
Adriana Di Lorenzo Tillborg
Senior lecturer

Music Education and Democratisation : Policy processes and discourses of inclusion of all children in Sweden's Art and Music Schools
Musikpedagogik och demokratisering : Policyprocesser och diskurser av inkludering av alla barn i Sveriges kulturskolor
Author
Summary, in English
SAMS were originally developed as a loosely coupled system of locally shaped schools for learning musical instruments. Gradually, they have embraced other subjects like dance, drama and the visual arts, along with different forms of collaboration with the compulsory school system. The inclusion of all children and the training of professional musicians have been part of the rationale for the development of the system. However, the inclusive aim of SAMS has been problematised in policy and research, exposing an unfulfilled democratic potential.
The theoretical framework of the thesis constitutes of discourse theories – Foucauldian discourse analysis and discursive psychology – and policy theories. Among the concepts applied are discourse, regime of truth, policy enactment and policy cycle.
The results show that several discourses constituted by and constituting subjectivity are at play: multicentric inclusion discourse, normalisation discourse, specialisation discourse, market discourse, economic discourse and collaboration discourse. The results indicate that there is a need to raise awareness of discourses involved in SAMS activities. Finally, the study offers possible pathways towards the democratisation of music education through engagement in policy processes.
Department/s
- Teachers (Malmö Academy of Music)
Publishing year
2021-03-25
Language
English
Publication/Series
Studies in Music and Music Education
Issue
24
Full text
Document type
Dissertation
Publisher
Malmö: Lund University, Malmö Academy of Music
Topic
- Pedagogy
- Music
Keywords
- Art and music schools
- Democracy
- Kulturskola
- Inclusion
- Leadership
- Music education
- Discourse
- Policy
- Art and music schools
- Democracy
- Kulturskola
- Inclusion
- Leadership
- Music education
- Discourses
- Policies
Status
Published
Supervisor
- Eva Saether
- Sven Bjerstedt
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1404-6539
- ISBN: 978-91-88409-27-0
Defence date
23 April 2021
Defence time
13:00
Defence place
NB! This dissertation defense will be conducted online only. https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/63115570393
Opponent
- Alexandra Kertz-Welzel (Professor)