Juuti, Sini and Littleton, Karen
(2010).
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1177/0305735609351915 |
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the identity work of adult instrumental students negotiating their entry to a prestigious music academy and the professional field of music. Ten classical solo-piano students' accounts of their musical histories and experiences were collected through research interviews. The thematic analyses presented suggest that comparative dynamics between self and other(s) are key mediators of students' musical identity work. The analyses explore how students' identity work was resourced both by the discursive (re)contextualization and harnessing of entrance test results and their accounts of their early experiences of being in the academy. The salience of key musical practices and the significance of listening, as well as being overheard practising, are also considered. In addition, the analyses reveal how constructions of practice 'norms', 'exceptionality' and 'typical' life-courses and trajectories enter into students' identity work.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2010 The Author(s) |
| ISSN: | 1741-3087 |
| Keywords: | identity work; novices; postgraduate-level music students; research interviews; transition |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Education and Language Studies |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) |
| Item ID: | 22264 |
| Depositing User: | Julie May |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2010 09:44 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2012 20:57 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/22264 |
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