About the Journal
sustain, the Journal of Sustainability and Futures in Music Education, is committed to shaping the present and to promote scholarly discussion on a sustainable and participatory society as well as on cultural diversity. Moreover, it actively encourages the articulation of potential implications for the future in order to contribute to the scientific foundation of future-oriented research in music education.
The editorial board is dedicated to continually scrutinizing publication and peer-review formats as well as ethical questions in publishing, connecting them to social and technological transformations, and regards Open Science as an integral component of scholarly quality assurance.
sustain situates itself at the intersections of music education, cultural studies, and futures research. Its aims to
- document current trends in music cultures within the context of global challenges and evolving political, economic, ecological, technological, and social conditions,
- relate these trends to contemporary conceptions in music education and educational theory,
- envision possible futures for music cultures, including learning and educational cultures, and
- publish innovative practices and approaches that build bridges between music education and other disciplines and research fields, contributing to the creation of a sustainable future.
The target audience includes music educators across diverse contexts (e.g., K–12 schools, community music, and higher-education programs; cultural education initiatives; research settings) as well as scholars interested in learning- and educational-theoretical perspectives on musical cultures from other fields, for example, futures studies, popular music research, biographical research, and discourse analysis. In doing so, the journal seeks to foster an interdisciplinary approach to musical education.
sustain is open access (CC BY 4.0) and open peer reviewed.
Funding from the state initiative openaccess.nrw made the journal foundation possible.
