The Cultural Value of the Natural Voice Approach to Group Singing

该项目旨在通过对实践者和参与者的经验进行全面的现象学理解来补充现有的对集体歌唱的健康影响的科学理解，从而增强对集体歌唱作为英国文化生活的一部分展示文化价值的复杂方式的认识。它将积极解决“将个人的经验重新置于文化价值观念的核心”的需要（Crossick和Kaszynska，2016年，第5页），并确保“歌唱团体的领导者沿着参与者的观点，以获得”实地“的投入（丁格尔等人，2019年，第10页），当涉及到研究组唱歌。更广泛地说，这个项目探索了像NVN这样的非正式的、可访问的和参与性的艺术实践的“草根”网络在帮助实现广大人群的创造能力方面所能做出的贡献，从而增强了对文化价值和文化民主的理解（Crossick和Kaszynska，2016年; Gross埃塔尔，2017; Neelands等人，2015年）。

The project seeks to complement existing scientific understanding of the wellbeing effects of group singingby developing a comprehensive phenomenological understanding of practitioner and participantexperiences, leading to enhanced knowledge of the complex ways in which group singing demonstratescultural value as part of UK cultural life. It will actively address the need to 'put the experience of individualsback at the heart of ideas about cultural value' (Crossick and Kaszynska, 2016, p. 5) as well as ensuring that'singing group leaders are given a voice along with the participants' views, to obtain input from those 'on theground' (Dingle et al., 2019, p. 10) when it comes to research into group singing. More broadly, this projectwill explore the contribution that 'grass roots' networks of informal, accessible and participatory artspractice like NVN can make in helping realise the creative capabilities of a broad population, leading to anenhanced understanding of cultural value and cultural democracy (Crossick and Kaszynska, 2016; Gross etal., 2017; Neelands et al., 2015).