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As narrative inquiry begins its second decade of formal engagement in the field of music education, there is a need to expand upon the work of two introductory texts, Narrative Inquiry in Music Education: Troubling Certainty (Barrett and Stauffer, Narrative inquiry in music education: troubling certainty. Springer, New York/Dordrecht, 2009), and Narrative Soundings: An Anthology of Narrative Inquiry in Music Education (Barrett and Stauffer, Narrative soundings: an anthology of narrative inquiry in music education. Springer, New York/Dordrecht, 2012). The present volume is intended to build upon these previous texts in two ways. First, it allows scholars and readers to experience and confront music education stories from multiple perspectives and worldviews, inviting an international readership to engage in critical dialogue with and about seldom-heard or relegated voices in music. Second, the authors address ways in which narrative might be represented beyond the printed page, such as with music, film, photography, and performative pieces.
In this chapter we provide an introduction and overview of the volume, describing how authors have engaged with either or both of the aforementioned themes, and also how their work relates with that of other authors. We describe the ways in which the chapters exemplify the three-dimensional essence of narrative, extending through moments of time, place, and sociality (Clandinin and Connelly, Experience and story in qualitative research. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2000). This introductory chapter also articulates the experiences of vulnerability and listening that are shared by authors and narrative participants as they engage together in inquiry that is intimate, relational, and situated. Finally, as we describe the various ways that art is (or could be) used in research, we consider how narrative (both in and beyond the printed page) can trouble notions of “certainty” and “truth” and open up new possibilities for thought, dialogue, and action in music education.
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Smith, T.D., Hendricks, K.S. (2020). Listening to Voices Seldom Heard. In: Smith, T.D., Hendricks, K.S. (eds) Narratives and Reflections in Music Education. Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, vol 28. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28707-8_1
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