Sorry It Has Taken So Long: Continuing Feminist Dialogues in Music Therapy

Forfattere

  • Sandra Curtis Concordia University (Montreal, Canada)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v13i1.688

Emneord (Nøkkelord):

feminist music therapy, gender and health, research collaboration

Sammendrag

The impact of feminism – along with its understanding of the complex interactions in our lives of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, ability, and age – arrived late in music therapy. This paper reviews what feminist impact exists, explores possible challenges faced, and identifies the most recent endeavors in the area including the first International Conference on Gender, Health, and the Creative Arts Therapies and a gathering of feminist music therapy researchers, both hosted in Montreal, Canada in 2012. These issues will be explored further in the forthcoming special issue of the Arts in Psychotherapy dedicated to Gender, Health, and the Creative Arts Therapies edited by Dr. Sandra Curtis, with contributions from many significant experts in the field.  Members of the music therapy community are encouraged to examine the meaning of feminism and gender in their own context and to join in the important dialogue on gender in music therapy which holds great potential to enrich our theory, practice, and research.

Forfatterbiografi

Sandra Curtis, Concordia University (Montreal, Canada)

Dr. Sandra Curtis is Professor of Music Therapy and Graduate Music Therapy Program Coordinator in the Creative Arts Therapies Department of Concordia University.  Dr. Curtis is an internationally-trained music therapist with over 20 years' experience in clinical practice, teaching, research, and multidisciplinary/multi-institutional collaborations. Her clinical experience includes music therapy work in gerontology and end-of-life care, as well as work with women and children survivors of violence. Her current research interests include Feminist Music Therapy and Community Music Therapy. Dr. Curtis currently serves as Vice-President Elect for the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA).  

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Publisert

2013-01-29

Hvordan referere

Curtis, S. (2013). Sorry It Has Taken So Long: Continuing Feminist Dialogues in Music Therapy. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v13i1.688

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