Pedagogy and Politics in Bolivian Music Education at the End of Neoliberal *Reform

The primary methodology upon which this work is based was participant-observation in four urban schools. In addition, perspectives from Reform administrators, experience narratives from numerous music teachers, and quantitative data from 160 student surveys are incorporated. This study's focus on participatory modes of musical nationalism---through militaristic and folkloric music and dance---becomes socially relevant through its context of parallel frequent and sometimes violent protest against Neoliberal Reform policies. Schools emerge as important spaces for the musical socialization of children who learn lessons of assimilation and resistance in the ongoing negotiations between the state and nation.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Martin-Frost, Ladona Beth

Contributors dc:contributor

• Thomas Turino

• Political Science, General

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3363128

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85818