Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2015
Department 1
Conservatory of Music
Abstract
For the late nineteenth century pragmatists, habits were of great interest. Habits, and the habit of changing habits, they believed, reflected if not defined human rationality, leadingWilliam James to describe habit as “the enormous fly-wheel of society.” What the pragmatists did not adequately address (at least for us) is the role of power relations in the process of changing habits. In this article we discuss our experience of attempting to engage critique and reflection on habitual practices in music teacher education, offering the reader an article within an article. That is, we reflect on our failure to publish a critical article in a widely read practitioner journal by sharing the original manuscript and its reviews, with the hope that our experience might shed additional light on social reproduction and efforts aimed at change.
Copyright Note
This is the publisher's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Mantie, Roger, and Brent C. Talbot. "How Can We Change Our Habits If We Don't Talk About Them?" Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 14.1 (April 2015), 128-153.
Required Publisher's Statement
Original version is available from the publisher at: http://act.maydaygroup.org/?page_id=10
Comments
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