"Mediating Music and Culture in Medical Rehabilitation Settings" by Niyati Dhokai
 

Mediating Music and Culture in Medical Rehabilitation Settings

Authors

Niyati Dhokai

Journal

Journal of Folklore Research, suppl. Music and Global Health

Year

2017

Abstract

In this article, I highlight ways in which ethnomusicology-centered skills can be adapted for educational, practice-based, and research-based cross-disciplinary settings where topics of music and health intersect, by focusing on recurring issues that I have encountered and negotiated as an ethnomusicologist and music educator. These issues include determining the role of the ethnomusicologist in collaborative settings and developing awareness of cross-disciplinary considerations. Through discussion of project design and methodology, I explain how I have negotiated post-injury and program-based needs through practical applications of ethnomusicology to facilitate community integration through music in a community-based rehabilitation program for individuals recovering from traumatic brain injury.

Music and Health Institute Terms

Traumatic Brain Injury

Indexed Terms

Rehabilitation; Brain damage; Alzheimer's disease; Collaboration; Traumatic brain injury; Medical research; Music education; Interdisciplinary aspects; Brain research; United States; Ethnography; Autism; Folklore; Collaborative approach; Community health care; Community-based treatment; Ethnomusicology; Iraq; Narrative techniques; Negotiation; Websites

Study Type

Editorial, Opinions, Position Papers

Document Type

Article

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