Toward 'Little Victories' in music education: troubling ableism through signed-singing and d/Deaf musicking

Warren Churchill; Clare Hall

doi:10.1093/oso/9780197600962.003.0006

Toward 'Little Victories' in music education: troubling ableism through signed-singing and d/Deaf musicking

Warren Churchill, Clare Hall

School of Curriculum Teaching & Inclusive Education

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Abstract

This chapter is about d/Deaf music-making and the problematics of singing in sign language. The discussion troubles inclusion in music education by drawing connections between deaf music-making and constructions of who is considered dis/abled. Employing Deaf studies, disability theorizing, and the sociological work of Christopher Small and Lucy Green, this digital ethnography examines two US examples of contemporary signed-singing. The authors argue that the musical agency of deaf signed-singing in the context of the global disablement induced by the COVID-19 pandemic resists deficit narratives of Deaf culture. This provokes a fresh discussion about what abled society and music education has to learn from listening to d/Deaf musicking. The chapter links to audiovisual explanations of signed-singing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sociological Thinking in Music Education
Subtitle of host publication	International Intersections
Editors	Carol Frierson-Campbell, Clare Hall, Sean Robert Powell, Guillermo Rosabal-Coto
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Oxford University Press, USA
Chapter	6
Pages	72-85
Number of pages	14
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9780197600979, 9780197600986
ISBN (Print)	9780197600962
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197600962.003.0006
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

sociology of education
music learning and teaching practices
Deafness

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Sociological Thinking in Music Education: International Intersections
Frierson-Campbell, C. (Editor), Hall, C. (Editor), Powell, S. R. (Editor) & Rosabal-Coto, G. (Editor), 2022, 1st ed. New York NY USA: Oxford University Press, USA. 259 p.
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Churchill, W., & Hall, C. (2022). Toward 'Little Victories' in music education: troubling ableism through signed-singing and d/Deaf musicking. In C. Frierson-Campbell, C. Hall, S. R. Powell, & G. Rosabal-Coto (Eds.), Sociological Thinking in Music Education: International Intersections (1st ed., pp. 72-85). Oxford University Press, USA. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197600962.003.0006

Churchill, Warren ; Hall, Clare. / Toward 'Little Victories' in music education : troubling ableism through signed-singing and d/Deaf musicking. Sociological Thinking in Music Education: International Intersections. editor / Carol Frierson-Campbell ; Clare Hall ; Sean Robert Powell ; Guillermo Rosabal-Coto. 1st. ed. New York NY USA : Oxford University Press, USA, 2022. pp. 72-85

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Toward 'Little Victories' in music education: troubling ableism through signed-singing and d/Deaf musicking. / Churchill, Warren; Hall, Clare.
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