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Music Theory as Social Justice: Pedagogical Applications of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly
Music Theory Online ( IF 0.4 ) Pub Date : 2019-05-01 , DOI: 10.30535/mto.25.1.8
Robin Attas 1
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Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Bu erfly offers core music theory instructors many opportunities: to engage with popular music in a curriculum traditionally focused on art music, to discuss theoretical topics not usually considered in the music theory core (including flow, groove, meter and rhythm), and to diversify the range of composer identities included in classroom repertoire. The album’s focus on African-American experiences of race and racism in the contemporary United States also allows instructors to integrate social justice topics with musictheoretical ones. This article discusses three possible models for such integration. In the “plug-andplay” model, examples from the album are embedded within lesson plans focused on traditional music theory topics. In the “concept” model, the undergraduate core curriculum is reorganized to focus on musical concepts rather than on analytical approaches to a particular repertoire, and musical examples from the album are used to explore analytical strategies for each concept. Finally, in the “social justice” model, the album is used as a springboard for classroom discussions and assignments about race, racism, poverty, and more, while still maintaining focus on analytical methods. For all three types, the author includes sample teaching materials including lesson plans, curricular design strategies, and teaching techniques. With this work, the author encourages instructors of all backgrounds, abilities, and institutional se ings to consider ways of incorporating social justice into their own classrooms to change the world for the be er. Volume 25, Number 1, March 2019 Copyright © 2019 Society for Music Theory This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. —Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)

中文翻译:

作为社会正义的音乐理论:肯德里克·拉马尔 (Kendrick Lamar) 对皮条客蝴蝶的教学应用

Kendrick Lamar 的 To Pimp A Bu erfly 为核心音乐理论教师提供了许多机会:在传统上专注于艺术音乐的课程中参与流行音乐,讨论通常不在音乐理论核心中考虑的理论主题(包括流动、律动、节拍和节奏) ),并使课堂曲目中包含的作曲家身份范围多样化。这张专辑关注当代美国非裔美国人的种族和种族主义经历,也让教师能够将社会正义主题与音乐理论主题相结合。本文讨论了这种集成的三种可能模型。在“即插即用”模式中,专辑中的示例嵌入在侧重于传统音乐理论主题的课程计划中。在“概念”模型中,本科核心课程经过重组,专注于音乐概念,而不是对特定曲目的分析方法,专辑中的音乐示例用于探索每个概念的分析策略。最后,在“社会正义”模型中,专辑被用作关于种族、种族主义、贫困等的课堂讨论和作业的跳板,同时仍然保持对分析方法的关注。对于这三种类型,作者都提供了示例教材,包括教案、课程设计策略和教学技巧。通过这项工作,作者鼓励各种背景、能力和机构背景的教师考虑将社会正义融入他们自己的课堂的方法,以便为啤酒改变世界。第 25 卷,第 1 期,2019 年 3 月 版权所有 © 2019 Society for Music Theory 现在没有时间享受冷静的奢侈或服用渐进主义的镇静药物。现在是兑现民主承诺的时候了。现在是时候从黑暗和荒凉的种族隔离山谷上升到阳光普照的种族正义之路了。——小马丁·路德·金 (1963)
更新日期:2019-05-01
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