Emily Achieng' Akuno studied at Kenyatta University, Kenya, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, USA and Kingston University, UK. A professor of music at the Technical University of Kenya, her research focuses on music and teacher education in cultural contexts. She is editor and author of books and articles including Music Education in Africa: Concept, process and practice (Routledge, 2019). She is Past President of the International Music Council (IMC) and the International Society for Music Education (ISME). She is founding chair of the Music Education Research Group - Kenya (MERG-Kenya).

Maria Westvall is Professor at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC) in Copenhagen and the director of CReArC (Copenhagen Centre for Research in Artistic Citizenship). Her research focuses on the sociological and artistic dimensions of music education, intercultural approaches, musical and cultural diversity, musical community practices, and migration, and she has directed several research projects on these topics. Her research is published in several books and scientific journals including Music Education Research, British Journal of Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, International Journal of Community Music, Música em perspectiva, El oído pensante, Intercultural Education, Action, Criticism & Theory for Music Education, Nordic Research in Music Education, Danish Musicology Online and the Finnish Journal of Music Education.

Preface

David Elliot

Foreword

Henrik Sveidahl

Introduction - Artistic Citizenship in a Global Perspective

Maria Westvall & Emily Achieng' Akuno

Chapter 1 - Art for All's Sake: Co-Creation, "Artizenship," and Negotiated Practices

Charles Carson and Maria Westvall

Chapter 2 - Social Engagement towards Artistic Citizenship in Music Teaching

Flávia Motoyama Narita

Chapter 3 - Civic responsibility through artistic citizenship and empathy: 21st Century feminist aims for music education

Marissa Silverman

Chapter 4 - Artistic Citizenship and Cosmopolitanism in Musical-Social Work

Kim Boeskov and Kristine Ringsager

Chapter 5 - Artistic Citizenship as Practices of Everyday Resistance

Oscar Pripp

Chapter 6 -Practicing citizenship artistically: An autoethnographic account of a Chinese-Canadian-Brazilian music educator

Nan Qi

Chapter 7 - Building citizenship in contexts of democratic recovery: A review of Chilean cultural policies on music education, 1990 - 2022

Carlos Poblete Lagos

Chapter 8 - Articulating Sound Citizenship in the General Arts Classroom towards Sound Awareness and Sound Living: A Perspective from Singapore Contemporary Artists

Chee Hoo Lum

Chapter 9 - Music Making in the Construction of Culture: Artizenship through Emerging Music Styles in Kenya

Emily Achieng' Akuno

Conclusion: Artizenship, Agency, Actions

Emily Achieng' Akuno & Maria Westvall