Adjusting the Pitch

An Ethnographic Exploration of Action Learning in an International Music Exchange Project

Autores/as

  • Deborah Parker Associazione Prima Materia, Montespertoli, Italy
  • Dario Gentili Associazione Prima Materia, Montespertoli, Italy
  • Henry Brown Associazione Prima Materia, Montespertoli, Italy
  • Alberto Balducci Associazione Prima Materia, Montespertoli, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v21i2.3075

Palabras clave:

community music, psycho-social support, music therapy, refugees, social change, action learning, resilience, international cooperation

Resumen

Ajustar el tono: una exploración etnográfica del aprendizaje activo en un proyecto de intercambio musical internacional

Resumen

El artículo traza el desarrollo de ocho años de “Música y resiliencia”, un proyecto de cooperación internacional entre una ONG palestina en el Líbano y una CBO italiana, con el objetivo de construir recursos musicales con y para las comunidades de refugiados del Líbano. Apoyado epistemológicamente por la etnografía, la sociología, la psicología y la pedagogía musical comunitaria, el artículo narra y analiza el desarrollo del proyecto como una respuesta multicapa, orgánicamente orientada al contexto geopolítico y social específico, en el que el seguimiento y la evaluación continuos informan los “ajustes” necesarios del “tono” del proyecto. Utilizando el paradigma del Aprendizaje Activo en el marco de la Teoría del Cambio Social, los autores aprovechan la experiencia y la investigación que ha estimulado “Música y Resiliencia” para identificar algunos “puntos cardinales” relevantes para la cooperación intercultural en general.

Biografía del autor/a

Deborah Parker, Associazione Prima Materia, Montespertoli, Italy

Deborah Parker (MA music therapy), coordinator of the music therapy action, is a cellist and music therapist with extensive artistic, clinical, teaching and research experience, who has published in the field of music therapy and presented at conferences internationally. She is an associate of Prima Materia, active both professionally and as a volunteer; her participation in “Music and Resilience” is in this latter capacity. 

Dario Gentili, Associazione Prima Materia, Montespertoli, Italy

Dario Gentili (MA Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology), is coordinator of the Community Music action, with research experience about the Palestinian question in the OPT and Lebanon. He is an associate of Prima Materia, active both professionally and as a volunteer; his participation in “Music and Resilience” is in this latter capacity. 

Henry Brown, Associazione Prima Materia, Montespertoli, Italy

Henry Brown (D.Phil Music), the project’s musical director, is a composer, pianist and conductor, who has developed a vast repertoire of arranged music for instrumental groups. He is an associate of Prima Materia, active both professionally and as a volunteer; his participation in “Music and Resilience” is in this latter capacity. 

Alberto Balducci, Associazione Prima Materia, Montespertoli, Italy

Alberto Balducci is a music therapist, coordinator of the Psycho-social Support action. He is an associate of Prima Materia, active both professionally and as a volunteer; his participation in “Music and Resilience” is in this latter capacity. 

Picture of the four authors Parker, Gentili, Brown and Balducci

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Publicado

2021-06-29

Cómo citar

Parker, D., Gentili, D., Brown, H., & Balducci, A. (2021). Adjusting the Pitch: An Ethnographic Exploration of Action Learning in an International Music Exchange Project. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v21i2.3075

Número

Vol. 21 Núm. 2 (2021)

Sección

Reflections on Practice

Licencia

Derechos de autor 2021 Deborah Parker, Dario Gentili, Henry Brown, Alberto Balducci

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