Rethinking Social Action Through Music : The Search for Coexistence and Citizenship in Medell�in's Music Schools.

Baker, Geoffrey.

Rethinking Social Action Through Music : The Search for Coexistence and Citizenship in Medell�in's Music Schools. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (478 pages)

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I -- 1. Creating, Redirecting, and Reforming the Red -- 2. The Red Pushes Back: Tensions, Debates, and Resistance -- 3. The Red through a Social Lens -- 4. The New Image of Medell�in to the World -- PART II -- 5. Change -- 6. Challenges -- 7. Possibilities of Transformation -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- List of Figures -- Index.

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 M�usica de Medell�in (the Network of Music Schools of Medell�in), 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.

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