Vi ville krossa fördomar – det var där allt började Poddar som medel för att utveckla normkritisk kunskap om dans av Teresia Vigil Lundahl Institutionen för Danspedagogik Masterexamen 30 hp Program: Samtida dansdidaktik VT 2021 Handledare: Ylva Hofvander Trulsson Examinator: Anna Grip och Lena Hammergren Abstract Title: We wanted to break with prejudices- that´s where it all started. Podcast as a tool to develop a norm-critical pedagogy in dance education. Author: Lundahl, Teresia Vigil University: Stockholm University of the Arts Language: Swedish Key words: norm-critical pedagogy, dance, dance education, gymnasium, Podcast, contemporary arts didactic, africanistic aesthetics This master thesis explores issues about academic dance education in the dynamic of a traditional and contemporary expectations in the discipline. In dialogue with dance students at an aesthetic program in the context of the upper secondary school/ the gymnasium in Sweden, dance theory is analysed from a norm-critical view. The students have created podcasts about dance styles such as dancehall, twerking, azonto and voguing. The analysis of the data has used action research as a method. The purpose has been to develop the didactics in the course Dance theory in order to reach an increased goal fulfillment, new knowledge and meaning in relation to curriculum and syllabi expectations. The study includes a research overview of dances from the African diaspora, African aesthetics and vernacular dance as well as the whiteness norm and intersectionality. The podcasts have been analyzed in relation to governing documents, traditions of teaching dance and theories of resistance and participation. The joint result from the podcasts about dancehall, twerking and azonto emphasizes the importance of respectfully putting dance styles in a context of origins and history. At the same time, there is an encouragement for cultural encounters where hybrid forms of artistic expression can emerge. Central to the podcasts with voguing is for example that dance can offer a place where you can be yourself despite sexual orientation and norm- breaking lifestyle in a chosen community, and feel safe and accepted. The results from the podcasts call for, and challenge, the governing documents (curriculum and syllabi) for norm- critical views of inclusion and diversity in terms of power, gender norms, tradition and values. Traditions and the norm of whiteness are challenged through various intersections of gender, color and identity etc., and a new canon of dances can take place. The gap between young people's interests and academic dance has diminished during the process of investigation, thanks to a joint acquisition of knowledge and discussions, even though consensus has not been the goal. Based on theories, we can interpret that each new generation will continue to challenge contemporary norms and values. Innehållsförteckning 1. Inledning .................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Bakgrund till projektet ............................................................................................................................ 5 1.2 Syfte ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 1.3 Frågeställningar ....................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Metod ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 2.1 Förståelsegrund för hur eleverna arbetat med poddar .......................................................................... 6 2.2 Kulturell kanon av dansstilar ................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Didaktik och tillvägagångssätt av poddarnas tillblivelse ......................................................................... 7 2.4 Aktionsforskning ...................................................................................................................................... 7 2.5 Studiens tillvägagångssätt ....................................................................................................................... 9 2.6 Datainsamling ........................................................................................................................................ 10 2.7 Masterpodden ....................................................................................................................................... 11 2.8 Reflektioner om att låta informanterna reflektera över resultatet ...................................................... 12 3. Teoretiskt ramverk .................................................................................................................................... 13 3.1 Diskurs ett begrepp att förstå människors tal ....................................................................................... 13 3.2 Makt och styrning av individen ............................................................................................................. 13 3.3 Antagonism och överdeterminering av normer i dansen ..................................................................... 14 3.5 Intersektionalitet ................................................................................................................................... 15 4. Kunskapsöversikt om dansstilarna ............................................................................................................ 17 4.1 Danser från den afrikanska diasporan ................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Danser med en afrikanistisk estetik ...................................................................................................... 18 4.3 Vernacular dance .................................................................................................................................. 19 4.4 Streetdance – ett paraplybegrepp för dansstilarna .............................................................................. 20 5. Forskningsöversikt .................................................................................................................................... 21 5.1 En översikt av ämnet dansteori ............................................................................................................. 21 5.2 Vithetsnormen ...................................................................................................................................... 22 5.3 Vithetsnormen sett ur en danspedagogisk kontext .............................................................................. 24 5.4 En antirasistisk praktik för institutionen dans ....................................................................................... 24 5.5 Vithetsnormen inom den moderna samtida dansen ............................................................................ 25 5.6 Are college curriculum too white? En artikel från Dance Magazine ..................................................... 25 5.7 Nya perspektiv på begreppet intersektionalitet. .................................................................................. 25 5.8 Sammanfattning .................................................................................................................................... 26 6. Resultat – Dansstilarna .............................................................................................................................. 27 6.1 Twerking, azonto och dancehall ............................................................................................................ 27 6.1.1 Dancehall – en historisk och kulturell fördjupning ............................................................................. 29 6.1.2 Dancehall på Jamaica ......................................................................................................................... 29 6.1.3 Normer, ideal och identitet kopplat till dansstilarna på 2000–talet .................................................. 30 6.1.4 Kroppsideal ......................................................................................................................................... 31 6.1.5 Kvinnors roll i danserna ...................................................................................................................... 32 6.1.6 Kulturell appropriering och kulturell appreciation ............................................................................. 33 6.1.7 Danserna – en del av samhället ......................................................................................................... 35 6.1.8 Sammanfattning för dansstilarna dancehall, twerking och azonto .................................................... 36 6.2 Voguing ...................................................................................................................................................... 37 6.2.1 Historisk och kulturell bakgrund till Voguing ..................................................................................... 37 6.2.2 Social förförståelse av voguing kulturen ............................................................................................ 39 6.2.3 Samhörighet och gemenskap inom voguing och