Maria Westvall
Maria Westvalls research focuses on music education, intercultural approaches, community music and migration. She has directed various research projects on these topics, both nationally and internationally. Maria is the director of CreArC (Copenhagen Centre for Research in Artistic Citizenship) and she has presented and published in a number of books and scientific journals. For further details, please refer to the CV below.
PUBLICATIONS
Books and book chapters
Westvall, M., & Achieng’ Akuno, E. (Eds.). (2024). Music as Agency: Diversities of Perspectives on Artistic Citizenship. Routledge.
Carson, C. D., & Westvall, M. (2024). Art for All's Sake: Co-Creation,“Artizenship” and Negotiated Practices. In Music as Agency: Diversities of Perspectives on Artistic Citizenship (pp. 8-18). Routledge.
Westvall, M., & Achieng' Akuno, E. (2024). Introduction: Artistic Citizenship in a Global Perspective. In Music as Agency : Diversities of Perspectives on Artistic Citizenship (pp. 1-7). Routledge.
Achieng' Akuno, E., & Westvall, M. (2024). Conclusion: Artizenship, Agency, Actions. In Music as Agency : Diversities of Perspectives on Artistic Citizenship (pp. 135-140). Routledge.
Westvall, M. (ed.), Lidskog, R. (ed.) & Pripp, O. (ed.) (2018). Migration – Musik – Mötesplatser: Föreningsliv och kulturproduktion i ett föränderligt samhälle. Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Lidskog, R. , Pripp, O. & Westvall, M. (2018). Kulturproduktion i föreningar med etnisk anknytning. In: M. Westvall, R. Lidskog & O. Pripp, Migration – Musik – Mötesplatser: Föreningsliv och kulturproduktion i ett föränderligt samhälle, (231-246). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Sernhede, O. & Westvall, M. (2018). Migration från Balkan – en vital del av Göteborgs musikliv. In: M. Westvall, R. Lidskog & O. Pripp, Migration – Musik– Mötesplatser: Föreningsliv och kulturproduktion i ett föränderligt samhälle, (137-162). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Lidskog, R. , Pripp, O. & Westvall, M. (2018). Musik, organisation och sammanhang. In: Migration – Musik – Mötesplatser: Föreningsliv och kulturproduktion i ett föränderligt samhälle(15-41). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Westvall, M. (2018). Musikens växelverkan. In: M. Westvall, R. Lidskog & O. Pripp, Migration – Musik – Mötesplatser: Föreningsliv och kulturproduktion i ett föränderligt samhälle(163-170). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Bovin Schierup, S. & Westvall, M. (2018). Mångkulturella miljöer i musikundervisningen: Barriärer, möten och utveckling. In: Y. Hofvander Trulsson & M. Westvall, Skapande och integration(149-168). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Westvall, M. (2018). Relationellt musicerande: Mening, möten och body percussion. In: Y. Hofvander Trulsson & M. Westvall, Skapande och integration(109-119). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Hofvander Trulsson, Y. (ed.) & Westvall, M. (ed.) (2018). Skapande och integration. Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Westvall, M. (2016). Musiker och folkbildare: Fem porträtt av musiker som började sin bana inom militärmusiken. Gidlunds förlag.
Carson, C. & Westvall, M. (2016). Intercultural Encounters in Rio de Janeiro: Grassroot Activism and Musicianship. In: A. Ferreira Corrêa, Music in an Intercultural Perspective (61-68). Brasília: Strong Edições.
Westvall, M. (2016). Om vardagskultur, skolkultur och mångkultur i musikundervisningen. In: T. Johansson & J. Söderman, Låt alla stenar rulla – lärande, estetik, samhälle: En vänbok till Ove Sernhede (351-361). Daidalos.
Westvall, M. (2015). Den lärande musikern: en studie om militärmusiker och deras musikaliska utveckling under ett livslångt musikerskap. In: Resultatdialog 2015(237-249). Stockholm: Vetenskapsrådet.
Westvall, M. & Carson, C. D. (2014). Utmanas trygghetszonen?: musikundervisningens roll i det mångkulturella samhället. In: Ø. Varkøy, & J. Söderman, Musik för alla: filosofiska och didaktiska perspektiv på musik, bildning och samhälle (107-119).Lund: Studentlitteratur AB.
Mateiro, T. & Westvall, M. (2013). The cultural dimensions of music teachers’ professional knowledge. In: E. Georgii-Hemming, P. Burnard & S-E Holgersen, Professional knowledge in music teacher education(157-172). Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate.
Georgii-Hemming, E. & Westvall, M. (2012). Music education: a personal matter?: Examining the current discourses of music education in Sweden. In: S. Karlsen & L. Väkevä, Future prospects for music education: corroborating informal learning pedagogy (97-114). London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Westvall, M. (2009). Webs of Musical Significance: A study of student-teachers' musical socialisation in Ireland and Sweden. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG.
Peer-reviewed articles
Westvall, M. (2021). Participatory Music-making in Diasporic Context. Bridging the Past, Present, and Future in Cultural Production. Danish Musicology Online,11. https://www.danishmusicologyonline.dk/arkiv/arkiv_dmo/dmo_saernummer_2021/dmo_saern ummer_2021_musikkens_faellesskaber_05.pdf, 97-107
Pripp, O & Westvall, M. (2020) Cultural immersion and production. The meaning of musicking for social trust and inclusion. In: O. Pripp and M. Westvall (ed.): The social and political dimensions of sound and music. Nätverket - etnologisk tidskrift, 22, 15-24.
Pripp, O & Westvall, M. (2020) Introduction. In: O. Pripp and M. Westvall (ed.): The social and political dimensions of sound and music. Nätverket - etnologisk tidskrift, 22, 3-5.
Westvall, M. & Aragão, P. (2019). Communities of Musical Practice: Transformative Contexts for Intercultural Communication.El Oído Pensante, 7 (1), 236-250.
Ferreira Corrêa, A. & Westvall, M. (2019). Music and Interculturality: The Joy and the Challenges of Hearing and Being Heard. El Oído Pensante, 7 (1), 71-73.
Mansikka, J. , Westvall, M. & Heimonen, M. (2018). Critical aspects of cultural diversity in music education: examining the established practices and cultural forms in minority language schools in Finland. Intercultural Education, 29 (1), 59-76.
Söderman, J. & Westvall, M. (2017). Community Music as folkbildning: A study of a Finnish Cultural Association in Sweden. International Journal of Community Music, 10 (1), 45-58.
Westvall, M. (2017). Seven decades of Swedish community music through the musical life experiences of former military musician. International Journal of Community Music, 10 (1), 7-18.
Carson, C. & Westvall, M. (2016). Intercultural Approaches and “Diversified Normality” in Music Teacher Education: Reflections from Two Angles. Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education(ACT), 15 (3), 37-52.
Heimonen, M. & Westvall, M. (2015). Multicultural music education from the perspective of Swedish-speaking teachers and state authorities in Finland. Nordic Research in Music Education. Yearbook, 16, 139-161.
Ferreira Corrêa, A. & Westvall, M. (2014). Aprendizagem Intercultural Por Meio de Imersão Musical. Música em Perspectiva, 7 (2), 84-100.
Westvall, M. (2014). Musical diversity or conformity?: An investigation of current norms in music education through the lens of educators in Swedish-speaking minority schools in Finland. Finnish Journal of Music Education, 17 (2), 8-18.
Westvall, M,, Burton, S. & Karlsson, S. (2013). Stepping aside from myself: intercultural perspectives on music teacher education. Journal of Music Teacher Education, 23 (1), 92-105.
Mateiro, T. , Russell, J. & Westvall, M. (2012). Student music teachers’ perceptions of pedagogical content knowledge-in-action: an inquiry across three countries. Finnish Journal of Music Education, 15 (02), 53-64.
Georgii-Hemming, E. & Westvall, M. (2010). Music education – a personal matter?: Examining the current discourses of music education in Sweden. British Journal of Music Education, 27 (1), 21-33.
Georgii-Hemming, E. & Westvall, M. (2010). Teaching music in our time: student music teachers' reflections on music education, teacher education and becoming a teacher. Music Education Research, 12 (4), 353-367.
