The Cultural Value of the Natural Voice Approach to Group Singing

该项目旨在通过发展对实践者和参与者经验的全面现象学理解来补充现有的对集体歌唱健康影响的科学理解，从而提高对集体歌唱作为英国文化生活一部分的文化价值的复杂方式的认识。它将积极解决“将个人体验置于文化价值思想的核心”的需求（Crossick和Kaszynska， 2016年，第5页），并确保“歌唱团体领导人与参与者的观点一起获得发言权”，以便在研究团体歌唱时获得“实地”人士的意见（Dingle等人，2019年，第10页）。更广泛地说，该项目将探索像NVN这样的非正式、可访问和参与性艺术实践的“草根”网络在帮助实现广大人口的创造能力方面的贡献，从而增强对文化价值和文化民主的理解（Crossick和Kaszynska, 2016； Gross等）。, 2017;Neelands et al., 2015)。

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).