Inclusive Practice in Action: Power and Privilege
Event description
In our annual gathering this year we will be opening up a dialogue on what power and privilege means in music education and for those working with and for children and young people. Who holds power when deciding on what is offered? How? And by whom? Do projects determine funders outcomes or the other way round? How are we enabling young peoples’ voices to be at the heart of projects, organisations and proposals? How does privilege affect experiences of music education, and entry into the music education workforce? How can voices of marginalised communities be heard and understood?
Hosted by Talia Randal, a series of speakers from outside the music education sector will offer their perspectives, and a Long Table event at the end of the day will enable all those attending to meaningfully participate in the conversation.
Sessions Shout Out
We are inviting proposals for workshop sessions for the Sound Connections Inclusive Practice in Action event on Thursday 13th February 2020 at Amnesty International, London.
The event theme is power and privilege in music education and for those working with children and young people. Sessions should address this theme, and should fall into one or more of Sound Connections’ key areas of work: youth voice; music and social justice; music in the early years.
Sessions are 45 minutes in length, and could be a presentation of research or work in progress; a panel discussion; a workshop; a case study of best practice; or even something a bit different…!
Core areas that our network have said they want to find out more about, and which we will be particularly looking to programme sessions on are:
-Mental health and wellbeing -Equality, inclusion and diversity -Working with young people with special educational needs -Effective teaching and learning strategies for music -Social model of disability -Family engagement -Working with young people in challenging circumstances
We are able to offer workshop leaders / presenters a free place at the whole event (up to 2 people per session), and have travel bursaries available for those outside London.
Please complete this form by Friday 6th December 2019. A panel of experts from Sound Connections’ Music and Social Justice network, London Early Years Music network and Wired4Music will agree the final sessions, and we will inform people by 20th December 2019.