期刊名称：International Journal of Education and the Arts
印刷版ISSN：1529-8094
电子版ISSN：1529-8094
出版年度：2019
卷号：20
期号：15
页码：1-28
DOI：10.26209/ijea20n15
出版社：Arizona State University
摘要：A four-month research period into the practice of free music improvisation in Brazil
during February-June 2014 allowed intriguing insights into how musicians think
about, play and teach the music practice that is referred to as ‘free improvisation.’
An overview of the term ‘free improvisation’ with some historical context on its
development will be provided to aid the reader to better situate the ethnographic
study of 50 Brazilian improvisers during 2014. The ethnography was carried out by
the author who speaks fluent Portuguese, using a participatory action research
(PAR) framework, with the main aim of enquiring whether or how the practice of
free improvisation is taught in the Brazilian higher education system.
The research was set at several higher education institutions in Brazil, which
included the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), The Universidade Federal
do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), The University of São Paulo (USP), The
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), The Federal University of Bahia
(UFBA), with two shorter, single day visits to The Federal University of Rio Grande
do Norte in Natal (UFRN) and The Escola Livre de Música in Unicamp (ELM).
