Our work means co-conspiring across disciplines to affirm BBIA narratives to create a more equitable future. There is no end point of being "decolonized," only continued learning, reflecting and growing. DTMR launched in June 2019 as an educational resource website with an accompanying Facebook group, becoming a full-fledged nonprofit in January of 2020. Our Facebook group remains the discussion arm of DTMR, a place were true discussion and connection can happen when adequate norms are present. We use this space to reshape how our community considers and talks about the issues at the heart of centering Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Asian voices.
Training/Consulting
DTMR provides flexibly designed training and consultations to districts, colleges, groups, organizations and individuals, creating single or multi-session workshops to accommodate expressed needs. We have worked with many communities: music educators, folklorists, ethnomusicologists, performers, and music therapists, among others.
Examples of sessions we provide:
APPLYING DECOLONIZING AND ANTIRACIST APPROACHES TO THE MUSIC CLASSROOM
BEYOND SONG SELECTION: AN INTRO TO DECOLONIZING AND ANTIRACIST APPROACHES INTHE MUSIC CLASSROOM
MOVING PAST THE COMMON NARRATIVE: CRITICAL PRACTICES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION
Selected Session Objectives:
Introduce foundational vocabulary used in DTMR's decolonizing and antiracist approaches
Connect individual positionality and systemic inequities to music education practice
Anchor concepts to real world narratives by using lived experience as a lens
Discuss common detours that hinder application of decolonizing and antiracist approaches on an individual and systemic level
Collectively strategize to name next steps for continuing work toward equitable music classrooms and district culture
Introduce concepts of "sonic stereotyping," "sonic stories," and "'cultural' music" to discuss issues surrounding repertoire choices
