1st Edition

Music Education in Times of Eco-Social Crisis Healing the Fragmentation of Psyche, Society, and Nature

By Tawnya D. Smith Copyright 2026
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores how music education can remain relevant in an era of multiple environmental crises that threaten human thriving and life on a planetary scale. The author argues that music educators must join with educators in other fields to deconstruct unsustainable ideologies and replace them with sustainable curricular practices, while focusing music learning on the project of fostering... Read more

Acknowledgements, List of Abbreviations, Introduction: A House in Need of Repair, a Field in Need of Healing, Part 1 Introduction to Part 1: Reflecting on our Niche in the Eco-Social World, 1. Symptoms of Eco-Social Crisis within Music Education, 2. When Headed Toward Collapse, What Can Music Educators Do?, 3. Why Ecopsychology?, 4. Radical Ecopsychology and EcoJustice Education, Part 2 Introduction to Part 2: Exposing the Elephants in the House of Music Education, 5. Supporting Cultures of Care, Dismantling Cultures of Uncare and Dis-care, 6. The Culture of Uncare: Elephants in the Foundation and Walls of the House of Music Education, Part 3 Introduction to Part 3: Re-Weaving the Eco-Social Web, 7. Healing, Mending, and Building New Soil, 8. Situating Psyche/Society/Nature in a Web of Care

 

Biography

Tawnya D. Smith is Associate Professor of Music, Music Education at Boston University.