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Singing With Assemblages: The Diffractive Exploration of Heterophony of Polyphony in Chinese Vocal Music Education

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Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Future of Teaching and Education

Year: 2025

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Singing With Assemblages: The Diffractive Exploration of Heterophony of Polyphony in Chinese Vocal Music Education

Yaxin Li

 

ABSTRACT:

This study explores the evolution of Chinese vocal music education through a philosophical lens, addressing the phenomenon of “thousands of people with one voice,” which reflects its homogeneity. By examining the constraints on creativity, the research proposes posthuman strategies to rejuvenate multiplicity in Chinese vocal music education. Structured as a Rondo, a musical structure, this unconventional academic work navigates an intricate theoretical landscape, drawing on Karen Barad’s onto-epistemology, Deleuze and Guattari’s “body without organs,” McKittrick’s decolonization paradigm, and Neumark’s Voicetracks, etc. These perspectives deconstruct entrenched binaries — Chinese/Western, human/non-human, self/other, voice/silence, theory/practice, and actuality/virtuality — amplifying polyphonic dimensions of voicing while embracing heterophonic resonances. Through rigorous theoretical analysis and innovative practice, including a pioneering voice-recording experiment and immersive exploration in the Hub-We-Verse virtual space, this study adopts an Deleuzian assemblage approach. The findings underscore the necessity for Chinese vocal music education to embrace “heterophony of polyphony,” advocating for the dissolution of rigid pedagogical structures and Western-dominated paradigms. The implications for music education are far-reaching, advocating for the cultivation of open-mindedness, the seamless integration of diverse musical elements, and the astute utilization of technology to sculpt novel educational vistas. By embracing transdisciplinary research, this work envisions an evolving educational landscape where differences are diffracted, and creative possibilities are continuously unfolding.

keywords: assemblage, Chinese vocal music education, creativity, posthuman pedagogies, practise-based research