Qualitative Studies (Apr 2018)

Collaborative resonant writing and musical improvisation to explore the concept of resonance

  • Charlotte Lindvang,
  • Inge Nygaard Pedersen,
  • Lars Ole Bondo,
  • Stine Lindahl Jacobsen,
  • Hanne Mette Ridder,
  • Bolette Daniels Beck,
  • Gustavo Gattino,
  • Niels Hannibal,
  • Ulla Holck,
  • Jens Anderson-Ingstrup

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7146/qs.v5i1.105455
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 4 – 4

Abstract

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Resonance is often used to characterize relationships, but it is a complex concept that explains quite different physical, physiological and psychological processes. With the aim of gaining deeper insight into the concept of resonance, a group of ten music therapy researchers, all colleagues, embarked on a joint journey of exploration. This included an aim of letting the internal learning process be disseminated in a way that could give others insight, not only from the findings, but also from the process. Findings include a dual understanding of resonance as (1) a visible and ordered phenomenon consisting of physical vibrations and acoustic sounding that offers a clear logic, and (2) a metaphorical conceptualization used to describe and understand complex psychological processes of human relationships. The process of collaborative writing led to the discovery or development of a ninestep procedure including different collaborative resonant writing procedures and musical improvisation, as well as of a series of metaphors to explain therapeutic interaction, resonant learning and ways of resonant exploration.

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