Balance Between the Worlds: A Conversation with Dr. Richard Vedan

Autores

  • Carolyn B Kenny Indigenous Education Institute of Canada, University of British Columbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v15i3.826

Palavras-chave:

indigenous healing, social work, living between two worlds

Resumo

In this article, Dr. Richard Vedan, a Secwepmec, lodge keeper, and medical social worker converses with Dr. Carolyn Kenny about critical elements of medical ethnomusicology as seen and experienced through an Indigenous context.  Dilemmas of individualism versus collectivism and isolation versus connectivity underlie the entire conversation.  Relevant themes in the traditional use of music in Indigenous healing are discussed.

 

Biografia do Autor

Carolyn B Kenny, Indigenous Education Institute of Canada, University of British Columbia

Dr. Kenny is a Professor Emerita from Antioch University and currently serves as a Visiting Scholar in the Indigenous Education Institute of Canada at the University of British Columbia.  She is a founding co-editor of Voices:  A World Forum for Music Therapy (with Brynjulf Stige) and has published and presented Internationally in both Music Therapy and Indigenous Studies.  She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Publicado

2015-11-09

Como Citar

Kenny, C. B. (2015). Balance Between the Worlds: A Conversation with Dr. Richard Vedan. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 15(3). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v15i3.826

Edição

v. 15 n. 3 (2015): Special Issue on Medical Ethnomusicology and Music Therapy

Seção

Invited Submission - Special Issue

Licença

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