Gender Affirming Voicework: An Introduction for Music Therapy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v19i3.2661Parole chiave:
voicework, gender affirming, transgender, nonbinary, queer, autoethnography, music therapy, embodiment, gender, queer theoryAbstract
Il gender che afferma il voicework: un'introduzione alla musicoterapia
Informato da esperienze personali, la mia ricerca auto-etnografica queer* e la letteratura nel campo della patologia del linguaggio, la pedagogia vocale e la musicoterapia, offro un'introduzione all’affermazione gender del Voicework in musicoterapia, formazione che potrebbe comportare varie domande e temi per ulteriori approfondimenti. Come nuovo metodo olistico basato su una struttura teorica queer, immagino che questo lavoro sia uno spazio terapeutico incentrato sull'accesso e l'incarnazione dell’affermazione di espressioni gender, lavorando con le intersezioni tra voce fisica, voce psicologica e del corpo, man mano che ognuna di esse diventa rilevante per un individuo. Questo lavoro prevede l'uso di esperienze di canto, improvvisazione vocale, intonazione, tonificazione, movimento, immagini e rilassamento, al fine di affrontare aree di funzione vocale e di identità/emozione. Lo stigma e il trauma possono venire dal vivere in questo mondo incredibilmente binario e di genere. Come tale, l’affermazione gender nel voicework enfatizza radicalmente e in modo queer l'ascolto delle nostre espressioni vocali, psicologiche e corporee, nonché il modo in cui queste fluiscono da momento a momento. Questo succede nel tentativo di parlare, cantare, muoversi e vivere nel modo più affermativo e autentico che possiamo.
* Socialmente eccentrico rispetto alle definizioni di normalità codificate dalla cultura dominante, anche in riferimento all’orientamento sessuale e all’identità di genere.
Traduzione di Claudio Cominardi
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