The past two decades have witnessed a sea change in migration scholarship. Most scholars
now recognize that many contemporary migrants and their predecessors maintain various …

▪ Abstract Often music is used as a metaphor of global social and cultural processes; it also
constitutes an enduring process by and through which people interact within and across …

Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education develops an
activist music education rooted in principles of social justice and anti-oppression. Based on …

Musical Creativities in Practice explores the social and the cultural contexts in which
creativity in music occurs. It begins by considering what constitutes creativity-taking a cross …

The musicological study of popular music has developed, particularly over the past twenty
years, into an established aspect of the discipline. The academic community is now well …

The period in which we live is marked by increasingly frequent and intense cultural
encounters of all kinds. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or …

This article argues for the prematurity of any dismissal of the notion of authenticity as
meaningful within popular music discourse. It synthesises a range of views as to how …

The aim of this book is to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African
music. Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices …

This article develops a theoretical analysis of music and mediation, building on the work of
Theodor Adorno, Tia DeNora and Antoine Hennion. It begins by suggesting that Lydia …

Musicology: the Key Concepts provides a vital reference guide for students of contemporary
musicology. Its clear and accessible entries cover a comprehensive range of terms …