Music and HIV/AIDS communities : perceptions, expectations, implications for music therapy

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University of Pretoria

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This dissertation is a qualitative interview study conducted with staff and residents at Sparrow Rainbow Village, an HIV/AIDS community. The purpose of this research was to explore the perception of the role of music held by members for their community, and specifically its role in creating a sense of community, as well as to investigate the implications these perceptions might have for setting up a community music therapy project. The interviews revealed a struggle with establishing a community identity that embraced health, as well as feeling isolated from the greater community. Music was seen as a means of bringing people together both within the community and serving to bridge the gap with the wider community and in so doing, empowering both communities simultaneously.

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Dissertation (MMus (Music Therapy))--University of Pretoria, 2008.

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Health, Identity, Circumstantial community, Stigma, Empowerment, Illness, Building bridges, Music-making, Creative music therapy, Hiv/aids, Community music therapy, Social self, Ubuntu, UCTD

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Ahmadi, M 2006, Music and HIV/AIDS communities : perceptions, expectations, implications for music therapy, MMus dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29617 >