At the End of the World, I Am! Participatory Action Research

Cochavit Elefant, Rina Stadler

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Abstract

"At the End of the World, I Am!” is a Community Music Therapy musical, written by choir members, marginalized groups of people in Israel. The musical was written as a result of Participatory Action Research (PAR) which took place a few years earlier in collaboration between a music therapist, a researcher and members of two choirs, Renanim (people with severe physical disabilities) and Idud (people with Intellectual and developmental disabilities). At the time, PAR approach was born out of disagreements about yearly mutual performances between the choirs and a desire to change and improve a quest namely, ' to give voice' to Renanim choir. Renanim choir had fewer members than Idud and their voices had some limitations. Renanim choir had an agenda of social change and were not only concerned about being heard during performances.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)84-85
Number of pages2
JournalMusic Therapy Today
Volume10
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2014
EventProceedings: 14. World Congress of Music Therapy - Vienna/Krems, Austria
Duration: 7 Jul 201412 Jul 2014

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