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Blind and partially-sighted musicians' lives: Insights into musical practices, participation and trajectories

盲人和弱视音乐家的生活：对音乐实践、参与和轨迹的洞察

基本信息

批准号：
AH/K003291/1
负责人：
David Christopher Baker
金额：
$ 23.28万
依托单位：
University College London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FK003291%2F1
关键词：
Blind partially sighted musicians lives

项目摘要

The project will investigate the experiences and life trajectories of amateur and professional blind and visually-impaired (BVI) adult musicians. Our objectives are to understand the acceptance or marginalisation of BVI musicians within professional, amateur and educational musical communities; their involvement with different musical styles, instruments, practices and roles; opportunities and barriers they perceive in relation to personal development and participation throughout the life-course, along with their adaptive strategies; and their learning practices, both when they were children and into adult life, including how, for example, a blind professional musician prepares for a concert. Findings from our pilot study have indicated that BVI musicians tend to feel, on one hand, excluded and discriminated against; and on the other, highly respected amongst musicians generally for their abilities. Overall, there is a pressing need to develop and share information and increase understanding. The findings will be relevant for many parts of the musical community, including employers such as orchestras, educational providers including conservatoires and schools, music therapy organisations, community music groups, and others.Our investigation will begin with a questionnaire survey extended to 700 musicians who are currently registered with the RNIB (Royal National Institute for Blind People) as being BVI musicians. The survey will explore the demographics of musical participation (e.g. age, gender, instrument choice, reasons for starting or stopping musical participation, musical idiom, training background, and so forth). A purposive sample of approximately 40 of the adult participants will then be invited to contribute detailed life history interviews. The interviewees will represent a range of genres and instrumental disciplines, with a mix of professional and amateur performers, composers and teachers. They will be of various ages and sight-loss backgrounds. The study will look at their musical pathways from childhood to adulthood, their life-course issues, their musical practices, perceived barriers, and successful adaptations to musical participation. There will be two half-day seminars held at the Institute of Education, University of London to allow respondents to network, reflect on preliminary findings and offer feedback, and feedback will also be sought throughout the fieldwork process. Our pilot interviewees highlighted the need to belong to a community of music practitioners who share a disability, since this augurs for gaining information necessary for musical development. A website will be created that is accessible both to sighted and BVI visitors. It will be search-engine optimised and linked to the RNIB site and other prominent music industry sites; and the aforementioned survey will be linked to this site. The website will assist in recruiting participants and sharing information about the reflective seminars, our main conference event and findings. There will also be a blog to which the research participants can contribute, thus assisting in building a national network of BVI musicians. These blog reflections will become part of the analysis with respondents' permission. Finally, the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) have agreed to invite the PI, CI and RNIB colleagues to present findings within the LRAM diploma and Open Academy programmes; from this platform, outreach days will be formed that engage music undergraduates in powerful, life-enhancing practical experiences with BVI adult musicians and children.

该项目将调查业余和专业盲人和视障(BVI)成年音乐家的经历和生活轨迹。我们的目标是了解英属维尔京群岛音乐家在专业、业余和教育音乐界中的接受或被边缘化；他们参与不同的音乐风格、乐器、实践和角色；他们认为与个人发展和参与有关的机会和障碍，以及他们的适应策略；以及他们在儿童时期和成年后的学习实践，包括例如，盲人专业音乐家如何为音乐会做准备。我们的初步研究结果表明，英属维尔京群岛的音乐家一方面倾向于感到被排斥和歧视；另一方面，他们的能力在音乐家中普遍受到高度尊重。总体而言，迫切需要发展和分享信息并增进了解。这一发现将与音乐界的许多方面相关，包括乐团等雇主、音乐学院和学校等教育机构、音乐治疗组织、社区音乐团体等。我们的调查将首先对700名目前在皇家国家盲人学院注册为英属维尔京群岛音乐家的音乐家进行问卷调查。调查将探讨参与音乐活动的人口统计资料(例如年龄、性别、乐器选择、开始或停止参与音乐活动的原因、音乐成语、训练背景等)。然后，将邀请大约40名成年参与者进行有目的的样本，进行详细的生活史访谈。受访者将代表一系列流派和器乐学科，包括专业和业余表演者、作曲家和教师。他们的年龄和失明背景各不相同。这项研究将考察他们从童年到成年的音乐道路，他们的人生历程问题，他们的音乐实践，感知到的障碍，以及对音乐参与的成功适应。将在伦敦大学教育研究所举办两个半天的研讨会，让受访者建立网络，反思初步调查结果并提供反馈，并将在整个实地工作过程中征求反馈意见。我们的试点受访者强调了属于残疾音乐从业者社区的必要性，因为这预示着获得音乐发展所需的信息。将创建一个网站，对有视力和英属维尔京群岛游客都可以访问。它将优化搜索引擎，并链接到RNIB网站和其他著名的音乐行业网站；前面提到的调查将链接到这个网站。该网站将帮助招募参与者，并分享有关反思研讨会、我们的主要会议活动和调查结果的信息。还将有一个博客，研究参与者可以对此做出贡献，从而帮助建立一个英属维尔京群岛音乐家的全国网络。如果受访者同意，这些博客反思将成为分析的一部分。最后，皇家音乐学院(RAM)同意邀请PI、CI和RNIB的同事在LRAM文凭和开放学院课程中展示调查结果；在这个平台上，将成立外展日，让音乐本科生与英属维尔京群岛的成人音乐家和儿童一起进行强大的、提高生活质量的实践体验。