Employing Intersectionality in Music Education

• In Event: Critical Perspectives in Music Education

Abstract

I argue that intersectionality is a crucial analytical tool for music education and music teacher education praxis. Given its role in ethical teaching (Love, 2019), employing intersectionality analytically is imperative in music education including in music teacher education. I first explore the history of intersectionality and synthesize its core constructs and guiding premises (Collins, 2019). Following Collins and Bilge (2016), I draw on intersectionality as an analytical tool. Ultimately, I explore what employing intersectionality analytically might do for PK-12 music education and music teacher education and consider how it might facilitate belonging.

Author

• Juliet Hess, Michigan State University