Melenchones and globalization: an innovating proposal through popular songbook, dances, painting and traditions of Jaén (Spain)

Abstract

This study tries to make extensive to the scientific community a multidisciplinary proposal, creative, innovative and oriented to the acquisition of the culture. This proposal has been put in practice with the students of “Teaching in Primary Education” at the University of Jaén (Spain). Since the new methodological directives of the present curricula (as much in the Superior Education as in the Basic Formation) bet by the globalization before the occasional specialization, collaboration before the individuality, and the incorporation of elements of the daily life, we have considered opportune to use as a center of interest an element of Jaén culture: the “melenchón” a traditional type of song, incorporating to the exposed lines, the rescue of the tradition and the education in values. The goals of this work are oriented to rescue and to renew traditional manifestations, to perform melenchones and to tie them with other artistic and socio-cultural manifestations, to know their potential as didactical elements (globalization, interdisciplinary approaches and attention to the diversity) and to make integrated projects of innovation from this recovery. We have articulated our work in four phases (the rescue of the tradition, musical performing, creation, and reflection). Finally, the implementation of this idea has allowed the student to know this tradition, to appreciate that, through the traditional song, a cultural identification can be obtained and to be able to elaborate proposals which help to the development of the expressive capacity and the lack of inhibition.