5 - Community Music in the Asia Pacific Region with Brydie-Leigh Bartleet

In this conversation, Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, associate editor of the IJCM,  discusses her involvement in community music and the diverse practices in the Asia Pacific region. She emphasizes the importance of learning from First Nations cultures and their interconnected ways of making music. Brydie discusses her research approaches ranging from auto ethnographic work to large scale studies. She discusses her paper on the concept of love and how she used this concept as a lens to critically examine community music practices. She then discusses her latest paper for the journal on the social impact of community music. Brydie also talks about the challenges and opportunities in the field of community music, including the need for research, training, funding, and cross-sector collaboration. She highlights the role of the International Journal of Community Music in advancing the field and making space for diverse voices.

Our guest: Brydie-Leigh Bartleet is professor at Griffith University Queensland (Australia). She has been part of the senior editorial team of the International Journal of Community Music since 2016. She has co-edited a special issue on the Asia Pacific, and published five articles in the IJCM, most recently a paper on the Social Impact of Community Music on Community Music Learning:
Social impact of community music by Brydie-Leigh Bartleet
https://experts.griffith.edu.au/18566-brydieleigh-bartleet

More information about the International Journal of Community Music:
https://www.intellectbooks.com/international-journal-of-community-music

This podcast series is hosted by Alicia de Bánffy-Hall and Roger Mantie and produced by Laurie Hall. 

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 3:44 Community Music in the Asia Pacific Region
• 7:49 Learning from First Nations Cultures
• 12:33 Making Space for Diverse Voices in the Journal
• 20:12 Working with the Concept of Love in Brydie's Writing
• 24:20 Writing Style and Methodologies in Brydie's Research
• 28:55 Challenges and Opportunities in the Field of Community Music