Youth, Music, and Peace Building
Author(s):
Mwenda Ntarangwi
Publication Year:
2015
Type:
encyclopediaArticle
Journal/Book Title
Publisher
Elsevier
Editor(s):
Pages:
842-848
Volume:
25
Issue:
Abstract:
This article explores the ways through which youth mobilize music to advance peace in their communities, specifically emphasizing that music is not only used to bring people together for social harmony and reconciliation but also for protest and resistance in order to create a ‘culture of peace.’ It further seeks to establish the impetus that propels youth into persistent participation in peace building especially through an analysis of the interrelatedness of concepts of peace building and culture of peace as they interact with youth identity. Using examples of the role played by new media in shaping such identity, the article illuminates the power of music in building some kind of virtual coalition that promotes peace. As an expressive medium that often defies physical and cultural barriers, music provides both a platform for advancing peace and an analytical tool through which to understand sociocultural dynamics within which peace building can occur.
Citation (Chicago Author-Date):
Ntarangwi, Mwenda. 2015. “Youth, Music, and Peace Building.” In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., 25:842–48. Elsevier. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9780080970868641193.