h3>Universes of Discourse in Qualitative Music Therapy Research
Resonance - Enjoying the Diversity
The reason to answer Michele Forinash and Kristen M. Chase at this time after thinking about their ideas during the last months is the upcoming "5th International Symposium for Qualitative Music Therapy Research" in Berlin / Sauen, April 2004.
I am familiar with the dilemma as a qualitative researcher to implement music therapy research into the context of for example psychotherapy research at the University of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy in Düsseldorf.
In a process over years, where I lived and worked in this professional field I learned to resonate with this medical context and their questions and gave my presence, believes and competencies as a music therapy clinician and qualitative researcher.
As "ground breakers" Jörg Frommer, the psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, and I were successful in getting support within this field, developed our research, and started an international collaboration together with Kenneth Aigen from the US organizing international symposia ( Langenberg, Frommer, Tress 1992, 1995, Langenberg, Aigen, Frommer 1996 ).
The year 2004 represents the ten-year anniversary of the first meeting in 1994 of qualitative music therapy researchers in Düsseldorf. Qualitative Method was emerging at that time as an important means by which music therapy researchers could broaden their skills of investigation and knowledge building. The Düsseldorf meeting provided an opportunity for the leaders in this field to consolidate their knowledge through sharing ideas and working together on the book which was later published (Langenberg, M., Aigen, K., Frommer, J. (Eds.) "Qualitative Music Therapy Research - Beginning Dialogues", Barcelona Publishers, Gilsum 1996).
Since that time, qualitative research methods have gained acceptance world wide as legitimate and relevant methods by which to investigate music therapy processes. During the past decade, qualitative research in music therapy has been conducted in many countries including Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Great Britain and the United States of America. An increase in the number of published studies and doctoral theses in music therapy that have used qualitative method is able to be observed. Evaluation criteria have also been published, contributing significantly to the rigour required in this research work.
The forthcoming symposium will build significantly on the scientific work of the previous meetings. Issues foundational to the continued development and refinement of qualitative methods and their application in the scientific work of the music therapy community worldwide will be examined.
Arts-Based Research
This group will focus on the role of the arts in doing qualitative research in music therapy. We will try out, experience and discuss various issues related to arts based forms, approaches and techniques used as research methods in music therapy for collecting, describing and analysing data as well as vehicles for presenting research results. The arts forms include music, movement, story telling, poetry, art, play, etc.
Qualitative Methodology in Context
This group will focus on issues surrounding the use of qualitative methodology in music therapy research. Direction and focus of discussions will be determined by the interests and concerns of the group members. The roots of research philosophy that provide the basis for the choice of methodology for music therapy research will be examined. Areas of carryover among methodologies will be examined. Reasons for selecting one methodology over another will be discussed. A variety of means of exploring the issues may be utilized.
Music and Culture
The Music and Culture group will focus on music and music making within the construct of "culture". This group will consider any and all questions that relate to the various social contexts in which music is engaged and examine how they relate to theory and qualitative research in music therapy. For many years, a majority of music therapy researchers have been attached to research practices characteristic of psychology and medicine. The Music and Culture group will discuss the value of philosophical and methodological ideas from fields such as anthropology, ethnomusicology, religious studies, and cultural studies.
Musical Analysis in Qualitative Research
The Musical Analysis in Qualitative Research Group will consider the role of music, specifically, in the therapeutic process in music therapy. Members will focus on how we analyze the musical elements of music therapy processes in our qualitative research projects, and how we represent the meanings of these analyses in an effort to elaborate our understanding of music therapy with diverse patient and client populations.
The IMB, Internationales Musiktherapie Institut Berlin, a new founded institute of the Universität der Künste Berlin is now the host of the "5th International Symposium for Qualitative Music Therapy Research"
The symposium will take place April 21 - 25, 2004 as closed conference in the manor house of the University of the Arts in Sauen, Mark Brandenburg. The results of the four main issues will be presented on:
Monday, April 26th, 2004
2.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. Results of the Symposium
6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. Opening the summer semester 2004, Faculty of Music
-Welcome of the Dean, Prof.Dr.Patrick Dinslage
-History and Issues of the International Symposia, Prof.Dr.Mechtild Jahn-Langenberg
Presentations:
Kenneth Aigen, DA: Qualitative Music Therapy Research from Consolidation to Differentiation
Carolyn Kenny, PhD: Music Therapy Research: The Cultural Connections
Universität der Künste Berlin
Location: Fasanenstrasse 1b, Fakultät Musik, Kammersaal
Participants:
Aasgaard, Trygve - Olso, Norway
Aigen, Kenneth - New York, USA
Amir, Dorit - Tel Aviv, Israel
Ansdell, Gary - London, UK
Austin, Diane - New York, USA
Edwards, Jane - Limerick, Ireland
Forinash, Michele - Cambridge, USA
Frommer, Jörg - Magdeburg, Germany
Grocke, Denise - Melbourne, Australia
Hoffmann, Peter - Witten, Germany
Jahn-Langenberg, Mechtild - Berlin, Germany
Kenny, Carolyn - Santa Barbara, USA
Koch-Temming, Hedwig - Berlin, Germany
Kondo, Satomi - Hokkaido, Japan
Lee, Colin - Waterloo, Canada
Procter, Simon - London, UK
Robarts, J.Z. - London, UK
Rolvsjord, Randi - Sandane, Norway
Smeijsters, Henk - Sittard, The Netherlands
Turry, Alan - New York, USA
Tüpker, Rosemarie - Münster, Germany
Weymann, Eckard - Hamburg, Germany
Wheeler, Barbara - Louisville, USA
We invite all music therapists and researchers who are interested in qualitative research to participate in this international dialogue process.
References:
Langenberg, M., Frommer, J., Tress, W. ( 1992 ) : Qualitative Methodik zur Beschreibung und Interpretation musiktherapeutischer Behandlungswerke. Musiktherapeutische Umschau, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp..258 - 278.
Langenberg, M., Frommer, J., Tress, W. ( 1995 ) From Isolation To Bonding: A Music Therapy Case Study Of a Patient with Chronic Migraines. The Arts in Psychotherapy, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 87 - 101.
Langenberg, M., Aigen, K., Frommer, J., Eds. ( 1996 ) Qualitative Music Therapy Research - Beginning Dialogues, Barcelona Publishers, Gilsum.
h3>Universes of Discourse in Qualitative Music Therapy Research
Resonance - Enjoying the Diversity
The reason to answer Michele Forinash and Kristen M. Chase at this time after thinking about their ideas during the last months is the upcoming "5th International Symposium for Qualitative Music Therapy Research" in Berlin / Sauen, April 2004.
I am familiar with the dilemma as a qualitative researcher to implement music therapy research into the context of for example psychotherapy research at the University of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy in Düsseldorf.
In a process over years, where I lived and worked in this professional field I learned to resonate with this medical context and their questions and gave my presence, believes and competencies as a music therapy clinician and qualitative researcher.
As "ground breakers" Jörg Frommer, the psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, and I were successful in getting support within this field, developed our research, and started an international collaboration together with Kenneth Aigen from the US organizing international symposia ( Langenberg, Frommer, Tress 1992, 1995, Langenberg, Aigen, Frommer 1996 ).
The year 2004 represents the ten-year anniversary of the first meeting in 1994 of qualitative music therapy researchers in Düsseldorf. Qualitative Method was emerging at that time as an important means by which music therapy researchers could broaden their skills of investigation and knowledge building. The Düsseldorf meeting provided an opportunity for the leaders in this field to consolidate their knowledge through sharing ideas and working together on the book which was later published (Langenberg, M., Aigen, K., Frommer, J. (Eds.) "Qualitative Music Therapy Research - Beginning Dialogues", Barcelona Publishers, Gilsum 1996).
Since that time, qualitative research methods have gained acceptance world wide as legitimate and relevant methods by which to investigate music therapy processes. During the past decade, qualitative research in music therapy has been conducted in many countries including Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Great Britain and the United States of America. An increase in the number of published studies and doctoral theses in music therapy that have used qualitative method is able to be observed. Evaluation criteria have also been published, contributing significantly to the rigour required in this research work.
The forthcoming symposium will build significantly on the scientific work of the previous meetings. Issues foundational to the continued development and refinement of qualitative methods and their application in the scientific work of the music therapy community worldwide will be examined.
Arts-Based Research
This group will focus on the role of the arts in doing qualitative research in music therapy. We will try out, experience and discuss various issues related to arts based forms, approaches and techniques used as research methods in music therapy for collecting, describing and analysing data as well as vehicles for presenting research results. The arts forms include music, movement, story telling, poetry, art, play, etc.
Qualitative Methodology in Context
This group will focus on issues surrounding the use of qualitative methodology in music therapy research. Direction and focus of discussions will be determined by the interests and concerns of the group members. The roots of research philosophy that provide the basis for the choice of methodology for music therapy research will be examined. Areas of carryover among methodologies will be examined. Reasons for selecting one methodology over another will be discussed. A variety of means of exploring the issues may be utilized.
Music and Culture
The Music and Culture group will focus on music and music making within the construct of "culture". This group will consider any and all questions that relate to the various social contexts in which music is engaged and examine how they relate to theory and qualitative research in music therapy. For many years, a majority of music therapy researchers have been attached to research practices characteristic of psychology and medicine. The Music and Culture group will discuss the value of philosophical and methodological ideas from fields such as anthropology, ethnomusicology, religious studies, and cultural studies.
Musical Analysis in Qualitative Research
The Musical Analysis in Qualitative Research Group will consider the role of music, specifically, in the therapeutic process in music therapy. Members will focus on how we analyze the musical elements of music therapy processes in our qualitative research projects, and how we represent the meanings of these analyses in an effort to elaborate our understanding of music therapy with diverse patient and client populations.
The IMB, Internationales Musiktherapie Institut Berlin, a new founded institute of the Universität der Künste Berlin is now the host of the "5th International Symposium for Qualitative Music Therapy Research"
The symposium will take place April 21 - 25, 2004 as closed conference in the manor house of the University of the Arts in Sauen, Mark Brandenburg. The results of the four main issues will be presented on:
Monday, April 26th, 2004
2.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. Results of the Symposium
6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. Opening the summer semester 2004, Faculty of Music
-Welcome of the Dean, Prof.Dr.Patrick Dinslage
-History and Issues of the International Symposia, Prof.Dr.Mechtild Jahn-Langenberg
Presentations:
Kenneth Aigen, DA: Qualitative Music Therapy Research from Consolidation to Differentiation
Carolyn Kenny, PhD: Music Therapy Research: The Cultural Connections
Universität der Künste Berlin
Location: Fasanenstrasse 1b, Fakultät Musik, Kammersaal
Participants:
Aasgaard, Trygve - Olso, Norway
Aigen, Kenneth - New York, USA
Amir, Dorit - Tel Aviv, Israel
Ansdell, Gary - London, UK
Austin, Diane - New York, USA
Edwards, Jane - Limerick, Ireland
Forinash, Michele - Cambridge, USA
Frommer, Jörg - Magdeburg, Germany
Grocke, Denise - Melbourne, Australia
Hoffmann, Peter - Witten, Germany
Jahn-Langenberg, Mechtild - Berlin, Germany
Kenny, Carolyn - Santa Barbara, USA
Koch-Temming, Hedwig - Berlin, Germany
Kondo, Satomi - Hokkaido, Japan
Lee, Colin - Waterloo, Canada
Procter, Simon - London, UK
Robarts, J.Z. - London, UK
Rolvsjord, Randi - Sandane, Norway
Smeijsters, Henk - Sittard, The Netherlands
Turry, Alan - New York, USA
Tüpker, Rosemarie - Münster, Germany
Weymann, Eckard - Hamburg, Germany
Wheeler, Barbara - Louisville, USA
We invite all music therapists and researchers who are interested in qualitative research to participate in this international dialogue process.
References:
Langenberg, M., Frommer, J., Tress, W. ( 1992 ) : Qualitative Methodik zur Beschreibung und Interpretation musiktherapeutischer Behandlungswerke. Musiktherapeutische Umschau, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp..258 - 278.
Langenberg, M., Frommer, J., Tress, W. ( 1995 ) From Isolation To Bonding: A Music Therapy Case Study Of a Patient with Chronic Migraines. The Arts in Psychotherapy, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 87 - 101.
Langenberg, M., Aigen, K., Frommer, J., Eds. ( 1996 ) Qualitative Music Therapy Research - Beginning Dialogues, Barcelona Publishers, Gilsum.