Voices Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1.

Released March 1, 2008

Editorial

Carolyn Kenny & Brynjulf Stige

The Greatest Distance between People is not Space but Culture

Blackfoot scholar, Jamake Highwater (1981), described this "distance" in his work titled The primal mind: Vision and reality in Indian America. His work is a powerful explanation about why art is so important to our survival as human beings. He reminds us that art is often the last remnant surviving the coming and going of people and cultures and advocates the continuing appreciation of cultural artifacts as a way of keeping ourselves alive and well. Why?

Essay

Charles O. Aluede & Pastor M. A. Iyeh

Music and Dance Therapy in Nigeria: The Task before the Potential Nigerian Music Therapists in the Twenty First Century

This paper examines: definitions of music therapy, the concept of illness in the contemporary Nigerian society, and music therapy and its social relevance. While highlighting the emerging issues before the Nigerian music/dance therapists, this paper ends by making some suggestions aimed at enhancing the present level of practice in Nigeria.

Essay

Dong Min Kim :

Towards Musical Individuation

In Jungian theory, heavily influenced by Zen Buddhism, the developmental stages of human life are symbolized as a circle that represents the wholeness, and the open ended process towards the wholeness is called Individuation. ...

Essay

Simon Gilbertson:

The Silent Epidemic of Road Traffic Injury: What Can Music Therapists do About It?

Can music therapists do anything about road traffic injury and its effects? Road traffic crashes are responsible for up to 1.2 million deaths and up to 50 million injuries globally each year. One quarter of these injuries are traumatic brain injuries. In this paper, the literature related to music therapy and traumatic brain injury is reviewed.

Report:

Carolyn Ayson:

Child-Parent Wellbeing in a Paediatric Ward: The Role of Music Therapy in Supporting Children and Their Parents Facing the Challenge of Hospitalisation

This report, based on clinical practice on a children’s ward in New Zealand, examines the role of short-term music therapy in supporting children and their parents facing the difficulties of hospitalisation. It endeavours to explore three questions. How might music therapy support hospitalised children? How can it support parents of hospitalised children? Is it important/valuable for music therapists working in a paediatric ward to involve parent(s) in music therapy sessions?

Perspectives on Practice

Deborah Salmon:

Bridging Music and Psychoanalytic Therapy

The author draws upon theory, training and clinical experience in palliative care music therapy and verbal psychoanalytic therapy. Elements common to both music and psychoanalytic therapy are explored; the centrality of listening, the boundaries and fluidity of time, the importance of containment and expression of affect, the capacity to facilitate mourning, and the inherent creativity of each. Contributions and possible limitations of analytic music therapy are considered.

Statements about Interviews

Leslie Bunt & Barbra Wheeler:

Voices Welcomes Interviews

Voices welcomes interviews. Please consider interviewing someone whom you feel others would like to hear from – a well-known person, an interesting person, a person who does great work but is not known, etc.

Interview

Gustavo Gattino:

The Use of Music in Guarani Shamanistic Rituals: Deise Lucy Oliveira Montardo, interviewed by Gustavo Gattino

Music has a central position for this indigenous group. There is a link between music and health and music is an essential component in the healing processes within the Guarani shamanistic rituals. There are many Guarani concepts and perceptions about music, healing process and health that could be used in Music Therapy

International Archives

Kate Williams & Vicky Abad:

Reflections on Music Therapy with Indigenous Families: Cultural Learning put into Practice

This article describes the process of learning and development that occurred when the prevention and early intervention project, Sing & Grow, began to provide services to indigenous families. [...] Four main themes emerged in the work and will be addressed: trust and rapport; physical space; staff support; and cultural issues. It is hoped that the following discussion will be useful to clinicians working in cross-cultural and multi—cultural settings.