What knowledge is of most worth?

This issue of the International Journal of Community Music features six empirical studies and one conceptual-theoretical article. The first two articles are literature review studies. Gillian Howell and Trisnasari Fraser use an integrative review to examine how community music scholars use the term ‘dialogue’. Following that, Jennie Henley, Laura Caulfield and Sophie Cole follow the protocol of a rapid evidence assessment (REA) to examine the issue of artist well-being for those working in ‘challenging settings’ such as detention centres. The third and fourth articles, by Francisco Reyes and Keran Li respectively, feature an examination of how a bomba music project in Puerto Rico functions as a form of epistemic disobedience, and a study of how the diasporic Chinese community in New Zealand engages in cultural production to preserve Chinese cultural identity and integrate into New Zealand society. The fifth and sixth articles focus on the facilitation practices of community music practitioners. Ying Guan and Chiew Hwa Poon conduct an action research project at a nursing home in northern China, while Eugene Seow draws on his experience as a drummer, bandleader and ensemble facilitator to create an ‘embodied facilitation framework’. In the final article, Lars Mandlekow, Anne Balsnes and Dag Jansson utilize Rosa’s resonance theory, Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, Seligman’s PERMA model and Koelsch’s social functions of music to offer a provocative ‘choir of theories’ to explain how choirs can create community through personal connection and cultural continuity.