethnic musics, ethnomusicology and pedagogy, particularly in higher level settings, are welcomed.
Conference committee: Dr Sandra Joyce, Dr Niall Keegan, Dr Conor Caldwell, Dr Avril McLoughlin
This Conference is free but, if you would like to attend, please register here – REGISTRATION LINK
Supported By UL Global, ICTM Ireland and the Faculty od Arts, Humanities and the Social Sciences, University of Limerick.
