Decolonising and Indigenising Music Education

Te Oti Rakena is an Associate Professor of Music and American-trained New Zealand singer, voice teacher, and researcher with Indigenous Māori tribal affiliations to Ngāpuhi, Ngati Ruanui, and Kāi Tahu.Clare Hall is a Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts education in Australia researching diversity and inclusion in the sociology of music and music education.Anita Prest is Associate Professor of Music Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Guided by an advisory group, she conducts community-based participatory research to examine the embedding of local Indigenous knowledge, pedagogies, and worldviews in K-12 music classes in British Columbia.David Johnson is Associate Professor of Music at the Western Norway University for Applied Sciences in Bergen, Norway. He leads the Singing Map of Scandinavia initiative, which seeks to promote and sustain Nordic traditional and Indigenous singing cultures through music education.

• Table of ContentsForewordIntroduction: Reflecting on the concepts “Decolonising” and “Indigenising” Author: Te Oti RakenaBringing Back the Voices of Our Ancestors: Developing and Indigenizing Sámi Music Education Author: Annukka Hirvasvuopio-LaitiIndigenous Epistemic Resilience in Music Education: Envisioning Indigenous Perspectives in the Mexican ClassroomAuthor: Hector Vazquez-CordobaTe Awa Tupua: Indigenous Music Analysis for Waiata PedagogiesAuthor: Meri HaamiHeritage on Stage: Music Education Lessons from Folk Musicians in Finland and NepalAuthor: Vilma TimonenAuthor: Riju TuladharContributions of Music Education to Musical Identities of Malaysian Secondary School StudentsAuthor: Ramona Mohd TahirAuthor: Michel HogenesIndigenising Music Education: The Cross-Cultural Transfer of African Indigenous Concepts and Practices Author: René HumanAuthor: Emily Achieng’ AkunoApproaches to Ethical Engagement between Australian Tertiary Music Institutions and First Nations’ PeoplesAuthor: Christopher SainsburyAuthor: Jennifer NewsomeContext and Content: Decolonizing Education in the Instrumental Music ClassroomAuthor: Katie TremblayAfterword Author: Anita PrestAuthor: David JohnsonAuthor: Clare HallList of FiguresList of contributorsIndex