Source note · R091
Where the music is: First Peoples’ perspectives on community music
Place, relationships and Indigenous sovereignty shape the questions researchers should ask.
- Setting
- Related music & arts
- Kind of evidence
- Reviews & synthesis
- Review extent
- Appraisal and selected source sections checked
What was studied
Indigenous scholar-practitioners from Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia introduce First Peoples’ perspectives and research priorities in a special issue.
What it contributes
First Peoples' perspectives locate music within land, waters, ancestors, community and intergenerational relationships and call for research grounded in relationality, place, care, cultural continuity and Indigenous sovereignty rather than extractive or deficit models.
Where the evidence stops
Editorial synthesis and position statement; it contains no Oklahoma- or United States-specific tribal case study, so distinct Indigenous frameworks must not be transposed without local community authority. The framework does not stand in for consultation with Oklahoma tribal communities.
About this review
The accepted research appraisal was compared with the supplied text, including bibliographic and study-design details. This production check is not a fresh audit of every table, appendix or cited study.
Bibliographic details checked against the supplied work. A linked source provides the public retrieval route.
Source note updated September 9, 2026. Read our approach to evidence.