The development of music therapy is uneven across five of 11 southeast Asian (SEA) countries where there are professional organizations or university training programs. There is little research about music therapists’ music and culture responsive (MCR) clinical practices in SEA. MCR is the awareness of culture and ability to musically engage with others as cultural beings. The aim of this study was therefore to better understand how SEA music therapists’ cultural understanding informs their professional perspectives and clinical approaches. Seven themes emerged, namely Respectful acceptance, Adaptation and Asian contextualization, Shared commonalities in diversity, Ways of being, Music in the culture of health, Music therapy within the culture of Science, and (Lack of) Awareness. The Delphi (electronic) technique was used to gain the consensus of experts as to current rankings and future projections about the relevance of cultural music therapy understanding. The top ranked MCR topics and skillsets which were relevant for a music therapy curriculum for the 21st century southeast Asian student included Supportive resources and related skills (33%), Population specific knowledge (22%) and Clinical Music Skills, MT approaches (11%), Professional issues (11%), and Repertoire (11%). This information serves as a baseline snapshot of the music therapy profession in SEA and may be potentially useful in planning professional music therapy education, training, and supervision. More importantly, it sets the context for dialogue about cultural music therapy practices in SEA and highlights the need to amplify the collective southeast Asian voice globally. / Music Therapy
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TEMPLE/oai:scholarshare.temple.edu:20.500.12613/10237 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Kwan, Melanie S, 0000-0001-6179-4746 |
| Contributors | Brooks, Darlene M., Shoemark, Helen, Magee, Wendy, Flanagan, Edward |
| Publisher | Temple University. Libraries |
| Source Sets | Temple University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 281 pages |
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| Relation | http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/10199, Theses and Dissertations |
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