Mediating Music and Culture in Medical Rehabilitation Settings

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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