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Drumming and digital inclusion: music, identity formation, and transformative empowerment in Afro-Brazilian community development NGOs.
- Source :
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Development in Practice . May2018, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p374-387. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This article draws upon music training programmes developed by Afro-Brazilian activists in the city of Salvador, Bahia, as a strategy for connecting training in musical production with computer skills. Though a seemingly incongruous pairing, we argue that for Afro-Brazilian young people learning how to create music helps provide a sense of cultural identity and consciousness that helps them then move into learning about technology. This two-step process creates a sense of “transformative empowerment” where a transformation in individuals’ sense of cultural identity facilitates changes in more professionalised areas addressed through the discourse on information and communications technologies for development (ICT4D). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09614524
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Development in Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 129058947
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2018.1435628