Haute Ecole pédagogique Fribourg

Schweizer Schulmusik : Schule oder Musik?

Blanchard, Olivier

In: Kulturen des Schulmusik in der Schweiz / Les cultures de l'enseignement musical à l'école en Suisse, 2021, p. 63-77

This text is the result of a research project in which ethnographic research was carried out on music lessons at Swiss-German secondary schools. After presenting a cultural studies perspective on mus lessons, some selected findings of the research are described. The focus is on apparently "natural" practices, actions, and orientations that are rarely reflected upon, and which often form the basis...

Haute Ecole pédagogique Fribourg

Gleichwertigkeit der Kulturen aus westlicher Sicht : Eurozentrismus in der Interkulturellen Musikpädagogik = Equivalence of cultures from a Western perspective

Blanchard, Olivier

In: Interkulturalität-Musik-Pädagogik, 2020, p. 93-104

The equivalence of cultures, that intercultural music education strives for, relates in a problematical way to the often neglected reflection of one's own cultural standpoint. If we assume that cultural neutrality cannot be achieved, we have to ask ouselves if it is possible for involved parties to judge the quality of intercultural equality adequately. For this reason, the following text focuses...

Haute Ecole pédagogique Fribourg

Der bedeutungsorientierte Kulturbegriff revisited - aus einer kulturwissenschaftlichen Perspektive = Revisiting the Semantic Concept of Culture from the Perspective of Cultural Studies

Blanchard, Olivier

In: Soziale Aspekte des Musiklernens, 2018, p. 277-290

Reflecting on the notion of culture is at the centre of the Germanic discourse on the approach to cultural diversity. While the contemporary understanding of the term is currently being vividly discussed, the corresponding epistemological prem-ises are often neglected. Consequently, one runs the risk of having an essentialist understanding of culture. This text, therefore, first discusses the...

Haute Ecole pédagogique Fribourg

Wunsch nach vielfältiger Eindeutigkeit : Bewegung in der Schweizer Musikdidaktik : zur Gründung des Verbandes Fachdidaktik Musik Schweiz

Blanchard, Olivier ; Hofer, Thomas ; Huber, Jürg ; Zurmühle, Jürg

In: Diskussion Musikpädagogik, 2016, no. 71, p. 56-59

At the inaugural conference of the Verband Fachdidaktik Musik Schweiz (Association for Musical Didactics Switzerland) on 16 January 2016, for which the general topic was “Orientations”, the stimulus paper and the ensuing rounds of moderated discussions examined the problems posed by the conflicting priorities of establishing an agreed, standardized reference framework while respecting the...