Able performers, defective audiences : disability and music performance
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2016
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Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
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© 2016 Dr. Alejandro Alberto Téllez Vargas
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Able Performers, Defective Audiences examines discriminatory social practices in music conservatoria, orchestras, music festivals and music competitions, as experienced by people with disabilities. Of particular interest is the environment that people with an intellectual, physical, sensory, or neurological disability (or an acquired brain injury) encounter in the world of classical music. Interviews were conducted with disabled music performance students at current Mexican conservatoria. This thesis also analyses the representation of, and audio-visual recordings by, key musical figures with disabilities. It explores the voice, concerns and suggestions expressed by disabled musicians and examines their perceptions of both inclusive and discriminatory practices. The findings of this project aim to contribute to the wellbeing of musicians with impairments by challenging disabling social practices that see them as inferior. Unlike traditional therapeutic approaches that see music as a source of cure or normalisation for disabled people, this thesis focuses on their career aspirations and advocates for their inclusion in the world of music performance.
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music and disability studies, disability studies, people with disabilities in music, musicians with disabilities, disability, music performance, disability performance, inclusion, disability activism, activism in music, accomodation, ageing, ageing in music, impairment, music and identity, social model of disability, social model, music and the social model