Music Education Publications
Title
Thwarting the authority of purpose: Epistemic responsibility within collaborations
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-2018
Journal
Musician Teacher Collaboration: Altering the Chord
First Page
62
Last Page
70
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315208756
Abstract
This chapter suggests that although powerful, the topic or question of the musician–teacher collaboration is the wrong one with which to begin. Rather, I advocate for the merits of epistemic responsibility, arguing it to be an impactful and meaningful way to challenge the primacy of purpose in any collaboration, whether poet/language arts or musician–teacher. This does not obviate the necessity of content decisions or accountability, but it does propose engagements with teaching and learning where responsibility is guided by moral issues of being with others.