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Telling your story, together : musical collaboration as a resource for intellectually disabled persons who communicate without speech to express a self-determined narrative in music therapy
Mini-Dissertation (MMus (Music Therapy))--University of Pretoria, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/94925 Telling your story, together : musical collaboration as a resource for intellectually disabled persons who communicate without speech to express a self-determined narrative in music therapy Lotter, Carol Barbara inboxmraven@gmail.com Raven, Michael Robert UCTD Music therapy Clinical improvisation Narrative Non-verbal narrative Collaborative music Musical dialogue Intellectually disabled persons SDG-03: Good health and well-being Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SDG-03: Good health and well-being Humanities theses SDG-03 Mini-Dissertation (MMus (Music Therapy))--University of Pretoria, 2023. This study explores the ways music therapy, and in particular, collaborative music making allows the expression and configuration of non-verbal narratives. It presents three cases of music therapy with intellectually disabled persons who communicate primarily without speech. Each case is presented individually. In total, 21 sessions of music therapy were analysed. Reflexive Thematic Analysis and Arts Based Methodology were used to generate main themes for discussion. Across the full dataset, 13 main themes were identified, organised collectively into five overarching themes. 1) Embodied Themes featured: a) Embodied Communication; b) Navigating Interpersonal Dynamics and Expectations Without Words; and c) Unspoken Understanding and Connection: Conveying With The Body. 2) Identity Themes included: a) Defining Characters; b) Navigating Interpersonal Dynamics and Expectations in the Music; and c) Making Contact and Meeting in the Music. 3) Presence Themes were: a) Presence Invites Presence; b) Supporting Authentic Expression; and c) Listening and Leaving Space. 4) Dialogue Themes were: a) Musical Dialogue; b) Making Meaning Through Interaction; and c)Channels of Dialogue - Establishing and Configuring Narrative. 5) Mystery Themes included a single main theme: a)The Unknown as a Path to New Stories. The findings point to the immense value of clinical improvisation in fostering musical dialogue and establishing shared meaning where words are not accessible. Relevant musical and interpersonal tools used in this endeavour, as well as emergent narrative structures, are explored. This study also highlights key factors that promoted the development of the therapeutic relationships, namely: reciprocity, respect and a radical openness to non linguistic modes of connection. Non-verbal narratives seem to operate differently to verbal ones, and so effective dialogue calls for a relationally focused way of being present that fosters acceptance and collaboration. Music MMus (Music Therapy) Restricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-03: Good health and well-being 2024-02-26T08:08:03Z 2024-02-26T08:08:03Z 2024-04 2023-11 Mini Dissertation * A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94925 10.25403/UPresearchdata.25285927 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Music therapy Clinical improvisation Narrative Non-verbal narrative Collaborative music Musical dialogue Intellectually disabled persons SDG-03: Good health and well-being Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SDG-03: Good health and well-being Humanities theses SDG-03 Telling your story, together : musical collaboration as a resource for intellectually disabled persons who communicate without speech to express a self-determined narrative in music therapy |
| title | Telling your story, together : musical collaboration as a resource for intellectually disabled persons who communicate without speech to express a self-determined narrative in music therapy |
| title_full | Telling your story, together : musical collaboration as a resource for intellectually disabled persons who communicate without speech to express a self-determined narrative in music therapy |
| title_fullStr | Telling your story, together : musical collaboration as a resource for intellectually disabled persons who communicate without speech to express a self-determined narrative in music therapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Telling your story, together : musical collaboration as a resource for intellectually disabled persons who communicate without speech to express a self-determined narrative in music therapy |
| title_short | Telling your story, together : musical collaboration as a resource for intellectually disabled persons who communicate without speech to express a self-determined narrative in music therapy |
| title_sort | telling your story together musical collaboration as a resource for intellectually disabled persons who communicate without speech to express a self determined narrative in music therapy |
| topic | UCTD Music therapy Clinical improvisation Narrative Non-verbal narrative Collaborative music Musical dialogue Intellectually disabled persons SDG-03: Good health and well-being Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SDG-03: Good health and well-being Humanities theses SDG-03 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94925 |