Music Therapy and Medical Ethnomusicology: Distinctive and Connected

Autori

  • Jane Edwards Associate Professor of Mental Health, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
  • Oonagh MacMahon Children's Ark School, University Hospital Limerick, Ireland.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v15i3.821

Parole chiave:

music therapy, trauma informed practice, evidence based medicine

Abstract

Abstract
A music therapist and an ethnomusicologist who is also qualified as a music therapist explore some of the ways in which music therapy and medical ethnomusicology might engage a dialogue that is helpful to expanding thinking and practice in both fields. We begin by describing music therapy and outlining some core concepts of therapeutic work. We then discuss ethnomusicology and reflect on the ways in which music therapy and ethnomusicology may complement one another in the field of medical ethnomusicology. We consider how an exploration of concepts informing cultural safety might be enacted in healthcare through the use of music and whether this might serve as a useful joint future enterprise between music therapists and medical ethnomusicologists. Finally we explain why we encourage medical ethnomusicologists to cease attempts to become applied therapeutic practitioners without further therapy skills training.

 

Biografie autore

Jane Edwards, Associate Professor of Mental Health, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.

Jane is course director for the Master of Child Play Therapy at Deakin University. She was formerly head of training in music therapy at The University of Queensland (1993-200) and at the University of Limerick (2000-2014) where she was director of the Music & Health Research Group. She is the inaugural President of the International Association for Music & Medicine.

Oonagh MacMahon, Children's Ark School, University Hospital Limerick, Ireland.

Oonagh is a graduate of the Masters of Music Therapy at the University of Limerick. Her undergraduate music degree in ethnomusicology was attained from University College Cork.

Pubblicato

2015-11-09

Come citare

Edwards, J., & MacMahon, O. (2015). Music Therapy and Medical Ethnomusicology: Distinctive and Connected. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 15(3). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v15i3.821

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Invited Submission - Special Issue