Introduction
In this episode I’m joined by some of the team at CUMIN – the contemporary urban music for inclusion network: Dr Pete Dale, Professor Pam Burnard, and Dr Raphael Travis from the universities of York, Cambridge and Texas State University. The network is for anyone working through music with young people in genres like hip-hop, grime, EDM, house and more. We discuss the challenges of measuring impact, the need for multiple and participant-led methods in evaluation. We also discuss the book ‘Music for Inclusion and Healing in Schools and Beyond’.
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What’s in this episode?
We talk about:
- Pete’s work as a lecturer in music education at the University of York and his interest in DJing and turnablism
- Raphael’s background as a social worker and social work educator at Texas State University, focusing in hop hop culture and wellbeing
- Pam’s careers in the creative industries, education, and her current role as Professor of Arts, Creativities and Education at the University of Cambridge
- the formation of the CUMIN network – to connect research, evaluation and practice around contemporary urban genres in music education, to share research-informed practice
- the multiple ways to evaluate this type of work, and the challenges in measuring impact
- and the team share their advice and calls to action for others working in this area
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The music for the podcast was created by Otis Hynds, a young person working with Noise Solution.
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