ERIC Number: EJ1408579
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
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Disrupting Racism in Music Education: Conceptualizing Admissions Processes Through the State and the War Machine
Erika J. Knapp; Whitney Mayo
Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, v22 n3 p73-106 2023
The college admissions process (application, audition, acceptance) serves as a crucial milestone for many aspiring music educators. It also functions as a barrier to accessing the profession for historically marginalized students. In this article, we employ anti-racism as a lens to critically examine the admissions process as it exists in many music education programs. Incorporating this with Deleuze and Guattari's (1987) theorization of the state and the war machine, we consider ways to disrupt the seemingly iron-clad system of music education collegiate admissions and advocate for changes that benefit marginalized students and the music education profession.
Descriptors: Music Education, College Admission, Barriers, Minority Group Students, Admission Criteria, Access to Education, Whites, Racism, Power Structure, Fear, Educational Change
MayDay Group. Brandon University School of Music, 270 18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A9, Canada. Tel: 204-571-8990; Fax: 204-727-7318; Web site: http://act.maydaygroup.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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