Music and Health Promotion - In the Life of Music Therapy and Music Psychology Researchers: A Pilot Study

Authors

  • Lars Ole Bonde Aalborg University, Denmark

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v14i1.740

Abstract

In August 2013, the Centre for Music and Health published its first anthology in English - ‘Musical Life Stories’. In the Anthology, 17 authors from 6 countries present their research on the influence of music in a lifelong health perspective. A unique feature of the book is a collection of “personal narratives” by the authors. 13 of the authors wrote a short, free-form narrative about the influence of music on their own identity and health from a life span perspective.

This article describes a thematic analysis of the 13 narratives. I investigated the question “Do these music therapy/music psychology researchers use music for their own health in different ways than lay people?” The themes identified are related to the international research literature on music and identity, as well as being considered in relation to the author’s study of health themes in the musical autobiographies of music therapy students at Aalborg University (DK). The analysis reveals that the researchers’ appreciation and appropriation of music’s affordances are basically the same as those reported by music therapy students and lay people.

Author Biography

Lars Ole Bonde, Aalborg University, Denmark

PhD, associate professor, Aalborg University Denmark, professor II, Center for Music and Health, The Norwegian Academy of Music music therapist, The Music Therapy Clinic, Aalborg Psychiatric Hospital GIM Fellow and Associate Trainer

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Published

2014-01-18

How to Cite

Bonde, L. O. (2014). Music and Health Promotion - In the Life of Music Therapy and Music Psychology Researchers: A Pilot Study. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v14i1.740

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Research Voices