Research

Links if you want to take a closer look:

Music, Leisure, Education: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives (2022)

Education, Music, and the Lives of Undergraduates: Collegiate A Cappella and the Pursuit of Happiness (2020)

The Oxford Handbook of Technology and Music Education (2017)

The Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure (2016)

I am currently involved with a couple of grant-supported research projects:

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant ($96,000), PI — “Educational Beliefs on Sustaining Musical Cultures ”
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant ($39,000), PI — “Canadian Scottish Pipe Bands as On and Offline Convergent Communities of Practice”
I have a number of journal articles and book chapters. Links to many of them can be found on my CV (here). You can also follow me on:

Academia.edu
ResearchGate

Some Recent Publications

  • Mantie, R. Bayley, J., Veblen, K., Allstaff, K., & Sirek, D. (2023). Considering musical communities online and offline: A dedication to the life and work of Janice Waldron (13 April 1957-7 November 2022).  International Journal of Community Music, 16(1), 113-123. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcm_00078_1
  • McArton, L. & Mantie, R. (2023). Music, health and well-being in IJCM articles: An integrative review.  International Journal of Community Music, 16(1), 51-81 https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcm_00075_1.
  • Mantie, R. (2023). What should one expect from a sociology of music education? Action, Criticism & Theory for Music Education, 22(1), 112-138.
  • Mantie, R. (2021). Struggling with good intentions: Music education research in a “post” world. Research Studies in Music Education, 44(1), 21-33.
  • Book chapters:
  • Mantie, R. (forthcoming). Ethno Online. In Higgins, L. (Ed.), Ethno Research (Intellect Books). 
  • Mantie, R. & Tironi, P. (forthcoming). The complexities of intercultural exchange: Ethno World as cultural change agent. In Higgins, L. (Ed.), Ethno Research (Intellect Books).
  • Mantie, R. & Marais, G. (2024). It’s About the Relationships: Epiphanies in Songleading. In Morgan-Ellis, M. & Norton, K. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Community Singing. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Mantie, R. (2023). I’ve Learned Three Chords. Now What? In Smith, G.D. & Powell, B. (Eds.) The Places and Purposes of Popular Music Education (pp. 115-119). Intellect Publishing.