Unheard Voices and the Music of Resistance

Social Turmoil in Colombia

Autores

  • Juanita Eslava-Mejia Program for autistic children at CENPI, Medellin, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v21i2.3349

Palavras-chave:

Protest music, Latinamerica, protests, unheard voices

Resumo

This commentary addresses the current social turmoil in Colombia, the role of music in protest, and the actions of the music therapy community in response to the situation.

Biografia do Autor

Juanita Eslava-Mejia, Program for autistic children at CENPI, Medellin, Colombia

Juanita Eslava-Mejía. PhD in Music Therapy (Aalborg University), Master of Music Therapy (Temple University). Served as president of the Latinoamerican Music therapy committee. Member of the Colombian Music Therapy Association where she serves as part of the ethics committee. Music Therapist and Coordinator of the Program for autistic children at CENPI. Advisor on inclusion issues for the Orquesta Filarmonica de Medellin.

Referências

Mattern, M. (1998). Acting in concert. Music, community and political action. Rutgers University Press.

National Department of Statistics [DANE]. (2021). Retrieved from https://www.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/mercado-laboral/empleo-y-desempleo

Robayo, M. (2015). La canción social como expresión de inconformismo social y político en el siglo xx. Revista Calle 14, 11 (16), 54 – 67. Retrieved from: https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/c14/article/view/9562/11116

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Publicado

2021-06-30

Como Citar

Eslava-Mejia, J. (2021). Unheard Voices and the Music of Resistance: Social Turmoil in Colombia. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v21i2.3349

Edição

v. 21 n. 2 (2021)

Seção

Commentary

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Copyright (c) 2021 Juanita Eslava-Mejia

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