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SUMMARY:Musical Learning as Social Reconstruction. Music and Origin in the
  Eyes of Immigrant Parents - Ylva Hofvander Trulsson\, Academy of Music\, 
 Lund University\, Sweden
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:In Swedish formal music education\, students from ethnic minor
 ities are significantly underrepresented. In her research\, Ylva Hofvander
  Trulsson has investigated how immigrant parents describe the role of musi
 c in their everyday lives and the importance of music learning to their ch
 ildren. She will present data on how the practice of music functions as a 
 potential tool for social success and integration of the children of these
  parents\, how identity and music merges in the ambition of reclaiming a l
 ost social position through the next generation.\n\nBionotes\nYlva Hofvand
 er Trulsson\, PhD\, is Senior Lecturer in Music Education at the Malmö Ac
 ademy of Music\, Lund University\, Sweden\, where she teaches at the gradu
 ate level and conducts research on intercultural perspectives in music edu
 cation.\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, room GS1
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