Neoliberalism as political rationality

Varkøy, Øivind

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“…While the neoliberalization of music education policies and practices in a variety of settings has been subject to considerable critique (Bradley and Goble 2021), Øivind Varkøy (2021) argues in Chapter 17 for greater reflexivity and nuance. This, he suggests, can be found through a "more profound understanding of neoliberalism; as a political rationality" (247).…”

Section: Illusio and Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Transcending understandings of neoliberalism as right-wing politics, Varkøy (2021) adopts a Foucauldian lens in analyzing neoliberalism as "a kind of governmental reason" (248) that imposes itself on the whole of society, music education included. Whereas for Lill's (2021) young girls this political rationality shaped their induction to the "game" of musical production/consumption, Varkøy (2021) relates this to music education policy in particular, noting that politicians "seldom base their schemes and thinking on solid knowledge that confirms the causality between the experiences of or activities within music and the wanted outcome ... but political beliefs" (252) as a ritual rationality through which "music possesses magical powers" (252). Such magical powers are familiar to many school music educators, but particularly those working in contexts where music is introduced to be transformative, such as youth justice systems and community contexts.…”

Section: Illusio and Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Schmidt (2021) likens this to a form of ontological gerrymandering, whereby "traditional conceptualizations of social problems in terms of objective conditions and causes" give way to a definitionalist approach that portrays "statements about conditions and behaviours as objective while relativizing the definitions and claims made about them" (Woolgar and Pawluch 1985, 216). Although approaching the problem from very different perspectives, both Schmidt (2021) and Varkøy (2021) advocate for less normative and more complex perspectives on the "sociological tensions between human and cultural capital asymmetries" (Schmidt 2021, 244) in music education. Where Schmidt (2021) suggests that "an expansion on environmental analyses based on sociological theory and method" (245) opens new possibilities for organizations to engage with diverse groups of people in meaningful ways, Varkøy (2021) sees promise in philosophy in working towards "profound political and social critique and action" ( 254).…”

Section: Illusio and Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although approaching the problem from very different perspectives, both Schmidt (2021) and Varkøy (2021) advocate for less normative and more complex perspectives on the "sociological tensions between human and cultural capital asymmetries" (Schmidt 2021, 244) in music education. Where Schmidt (2021) suggests that "an expansion on environmental analyses based on sociological theory and method" (245) opens new possibilities for organizations to engage with diverse groups of people in meaningful ways, Varkøy (2021) sees promise in philosophy in working towards "profound political and social critique and action" ( 254).…”

Section: Illusio and Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Reproduction or Revolution? A Sociological Interrogation of Music Education’s Purpose and Potentials

HARDY,

KALLIO

2023

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This review article critically engages with the sociological perspectives on capital, class, status and social reproduction shared in the second section of the Routledge Handbook to Sociology of Music Education. Exploring the application of sociological theories and concepts in various music education contexts, three core themes identified across chapters are examined: the politics of belonging; illusio and governance; and professionalism and capital. Through this, we argue that music education carries a social and societal responsibility, demanding nuanced considerations of the ethical and political complexity inherent in policy, practice, and research. Considerations that the Handbook exemplifies in challenging and inspiring ways.

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Section: Illusio and Governancementioning

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Section: Illusio and Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Illusio and Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Illusio and Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Reproduction or Revolution? A Sociological Interrogation of Music Education’s Purpose and Potentials

HARDY,

KALLIO

2023

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“…Spenningene som antydes ovenfor kan sies å vaere relatert til og formidle en overgripende og gjennomgående motsetning mellom det å utdanne «markedstilpassede» eller «autonome» musikere. I denne andre filosofiske perspektiveringen vår, spør vi derfor: Hvordan kan så en tenkning om viktigheten av markedet og markedets behov i våre tidligere publikasjoner ses i relasjon til det nyliberalistiske tankegodset som må kunne sies å prege den generelle utdanningspolitiske diskursen (Varkøy, 2021)?…”

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Nesten alene: Artisten, økonomien og bransjen

Nordgård¹

2022

Musikerne, Bransjen Og Samfunnet

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This chapter explores the framework conditions under which Norwegian artists and managers work and discusses them against a backdrop of established theories on the effects of digitalization. The author’s ambition is to expand our understanding of how the current business of music works by focusing on the people who work with it. The chapter draws on a series of interviews with ten Norwegian artists and managers conducted during the winter of 2019/2020. Building on these interviews, this chapter argues that while digitalization certainly has offered artists and managers a range of possibilities, many of the ways they work are variations on traditional structures and models. A key finding in this research is that economic predictability and stability is central to how Norwegian artists and managers organize themselves and their work.

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Public scholarship in music education: Rethinking academic freedom by unthinking method

Kallio

2023

Research Studies in Music Education

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Beyond the political interference of authoritarian regimes, the neoliberalisation of the academy has emerged as one of the key threats to academic freedom in the twenty-first century. The demand to produce research outputs of sufficient quantity, quality, and impact for scholars to justify their taxpayer-funded appointments reconceptualises the responsibility of the public scholar from one who challenges the status quo and inequitable power relations, to one who provides a worthwhile return on investment. Accordingly, questions have been raised as to whether academia is a feasible realm in which to further ideals of equity and justice in music education. In this article, I examine the tension between critical imperative and methodological conformity, considering how the policing of method reinforces individualized frames of knowledge-production that fix and limit notions of what knowledge is and what it does. I argue that music education scholars may be well placed to deviate from procedural method in realizing a more creative and relational public scholarship, in working toward a more ethical conceptualisation of academic freedom through the inquiry process itself.

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Neoliberalism as political rationality

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Social Reproduction or Revolution? A Sociological Interrogation of Music Education’s Purpose and Potentials

Social Reproduction or Revolution? A Sociological Interrogation of Music Education’s Purpose and Potentials

Nesten alene: Artisten, økonomien og bransjen

Public scholarship in music education: Rethinking academic freedom by unthinking method

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