Rethinking Social Action through Music : the search for coexistence and citizenship in Medellín's music schools / Geoffrey Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Geoffrey, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservatories of music.

Social action.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 456 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Other Title:

Rethinking Social Action through Music

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

How can we better understand the past, present and future of Social Action through Music (SATM)?This ground-breaking book examines the development of the Red de Escuelas de Música de Medellín (the Network of Music Schools of Medellín), a network of 27 schools founded in Colombia's second city in 1996 as a response to its reputation as the most dangerous city on Earth.

Contents:

Part 1. Creating, redirecting, and reforming the Red ; The Red pushes back : tensions, debates, and resistance ; The Red through a social lens ; The new image of Medellín to the world Part 2. Change ; Challenges ; Possibilities of transformation.