Music in Arts-Based Research and Depth Psychology: Listening for Shadow as Inclusive Inquiry (Explorations in Mental Health)

This book addresses an existing gap in academic arts-based research, whereby, rather than exploring music as an effective therapeutic intervention, it is explored as the central medium or tool of inquiry.Integrating heuristic, hermeneutic, and arts-based grounded theory methodologies, the book conceptualizes and describes the practice of Sonic Stretching as an in-depth example of using sound as an effective and systematic research tool. Stemming from evidence-based insights, the book explores and explains ways in which music and sound can be utilized in arts-based research (ABR) in all disciplines, as opposed to only being used among professional musicians and those operating within music studies. It points to some of the obstacles that have previously prevented this from happening more broadly and, in doing so, aims to help bridge the conspicuous gap in ABR studies, where music and sonic imagination should be.Offering a clear and well-presented example for integrating music and sound into processes of depth psychological inquiry and addressing the impact of colonialization upon embodied knowledge in music and academic research, it will appeal to scholars and researchers working at the intersection of psychology, music studies, education, social justice, and research methods. Cover Endorsement Page Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgments Section I: Introduction and Theory Chapter 1: Aims of the Book: Making Room for Music and Sound in Inquiry 1.1 Introduction to Central Arguments of the Book 1.2 Relevant Personal and Professional Contexts Notes References Chapter 2: Key Terms and Contexts in Music, Sound, and Inquiry 2.1 The Basics of Sound 2.2 Sonic Imagination 2.2.1 Symbols and Archetypes in Sound 2.2.2 Imaginal One-sightedness 2.3 Matters of Tension in Sound: Dissonance, Tuning, and the Transcendent Function 2.3.1 Cognitive Dissonance 2.3.2 Tuning 2.4 Listening for Shadow: Translation and Inclusive Inquiry 2.4.1 Listening 2.4.2 Translation 2.4.3 Shadow 2.4.4 Shadow, Feeling, and Pain 2.4.5 Shadow, Symbol, and Soma 2.4.6 Depth Psychological Inquiry Notes References Chapter 3: Music and Sound in Inquiry: Current Uses and Obstacles 3.1 Music in Therapeutic Inquiry 3.1.1 Western Music Therapy 3.1.2 Expressive Arts Therapy and Vocal Therapy 3.1.3 Sound Healing 3.1.4 Jungian Music Therapy 3.2 Examples of Music in Arts-based Research 3.3 Ethnomusicology and Trance 3.3.1 Medical Ethnomusicology 3.3.2 Trance 3.4 Subversive Sounds Notes References Section II: Application and Practice: The Sonic Stretching Research Chapter 4: Research Approach and Integrative Methodology 4.1 Research Design and Approach 4.1.1 Philosophical Orientation and Interpretive Lenses 4.1.2 Romanyshyn’s Alchemical Hermeneutics 4.1.3 Miller and Lande’s Approach to Open Improvisation 4.2 Grounded Theory Methodology 4.2.1 Phase One: Pilot Study 4.2.2 Phase Two: Honing the Sonic Stretching Compositional Process and Inquiry Tool 4.2.2.1 Units of Measurement 4.2.3 Phase Three: Experimental MABR 4.2.3.1 Participant Sample 4.2.3.2 Procedures 4.2.3.3 Data Collection 4.2.3.4 Data Analysis Notes References Chapter 5: Heuristic Findings: Compositional Process as MABR Methodology 5.1 Starting Points for Composition and Codification 5.2 Holding the Tension of the Opposites as Compositional Method 5.2.1 Containment Versus Coddling in Process 5.2.1.1 Repetition as Coddling 5.2.1.2 Repetition as Containing 5.2.1.3 Body and Nature as Containing 5.3 Alchemical Hermeneutics and Music: Dream Image as Compositional Method Notes References Chapter 6: Findings from Listener Feedback: The Sonic Waters of Transformation 6.1 Conference Presentation Feedback and Emergent Themes 6.1.1 American Psychological Association Division 32 6.1.2 Jungian Society of Scholarly Studies (JSSS) 6.1.3 American Psychological Association Division 24 6.2 Expert Listener Feedback and Emergent Themes 6.2.1 Theme 1: Ungrounding and Regrounding 6.2.2 Theme 2: Containers for Form and Process 6.2.3 Theme 3: Subjective Contexts and the Projection of Imagery in Response to Sound Notes References Chapter 7: Conclusions, Ethical Considerations, and Evaluations of Rigor 7.1 Summary of Research Questions, Findings, and Conclusions 7.1.1 Conclusions 7.1.2 Questions for Further Study 7.2 Ethical Considerations 7.2.1 Contraindications 7.2.2 Heuristic Reflections on Ethics in MABR 7.3 Evaluations of Rigor in MABR 7.3.1 Traditional Qualitative Research Standards 7.3.2 Criteria for Rigor in Jungian Arts-Based Research 7.4 Concluding Statements Notes References Appendix A: Links/URLs Sonic Stretching Pieces, Round 1 (listed in order of date created) Sonic Stretching Round 2 Other Examples/Process Pieces Appendix B: Templates and Protocols Sonic Stretching Participant Informed Consent Form Index This book addresses an existing gap in academic arts-based research whereby, rather than exploring music as an effective therapeutic intervention, it is explored as the central medium or tool of inquiry. Integrating heuristic, hermeneutic and arts-based grounded theory methodologies, the book conceptualizes the practice of Sonic Stretching using research from case studies to offer in-depth examples of how sound can be used as an effective and systematic research tool. Stemming from evidence-based and empirical insights, the book explores and explains the ways in which music and sound can be utilized in arts-based research (ABR) in all disciplines, as opposed to only being used among professional musicians and those operating within music studies. It points to some of the obstacles that have previously prevented this from happening more broadly and in doing so, aims to help bridge the conspicuous gap in ABR studies where music and sonic imagination should be. Offering a clear and well-presented example for integrating music and sound into processes of in-depth psychological inquiry, and addressing the impact of colonialization upon embodied knowledge in music and academic research, it will appeal to scholars and researchers working at the intersection of psychology, music studies, education, social justice and research methods.