Complicating, Considering, and Connecting Music Education

In Complicating,Considering, and Connecting Music Education, Lauren Kapalka Richerme explains aspects of poststructuralist philosophy and proposes a poststructuralist-inspired philosophy of music education. Complicating current conceptions of self, other, and place, Richerme emphasizes the embodied, emotional, and social aspects of humanity. She also examines intersections between local and global music making. Next, Richerme explores the ethical implications of considering multiple viewpoints and imagining who music makers might become. Ultimately, she offers that music education is good for facilitating differing connections with one's self and multiple environments. Throughout the text, Richerme integrates the writings of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari with narrative philosophy and personal narratives. Emphasizing the processes of complicating, considering, and connecting challenges the standardization and career-centric rationale that ground contemporary music education policy and practice.