Tro, musikalske røtter og anerkjennelse i en krysskulturell kontekst

Abstract

The article concerns the importance of recognizing one’s own and others’ musical roots. The point of departure is how experiences of discomfort can arise in situations where religious musical content is spontaneously brought into the classroom by music teacher students. The article is based on experiences from my own teacher education practice and qualitative data collected in connection with my doctoral project (Strøm, 2016). Interviews with young people who grew up in a cross-cultural context are the core of the article. These data are used to illustrate the relationship between religious beliefs and musical identities, and the challenges that some of these youths experience in the performance of their musical agencies. The article uses Stones’ (2005) structuration theory, called “strong structuration”, as a starting point to say something about the relationship between agent and structure. With this article, I would like to argue for the relevance of the term cross culture in a music education context and contribute to an increased understanding and recognition of pupils’ religious musical roots and identity in the music subject in primary school.