نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 استادیار گروه موسیقی دانشگاه گیلان
2 کارشناسی ارشد اتنوموزیکولوژی دانشگاه گیلان
چکیده
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Private music schools, as the primary institutions for non-formal music education in Iran, play a vital role in educating musicians, creating employment opportunities for artists, and sustaining the music economy. Nevertheless, recent economic transformations, changing patterns of cultural consumption, and the weak linkage between the educational system and the labor market have posed significant challenges to their economic sustainability.
This study aims to identify the major economic bottlenecks affecting private music schools in Iran and to develop a sustainability model based on the interaction between Michel Foucault's discourse theory and Pierre Bourdieu's theory of cultural capital. The research adopts a qualitative, descriptive–analytical approach, employing library research, participant observation, document analysis, and semi-structured interviews with managers of private music schools.
The findings reveal five major economic bottlenecks: the inability to generate sustainable demand, a lack of trust among stakeholders, the mismatch between educational outcomes and labor market needs, the underutilization of operational capacity, and the absence of institutional and employer-driven demand. Interpreted through Foucault's discourse theory, these findings indicate that the economics of music education is not determined solely by financial variables but is also shaped by dominant discourses, power relations, and mechanisms of social legitimacy. Furthermore, drawing on Bourdieu's theory, the study demonstrates that the cultural, social, and symbolic capital accumulated by music schools can be transformed into economic capital, provided that these forms of capital are organized within sustainable institutional networks and stable market structures.
Finally, the study proposes a sustainability model for the music education economy that emphasizes discourse construction, the development of multiple forms of capital, the diversification of revenue streams, and the establishment of stronger institutional linkages between music schools and demand-generating organizations.
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