The Many Paths of Decolonization

This essay uses analytical sketches of Indigenous DJ collective A Tribe Called Red’s “How I Feel” as a starting point for critiquing the white colonial Eurocentric norms music analysis currently practiced in discipline theory. expand on previous calls greater diversity and inclusion within field by exposing strategies. then propose some possibilities decolonizing Indigenizing that reflect individuals’ differing capacities growth change while also challenging analysts to move beyond tokenistic gestures.