Identity and career/further education thinking of three Indigenous Australian technical college music students

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Abstract

![CDATA[This paper discusses the identity and career/further education thinking of three Indigenous Australian students nearing the end of their TAFE (Technical and Further Education) college music program. Within a range of identities noted in the literature two were of particular interest to this study—personal identity and musical identity. The three participants had rich musical identities and presented three distinctive styles of personal identity—the need for self- discipline, the goal of happiness plus the practicalities of earning a living, and negotiating a crossroads in life. For one participant, an Indigenous cultural identity was articulated which played a major role in her thinking and personal relationships. All three would be interested in studying at university but identified hurdles of time, age, distance, money, part-time study, online study and tutorial support.]]
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 22nd International Seminar of the ISME Commission on the Education of the Professional Musician (CEPROM): The Musician's Career Lifespan, Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 11-13 July 2018
PublisherInternational Society for Music Education
Pages95-104
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9780648121985
Publication statusPublished - 2019
EventInternational Seminar of the ISME Commission on the Education of the Professional Musician -
Duration: 11 Jul 2018 → …

Conference

ConferenceInternational Seminar of the ISME Commission on the Education of the Professional Musician
Period11/07/18 → …

Keywords

  • music
  • music trade
  • identity
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • students

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