Research Group Lifelong Learning in Music
“The Place of Music(king)”
I think there is no such thing as soft research but if there is I am not interested
What people do with music 2: e.g. persons Audience members Band members Celebrities Children Colleagues Conductor Connoisseurs Customers Extended family members Family Friends and acquaintances Generation members Grandchildren Maid Manager-producer Musicians Parents Partner Peers Pupils Scene members Siblings Teacher
What music does for people 1 1. Confirmation of ‘self’
What music does for people 2 2. Connection of ‘self’ to ‘not-self’
What music does for people 3 3. Regulation of ‘self’ and others
Methodologies
- Everyday life - Ethnography
- Observations
- Interviews (open/narrative) - Documents and artifacts
- ‘Conversation pieces’ (biographies, collections, spaces…) - Reflexivity – the reflective presence of the researcher, the
co-construction of realities - [‘Action’]
Presentations
- Write - Talk - Paint
- Sing and play - Et cetera
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