Full Description
This book presents key findings from a 4-year project that sought to understand Ethno Gatherings, an organized residential folk, world, and traditional music programme for young people aged 18-30. In response to three lines of enquiry, pedagogy and professional development, participant experience, and the impact it had upon those who attended, the authors examine the complexity of an Ethno music experience. By considering its history and current practices, the following themes are explored: non-formal music making, personal authenticity, holistic praxis, musical possible selves, intercultural music exchange, sustainability, social media engagement, song sharing, and future practices. Constructed through data drawn from participant observations, interviews, online social media analysis, onsite and video observations, surveys, and questionnaires the authors ask critical questions concerning Ethno's history, ethos, pedagogy, and philosophical ideals. First held in Sweden in 1990, Ethno Gatherings are now located in over 40 countries worldwide and are part of JM Internationals youth music programmes. As a collection of integrated thought, the book's purpose is to illuminate new understandings of what Ethno does to support its future growth and development.
Contents
Foreword
Magnus Bäckström
Framing Ethno World & Ethno Research
Sarah-Jane Gibson and Lee Higgins
Ethno pedagogy: Valuing one another through experiential learning
Andrea Creech, Maria Varvarigou, Lisa Lorenzino, and Ana Coric
Playing with Tradition: Personal Authenticity and Discourses of Traditional Music-Making at Ethno World Gatherings
Laura Risk and Keegan Manson-Curry
Music Making as Holistic Praxis
Dave Camlin and Helena Reis
Ethno World as a site for developing and practising musical possible selves
Maria Varvarigou, Andrea Creech, Lisa Lorenzino, and Ana Čorić
Marvelling at the Ethnoverse: Intercultural Learning through Traditional Music
Roger Mantie and Pedro Tironi
Carbon Footprints and Intercultural Exchange: Ethno as Sustainable Practice
Sarah-Jane Gibson
Ethno Online: An Analysis of Social Media Engagement on Facebook
Roger Mantie
Sharing songs, shaping community: Revitalizing time-honored pedagogies at EthnoUSA
Huib Schippers
Reconceptualizing Ethno? Perceptions of the Ethno Gatherings in Bahia, Malawi, and the Solomon Islands
Sarah-Jane Gibson
