COMMUNITY MUSIC THERAPY
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This volume examines an emerging model of music therapy that is becoming known as Community Music Therapy (CoMT). Emphasizing music therapy's cultural context, CoMT aims to promote social justice by empowering its participants. Here, 14 contributions from international practitioners of CoMT describe some of the innovative methods they use in both conventional and unconventional settings. The editors are affiliated with the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Center in London. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Foreword : reclaiming music11Introduction : 'the ripple effect'15Pt. INew name, old game?Ch. 1Learning from Thembalethu : towards responsive and responsible practice in community music therapy35Ch. 2From therapy to community : making music in neurological rehabilitation48Pt. IIWhat has theory got to do with it?Ch. 3Rethinking music and community : theoretical perspectives in support of community music therapy65Ch. 4Community music therapy : culture, care and welfare91Ch. 5What can the social psychology of music offer community music therapy?114Pt. IIIIs community music therapy a challenge to the consensus model?Ch. 6Whatever next? Community music therapy for the institution!131Ch. 7A pied piper among white coats and infusion pumps : community music therapy in a paediatric hospital setting147Pt. IVBut is it music therapy?Ch. 8A dream wedding : from community music to music therapy with a community167Ch. 9Conversations on creating community : performance as music therapy in New York City186Ch. 10Playing politics : community music therapy and the therapeutic redistribution of music capital for mental health214Pt. VWhat has culture got to do with it?Ch. 11Promoting integration and socio-cultural change : community music therapy with traumatised refugees in Berlin233Ch. 12Community music therapy and the challenge of multiculturalism249Pt. VIWhat has context got to do with it?Ch. 13Music, space and health : the story of MusicSpace269Ch. 14Narratives in a new key : transformational contexts in music therapy281Afterword298Concluding remark304
