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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476756503321

Autore

Baker Geoffrey

Titolo

Rethinking Social Action through Music : the search for coexistence and citizenship in Medellín's music schools / / Geoffrey Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, UK : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 456 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Disciplina

780.23

Soggetti

Conservatories of music

Social action

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. Creating, redirecting, and reforming the Red ; The Red pushes back : tensions, debates, and resistance ; The Red through a social lens ; The new image of Medellín to the world Part 2. Change ; Challenges ; Possibilities of transformation.

Sommario/riassunto

How can we better understand the past, present and future of Social Action through Music (SATM)?This ground-breaking book examines the development of the Red de Escuelas de Música de Medellín (the Network of Music Schools of Medellín), a network of 27 schools founded in Colombia's second city in 1996 as a response to its reputation as the most dangerous city on Earth.