Teaching Cantonese Music in a Canadian University
Abstract
Reflecting on her “Cantonese Music” course at the University of British Columbia in Canada, Hedy Law describes how teaching Cantonese music to an Asian-dominated student body in Vancouver decenters Eurocentric epistemologies entrenched in Western art music. Her experience invites us to consider the wider global Sinophone sphere and the distinct geopolitics that have traversed different periods, including those that pertain to the Hong Kong diaspora in recent years.
Published
2023-11-02
Section
Special Issue: Teaching Global Music History: Practices and Challenges
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