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Conceptualizing Anti-Racist Pedagogies Within Experimental Music's Community of Practice

Woods, Peter J.

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Despite communities of practice (COPs) literature asserting the importance of attending to power dynamics within these learning contexts, research has largely ignored the process of racialization within COPs and, in particular, the role anti-racist pedagogies play within these spaces. In response, I present findings from an instrumental case study to address the following research question: how do participants in an experimental music community conceptualize anti-racist pedagogies within their COP? Building on Kenny’s notion of communities of musical practice, my analysis shows that the board members and employees of the experimental music venue at the center of this study recognize opportunities to challenge white supremacy and build critical understandings of racialization across all three of Wenger’s dimensions of COPs: mutual engagement, joint enterprise, and shared repertoire. This study therefore provides a potential framework for future studies into anti-racist pedagogies within informal adult education.

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Woods, P. J. (2024). Conceptualizing Anti-Racist Pedagogies Within Experimental Music's Community of Practice. Adult Education Quarterly, 74(1), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/07417136231198218

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 14, 2023
Online Publication Date Aug 31, 2023
Publication Date 2024-02
Deposit Date Sep 1, 2023
Publicly Available Date Sep 1, 2023
Journal Adult Education Quarterly
Print ISSN 0741-7136
Electronic ISSN 1552-3047
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 74
Issue 1
Pages 3-22
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/07417136231198218
Keywords Communities of music practice; experimental music education; anti-racist pedagogies; informal arts education; critical whiteness studies; situated learning
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/24417055
Publisher URL https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07417136231198218

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