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Rationalising pedagogy: what counts as skill across musical communities of practice in contemporary Istanbul

Title	Rationalising pedagogy: what counts as skill across musical communities of practice in contemporary Istanbul
Author	Şenay, B., Gür, Faik
Publication Date:	2022-06-22
Publication Place	- Taylor & Francis
Subject	Adult education, AKP government, Ney, Skill training, Turkey, İSMEK
Type	Periodical
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID	0143-6597
Record ID	4dd71316-1ade-46c5-9303-ec4ed97b0a61
Library Location	International Relations
Date	2022-06-22
Sample Text	Over the last two decades, the skilled practice of learning the ney (Sufi reed flute) has gone through a massive revival in Turkey, as part of a broader interest in the revitalised ‘Sufi music’ genre and in Islamic arts learning. One key step in this process has been the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government’s incorporation of ney teaching into mass public education through its council-run adult education programme (İSMEK). While this development has been pivotal in broadening access to skill attainment in the metropolitan area of Istanbul in significant ways, it has also led to a rationalisation of pedagogical practices, bringing with it transformed understandings of musical skill. To show what this process of rationalisation involves, this article examines skill training encouraged at government-sponsored lesson sites in tandem with a second mode of learning the ney grounded in apprenticeship pedagogy. The divergences emerging from this comparison reveal two very different paths to becoming an expert ney player, demonstrating, in turn, how pedagogical particularities foster different communities of practice.
DOI	10.1080/01436597.2022.2085549

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Rationalising pedagogy: what counts as skill across musical communities of practice in contemporary Istanbul

Author Şenay, B., Gür, Faik

Publication Date 2022-06-22

Publication Place - Taylor & Francis

Subject Adult education, AKP government, Ney, Skill training, Turkey, İSMEK

Type Periodical

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Özyeğin University

Library Asset ID 0143-6597

Record ID 4dd71316-1ade-46c5-9303-ec4ed97b0a61

Library Location International Relations

Date 2022-06-22

Sample Text Over the last two decades, the skilled practice of learning the ney (Sufi reed flute) has gone through a massive revival in Turkey, as part of a broader interest in the revitalised ‘Sufi music’ genre and in Islamic arts learning. One key step in this process has been the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government’s incorporation of ney teaching into mass public education through its council-run adult education programme (İSMEK). While this development has been pivotal in broadening access to skill attainment in the metropolitan area of Istanbul in significant ways, it has also led to a rationalisation of pedagogical practices, bringing with it transformed understandings of musical skill. To show what this process of rationalisation involves, this article examines skill training encouraged at government-sponsored lesson sites in tandem with a second mode of learning the ney grounded in apprenticeship pedagogy. The divergences emerging from this comparison reveal two very different paths to becoming an expert ney player, demonstrating, in turn, how pedagogical particularities foster different communities of practice.

DOI 10.1080/01436597.2022.2085549