DIGITAL MUSICIANSHIP IN THE LATE MODERN CULTURE OF MEDIATION: THEORIZING A NEW PRAXIS FOR MUSIC EDUCATION FROM A PRAGMATIST VIEWPOINT

• Authors: Lauri Väkevä
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this article, author examines how digital mediation may change the way musicianship is conceived in the late modernity. Author will discuss the theoretical implications of confronting this change in music education, suggesting that recognizing its creative potential may offer a renewed theoretical perspective in music education. Author will also argue that Deweyan pragmatism can offer a fruitful way to frame the central role of mediation in music education in the late modernity. The aim of this study is to discuss some ideas related to digital mediation and digital musicianship from the perspective of late modernity, as well as argue for a pragmatist theoretical approach for these issues. The article is philosophical; its main materials are literature of digital culture, mediation and music education.

Keywords

EN

digital culture; musicianship; mediation; music education; pragmatism

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Signum Temporis
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 38-47

Dates

published

2013-06-01

online

2014-03-25

Contributors

author

Lauri Väkevä

• Sibelius Academy, Finland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/sigtem-2013-0059