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How could Community Music Therapy be described and defined? What characteristics of human nature and late modern culture indicate the relevance of Community Music Therapy? What preliminary descriptors could be developed for Community Music Therapy practice? What are the implications for the discipline and profession of music therapy?

The study brings attention to the importance of online music communities as informal, holistic regulating agents for mental health conditions.

These are the questions addressed in this book, which uses reflective elaboration of practical examples and theoretical re sources — including insights from Culture-Centered Music Therapy Stige, — in the pursuit of a notion of Community Music Therapy. After the introduction of topic Chapter 1 and meta-methodological considerations Chapter 2 , a broad range of literature resources are examined as a foundation for the elaboration of a metatheoretical platform from which the history, importance, and significance of Community Music Therapy can be accounted for Chapters 3 to 5.

The case examples presented in Chapters 6 and 7 are analyzed from several interlocking perspectives, each time adding up to a further step in the overall theoretical project of the study. A Context-inclusive Model of Music Therapy Processes, which challenges conventional music therapy theories and practices, is developed in Chapter 8, before the final Chapters 9 and 10 synthesize the various perspectives and material taken in pursuit of provisional answers to the four research questions.

Ontogeny, Cultivated Capacities, and Perceived Affordances. Login Register. Qty Add to Cart. Table of Contents Foreword. Part I: Introduction.