Popular music as a source of reflection on adulthood. Pink Floyd’s album The Dark Side of the Moon as a way to understand and prepare to adulthood Cover Image

Muzyka popularna jako źródło refleksji nad dorosłością. Album The Dark Side of the Moon grupy Pink Floyd jako droga do (z)rozumienia istoty dorosłości i przygotowania się do niej.
Popular music as a source of reflection on adulthood. Pink Floyd’s album The Dark Side of the Moon as a way to understand and prepare to adulthood

Author(s): Joanna Golonka-Legut
Subject(s): Music, Adult Education, Sociology of Art
Published by: Akademickie Towarzystwo Andragogiczne
Keywords: adulthood; non-formal learning; pop culture; popular music; adult education

Summary/Abstract: Subject of this paper is part of the discussion on pop culture as an area of non-formal learning of adults. The author refers directly to perception of pop musicas a source of reflection on the main andragogical category – adulthood. The referencepoint is Pink Floyd’s album The Dark Side of the Moon, presented as one of theways to understand and prepare to adulthood.The text is intended not only to share author’s reflections regarding the above mentionedsubject but, first of all, to interest readers in the album The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd and invite them to music-inspired reflection on adulthood.

  • Issue Year: 78/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 59-72
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish