Educational Music: the role of music education, combined with the ideology of the popular education movement, in the development of the agency of children from Villa 21/24

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Music is something that has a power all its own. It has the power to join people together, to empower protests, to inspire creativity and enhance learning. Countless studies have been conducted proving the intellectual and emotional benefits of music in the lives of children, and I have experienced this myself in my own life and in my volunteer work in the United States and in Bolivia. This investigation seeks to analyze the combined power of music and education in vulnerable populations, specifically a neighborhood in Buenos Aires called Villa 21/24. The people who live in this Villa are faced with a multitude of challenges including drugs, violence, and unemployment. They are especially in need of activities and educational opportunities for their statistically young population. In this context, el Espacio Creativo Musical Orilleros began for these children, to try to fill the gaps created by economic poverty. After learning about the popular education movement of Argentina and after

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