Demonstrating Sustainability in the Practices of Music Therapists: Reflections from Bangladesh

Autori

  • Lucy Elizabeth Bolger Univeristy of Melbourne
  • Katrina Louise Skewes McFerran University of Melbourne

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v13i2.715

Parole chiave:

Sustainability, Empowerment, Collaboration, Community Music Therapy, International Development

Abstract

Sustainability is a concept that has been implied but not overtly discussed in the music therapy literature.  Nonetheless, the literature does describe projects that work towards self-supporting music projects and capacity building.  In this article, a music therapist's contribution to an international development project in rural Bangladesh is used to illustrate how music therapists can embed sustainability principles into their practice.  We propose that a commitment to sustainability involve time, collaboration and realistic expectations and that these are relevant throughout the planning and process of programs that work towards the achievement of independent music outcomes. It is our contention that principles of sustainability are essential to contemporary music therapists' practice and warrant further explicit discussion.

Biografie autore

Lucy Elizabeth Bolger, Univeristy of Melbourne

PhD Candidate, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne, Australia.

Katrina Louise Skewes McFerran, University of Melbourne

Associate Professor and Head of Music Therapy, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne, Australia.

Pubblicato

2013-06-04

Come citare

Bolger, L. E., & Skewes McFerran, K. L. (2013). Demonstrating Sustainability in the Practices of Music Therapists: Reflections from Bangladesh. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v13i2.715

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