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‘THIS IS OUR MUSIC’
Meaningfulness in
collaborative music practices
with elderly people
Karolien Dons
ISME, Glasgow 25.7.2016
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What is it about collaborative music practices with elderly people that makes
them meaningful to participants?
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Being hereI put my arms around my life embracing it slowly I am painting a house I feel the autumn around me I sit with familiar facessome smiles some frowns Somebody's pouring tea into my cupand I can hear people singing “Don't forget to live” I put my arms around my life Slowly embracing it I can visit the past but I can't live inside it that's ok -I can be here right now.
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“The performance was very emotional. It is so recognizable. We know what the situation is, but [the musicians] go to such depth with the music. [They] touch all kinds of deeper levels.”
“[T]his is us; this is our music; this is the Odensehuis.”
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“I think it made [the process] easier. Because we thought it would be really not done, [but] they said: ‘o this is already really good. If it is getting even better then, wow, great job, but this is already so great.’ […] [F]or me, it was quite comforting that they already liked it so much and that we could be kind of proud of ourselves with what we’d already achieved.”
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“In this project […] we really know our audience. We know who they are, where they live, what they struggle with.”
“I also wanted to give them something by telling something about myself.”
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Meaningfulness“[I]ndividuals experience a state in which they find security, purpose, worthiness and/or importance through engagement in an activity of everyday life.” (Craig, 2007 referring to Kielhofner, 1997)
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Negotiating meaning
1. Music stands central;
2. Equality, mutuality, reciprocity;
3. Form of interaction is not fixed;
4. Meaningfulness lies in the contact.
Co-creation (Prahalad & Ramaswamy, 2004)
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