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Boundary-Walkers y- Walkers Contexts and Concepts of Community Music Lee David Higgins Ph.D. 2006 Boundary-Walkers Contexts and Concepts of Community Music by Lee David Higgins A dissertation submitted in satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Ph.D. by research. University of Limerick Supervisors: Professor Patricia Shehan Campbell Dr Helen Phelan © Copyright by Lee David Higgins 2006 For Dad Your spirit is always with me Contents Acknowledgements iv List of Abbreviations v Abstract ix 1 Introduction 1 Prologue Purpose 3 Significance of Study 7 Method 10 Historical perspective The case study: the Peterborough Community Samba Band 15 Philosophical encounters: deconstruction as choice 21 Limitations 27 Outline of Chapters 30 2 Community Music in the UK: Historical Perspectives 36 Traces: Growth, Pathways and Groundwork Introduction Growth 37 Ideology 48 Context 51 Definitions 54 The Growth of Community Music as Practice 59 Introduction Context 61 Musicians-in-residence Music collectives and punk rock 67 Participation 71 Music animateur Community 73 The formation of a national development agency Pedagogy 77 Training and education Identity 80 Definitions Summary 83 3 The Condition of Community MUSIC and its Traits of Practice 87 Introduction Identity 88 Community Music and à venir 91 Community Music and the trace 94 Community Music and the undecidable 96 Community Music and differance 101 Community MUSIC 103 The Traits of Community Music 107 Introduction Context 108 The canvas of Community MUSIC 110 Community Music and iterability 112 Community 118 Community (Music) without unity 120 Participation 126 Participation and development 128 Community Music as intertextual practice 132 Pedagogy 137 The workshop as gift 138 Community Music as supplement 142 Community Music as scapegoat 147 Community Music in education 148 Summary 150 4 A Case Study: the Peterborough Community Samba Band 152 Introduction The Condition of the Peterborough Community Samba Band 161 Identity Fiona‟s story Foundational milestones 163 Constitution Recording 164 Gigs and instruments 166 Rehearsal spaces 167 Samba Sizzlers 168 The UK samba scene 170 Carnival Encounter: National Samba Meeting 177 Samba in Brazil 180 The Traits of Peterborough Community Samba Band 186 Context The city 187 Peterborough Arts Council 189 Cultural desert 193 Community 194 Aunty Friendships 200 Participation 204 Martin‟s story 205 Participants and prior music experiences 208 Pedagogy 211 Nick‟s story 212 The workshop 213 Facilitation 216 From bateria to mestre 218 Summary 221 5 Through the Derridean Lens: The Peterborough Community 223 Samba Band in Derrida-Vision Introduction Identity 226 Context 238 Peterborough Community Samba Band, the subjectile and iterability Community 244 Peterborough „Community without Unity‟ Samba Band Participation 249 The „ripple effect‟ Pedagogy 255 The workshop as unconditional gift Summary 258 6 Conclusions and Implications 261 Introduction Conclusions 263 Implications and Future Directions 266 Teaching and learning 267 Practice 269 Employment 272 Epilogue 274 Notes 276 Glossary 301 Bibliography 305 Interviews/Questionnaires 336 Newspaper articles 337 DVD 338 Websites 338 Figures 1 Contextual parameters 156 2 Samba and iterability 243 Acknowledgements I would like to thank Professor Patricia Shehan Campbell and Dr Helen Phelan for their professionalism, enthusiasm, support and wisdom throughout this project: I think of you as not only my supervisors but also my friends. Thanks also to Brian Coates whose input was invaluable. I would like to thank my colleagues at IWMC and LIPA, especially Jean, Matt, Ray, Giles, Evelyn, Micheál and Maria. To Alexandra Farkic who carefully transcribed my interview tapes, thanks for your time and effort. A thank you to David Morris whose copy editing was invaluable. Thanks also to Alison Ross. A big thank you to all those who contributed from the Peterborough Community Samba Band: Wendy, Martin, Derek, David, Lin, Catrin, Hajar, Lynn, Bob, Nicole, Amy, Martin, Nick, and especially Fiona. To my mum, dad and brother: you have always believed in my endeavours. Finally, to Michelle, Holly, Esme, and George: thanks for your patience and support. I could not have done this without you. Abbreviations Texts by Derrida A 1993. Aporias (Translated by Thomas Dutoit). California: Stanford University Press. AIJD 1980. „An Interview with Jacques Derrida‟ in Antony Easthope, 1991. British Post-Structuralism: Since 1968. 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