Stories from the frontline of music and social transformation: a study of teachers working for Batuta in the Caribbean coast of Colombia

This is an exploratory case study of a group of teachers working for Fundación Nacional Batuta in war-affected places of the Colombian Caribbean region. Batuta is one of Colombia’s largest Social Action Through Music (SATM) organizations, and it was born as an offshoot of the Venezuelan El Sistema de Orquestas y Coros Juveniles e Infantiles (El Sistema). As such, Batuta receives an important amount of funding and it plans to keep expanding, both in funding and in the number of children linked to the program. However, there are very few scholarly publications that analyze Batuta with a critical eye. This research is part of a larger body of academic literature that critically analyzes SATM and El Sistema-inspired organizations (Baker, 2014, 2022; Bates, 2016; Bull, 2016; Dobson, 2016; Fink, 2016; Kuuse et al., 2015; Logan, 2016; Rosabal-Coto, 2016), and it sought to study and systematically record the experiences of teachers at the local level, in order to identify problems and contradictions and propose solutions. Data analysis revealed 6 themes that create contradictions stemming out of the official discourse of the organization, the guidelines issued to teachers in the territories, and the implementation at the local level by the teachers.

Author dc:creator

• Puche Perneth, Camilo Andrés

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Baker, Geoffrey

• Music education
• Music and social transformation
• Música y Transformación Social
• SATM
• Social action through music

Statement dc:rights

• Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/2144/46630

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.bu.edu:2144/46630