MU620 Music in Community Contexts

Welcome to MU620

• Dr. Lee Willingham
• Locating in Music
• What's this course about?
• Syllabus and beyond

The Point

• CM = Music as _____
• Identity, Culture, Community
• Community Building for Learning
• One Annotated Bibliography to rule them all

How we get there

• 50 Source Readings
• Countless Articles
• Innovative Approaches

Innovations

• Class Blog
• Contemplative Practice
• Mindful Self-Compassion
• Reflective Journal
• The Super Fast Community Brain

Contemplative Practices and Reflection

Rationale

• Self-Transformation (12 weeks)
• Restorative
• Meta-Analysis / Discernment

Contemplative Practices

Mindful Self Compassion

Questions?

Poking the Bear

Facilitating

• "What is needed?"
• Be creative
• Example: Mithin. Singing Neanderthals.
• Ready "Start the Duck"
• Now, let's do it again differently
• Again

Discussion

• Searching facts
• Coelescing Experiential with Curated Knowledge
• Thinking together, not as one, but as more than many!
• Two minds - "head mind" and "heart mind"