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dc.contributor.authorHøffding, Simon
dc.contributor.authorSnekkestad, Torben
dc.contributor.authorStige, Brynjulf
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-02T07:18:46Z
dc.date.available2024-08-02T07:18:46Z
dc.date.created2023-11-23T13:06:13Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.issn0809-8131
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3144172
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Music therapy research has traditionally been somewhat fragmented into different research traditions. This paper argues that the burgeoning field of enactivism could provide important theoretical integration to music therapy research and practice. Stressing the interdependence of mind, brain, body, and environment, enactivism has provided theoretical integration in several fields, not least music cognition and psychiatry. This paper is the first focused theoretical contribution that applies relevant enactivist theory to music therapy. Methods: After a reflection on theoretical developments in music therapy, we provide a general introduction to enactivism and its multiple origins in human and biological sciences and present its existing contributions to understanding mental illness and musicking. We also make a specific contribution, through discussion of an example of free music improvisation. Results: Providing an enactive analysis of the sense of agency in this practice, we argue that music improvisation, especially in therapy, might work particularly well for people with severe mental illness because improvisation strengthens and flexes the disturbed sense of agency that often characterizes such mental health challenges. Discussion: Finally, we discuss strengths and weaknesses of the proposed framework and suggest future potential studies to better evaluate the potential contribution of enactivism to the research and practice of music therapy.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleEnactivist music therapy: Toward theoretical innovation and integrationen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
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cristin.fulltextoriginal
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dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08098131.2023.2268707
dc.identifier.cristin2201020
dc.source.journalNordic journal of music therapyen_US
dc.source.pagenumber208-225en_US
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 262762en_US
dc.identifier.citationNordic journal of music therapy. 2024, 33 (3), 208-225.en_US
dc.source.volume33en_US
dc.source.issue3en_US


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