Arts: An Annotated Bibliography

My research process was to look for people that I had thought of previously in terms of the subject, and then shamelessly Google keywords when I ran out of ideas. I tried finding people in Google+ and Facebook, but couldn't seem to locate any of them that way. For further readings, I looked on Blackboard to find articles I had read for a class, and I searched Goodreads and Google Books and JSTOR.

My group is discussing how technology has affected the production and spread of the arts over time. Since a big part of the spread of the arts has been through arts education, I looked for sources that explored types of art education in the modern world, affected as they are now by technology.

Further Reading:

1. Bartscherer, Thomas and Roderick Coover, "Switching Codes: Thinking Through Digital Technology in the Humanities and the Arts," University of Chicago Press, 2011. Goodreads link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10554253-switching-codes

This book explores the connection between the rapidly changing technological world and the world of the arts. Since technological people often know little about the humanities, and arts people sometimes know little about the digital world, the goal of this book is to foster a discussion between the two groups, using many different forms to do so. Since we are talking about the relationship between the arts and technology, this is a valuable source to us, especially since it is exploring the current relationship between the two.

[I found this source by searching on Goodreads, and it seems right up the alley of our tweethis.]

2. Jaccard, Jerry, "A Brief Rationale for High-Quality General Music Education," n.p., 1996.

This article explains how the value of music education in society has changed over time, and reviews Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences to show that music and artistic ability holds an important part in a child's education, alongside other technological pursuits. This is important to our thesis, especially since we are focusing quite a bit on music in our chapter.

[I read this article for my Careers in Music Education class, and immediately thought of this article when we figured out what our chapter was going to be about.]

3. Rudolph, Thomas E. et al, "Technology Strategies for Music Education," Technology Institute for Music Educators, 2005. Google Books link: http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=fYdSeCj1irQC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=technology+%22arts+education%22+-industrial&ots=XeiL-oeq28&sig=XdvNbJS4YxkTHVj97g1cqdopmNs#v=onepage&q=technology%20%22arts%20education%22%20-industrial&f=false

This is a wonderful handbook exploring many different facets of music, technology, the arts, and education. This is a great resource for further reading about a number of the aspects we discussed for our chapter.

[I was e-mailed a link to this book, and realized it would be perfect as a reference for further reading, because it applies so well to our thesis.]

Thought Leaders:

4. Jaccard, Jerry L. (http://cfacbeta.byu.edu/directory/jaccard)

Author of "A conceptual model for literature-based musical education" - http://books.google.com/books/about/A_conceptual_model_for_literature_based.html?id=YPAmGwAACAAJ

Jerry Jaccard is an active researcher and strongly promotes the importance of music for the development of children's mental capacities in all areas of life. He is the coordinator of BYU's Elementary Music Education program, received the Organization of American Kodaly Educators (OAKE) National Outstanding Educator Award in 2004, the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications Teaching Excellence Award, is Vice-President of the International Kodaly Society and a board member of the Willems International Music Education Association, and is coauthor of The Complete Musician series and wrote "A conceptual model for literature-based musical education," as well as offering many other contributions to the world of music education.

[I met with Dr. Jaccard in a recent interview and was impressed with his wealth of knowledge about the importance of music education in a modern world. I had heard many good things about him, but was still amazed as I researched him to find just how much he has contributed to the field!]

5. McClure, Marva P. (http://www.artstechacademy.org/)

Marva McClure is the head of The Arts and Technology Academy in Washington DC - a unique school that combines the arts with the latest technology to help children learn effectively.

[The idea that technology can support the arts rather than detracting from them fits well with our thesis. I liked what Marva McClure is doing with her school, and I feel she is leading forward to find a connection between technology and arts education.]

6. Stephenson, Brad. (http://bradpstephenson.com/)

Brad Stephenson is the director of online communication for Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College in Pittsburgh, PA. He works with Technology in the Arts, an initiative that explores the intersection of arts managment and online technology. (http://technologyinthearts.org/) Previously, Stephenson was the director of projects and marketing for the University’s Center for Arts Management and Technology, an applied research center dedicated to providing technology services and support for non-profit arts organizations. Brad has been assisting artists and arts organizations with their technology needs for more than seven years. Stephenson is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s Master of Arts Management program, for which he currently teaches technology planning.

[I chose Stephenson as a source because I like what he is doing with the Technology in the Arts initiative - it fits well with my group's exploration of the relationship between technology and the arts.]