A gradual farewell with music - exploring the role of music in bereaved people's everyday lives in facing the dying and death of a loved one

与音乐渐行渐远——探讨音乐在失去亲人的日常生活中面对亲人的临终和死亡时所扮演的角色

• 批准号: 2559306
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Bath
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2559306
• 关键词: gradual; farewell; music; exploring; role

Music is an integral part of life, including at times when facing loss and crisis. My PhD explores a much-overlooked dimension of everyday interactions with music in the context of bereavement. It is clear that bereavement experiences are inherently social and constantly (re)constructed by varied relationships and wider social norms. Despite this, the experiences of bereaved people have been largely psychologised and pathologised in existing literature, which seeks to prescribe pathways for 'normal' and 'healthy' grieving. As such, music during times of loss and bereavement has been largely rooted in the therapy paradigm, which suggests that guidance from professionals is required to help bereaved individuals successfully interact with music. This focus on formalised contexts (e.g., counselling) has on the one hand evidenced music's unique power; on the other hand, the role of music for bereaved people as an accessible tool has been underexplored. This research gap has restricted academic understandings and public awareness of the value of music for bereaved people in everyday settings.My PhD will address this gap by marrying sociological and musicological paradigms to explore the embodied experience of music in people's bereavement. To capture the dynamic role of music in bereaved people's ongoing lives, I will focus on their interactions with music both during the dying process of their loved one and post loss. Drawing on the theory of 'musicking', I will explore how individuals both actively and passively draw on music to (re)shape themselves in facing loss and how a 'music literacy' may help better support individual's experiences of loss. I will be guided by the following research questions: * How do bereaved individuals draw on music to make sense of loss in everyday life and does it play a continued role in integrating loss into ongoing life? * Does music help to reinforce bonds with the dying person? Does the dying person use music to preserve their identity? * Does the use of music during the dying process of a loved one shape the use of music in bereavement? * How can music shape an individual's identity in the ongoing process of bereavement? * Should the everyday use of music (musicking) be further encouraged for bereaved people when facing the dying process and loss of a loved one? I will follow three main procedures, firstly, I will review existing literature to develop 'musicking' as a theoretical lens to explore the role of music. Secondly, I will conduct in-depth and semi-structured interviews with 20 bereaved individuals, exploring how music is engaged with both in the dying process and post the loss of their loved one. This focus on the continuity of their experiences aims to shed a deeper insight into the role of music as part of one's biographical being. I will also interview 10 care professionals to explore how music can enrich bereavement support in a more formal setting. Thirdly, I will conduct a thematic analysis of the interviews, informed by an inductive approach, to understand how music could shape bereaved people's experiences alongside their ongoing lives and what barriers they confront to accessing music as a meaningful discourse. By working closely with varied stakeholders, my study aims to reshape bereavement support to further incorporate music as a widely accessible discourse, both empowering and enriching bereaved people's experiences. By engaging with leading academics in the field, my project will facilitate novel contributions, innovating health and social care structures for end-of-life care and bereavement support. Findings from this project will further examine a 'music literacy' to shape policy-making both in informal (e.g., family) and formal (e.g., psychiatry and care facilities) settings.

音乐是生活中不可或缺的一部分，包括在面临损失和危机的时候。我的博士研究了在丧亲之痛的背景下与音乐的日常互动中一个被忽视的维度。很明显，丧亲经历本质上是社会性的，并由各种关系和更广泛的社会规范不断（重新）构建。尽管如此，在现有的文献中，失去亲人的人的经历在很大程度上被心理化和病态化，这些文献试图规定“正常”和“健康”悲伤的途径。因此，在失去和失去亲人的时候，音乐在很大程度上植根于治疗范式，这表明需要专业人士的指导来帮助失去亲人的人成功地与音乐互动。这种对正式背景（如咨询）的关注一方面证明了音乐的独特力量；另一方面，对于失去亲人的人来说，音乐作为一种可接近的工具的作用还没有得到充分的探索。这一研究差距限制了学术理解和公众对音乐在日常环境中对失去亲人的人的价值的认识。我的博士学位将通过结合社会学和音乐学范式来探索音乐在人们丧亲之痛中的具体体验，从而解决这一差距。为了捕捉音乐在失去亲人的人持续生活中的动态作用，我将重点关注他们在亲人死亡过程中和失去亲人后与音乐的互动。根据“音乐”理论，我将探讨个人如何主动和被动地利用音乐来（重新）塑造自己面对损失，以及“音乐素养”如何帮助更好地支持个人的损失经历。我将以以下研究问题为指导：*失去亲人的人如何利用音乐来理解日常生活中的失去，音乐是否在将失去融入日常生活中发挥持续作用？*音乐有助于加强与临终者的联系吗？垂死的人会用音乐来保持自己的身份吗？*在亲人临终的过程中使用音乐是否会影响在丧亲之痛中使用音乐？*音乐如何在丧亲之痛中塑造一个人的身份？*是否应该进一步鼓励失去亲人的人在面对死亡和失去亲人时每天使用音乐？我将遵循三个主要程序，首先，我将回顾现有文献，以发展“音乐”作为一个理论镜头来探索音乐的作用。其次，我将对20位丧亲之人进行深入和半结构化的采访，探讨音乐是如何在死亡过程中以及在失去亲人后进行的。这种对他们经历的连续性的关注旨在更深入地了解音乐作为一个人的传记存在的一部分的作用。我还将采访10位护理专业人士，探讨音乐如何在更正式的环境中丰富丧亲支持。第三，我将通过归纳方法对访谈进行主题分析，以了解音乐如何塑造失去亲人的人的经历以及他们的持续生活，以及他们在将音乐作为有意义的话语时面临的障碍。通过与各种利益相关者密切合作，我的研究旨在重塑丧亲支持，进一步将音乐作为一种广泛可访问的话语，赋予和丰富丧亲者的经历。通过与该领域的顶尖学者合作，我的项目将促进新的贡献，为临终关怀和丧亲支持创新健康和社会护理结构。该项目的研究结果将进一步研究“音乐素养”在非正式（如家庭）和正式（如精神病学和护理机构）环境中塑造决策的作用。