Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2019
Department 1
Conservatory of Music
Department 2
Education
Abstract
In 1963—a racially-charged time in the United States—James Baldwin delivered “A Talk to Teachers,” urging educators to engage youth in difficult conversations about current events. We concur with Giroux (2011, 2019) that political forces influence our educational spaces and that classrooms should not be viewed as apolitical, but instead seen as sites for engagement, where educators and artists alike can “go for broke.” Drawing upon A Tribe Called Quest’s 2017 Grammy performance of “We the People…” as an example of the role of the arts in troubled times, we consider ways to work alongside youth in schools to respond, consider, and process current events through music.
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DOI
10.22176/act18.1.89
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Recommended Citation
Hess, J. & Talbot, B.C. (2019). Going for broke: A talk to music teachers. Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 18(1): 89–116.
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