Open AccessThe Field of Play in music therapy education
Author(s) -
Debbie Carroll
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
voices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1504-1611
DOI - 10.15845/voices.v10i2.155
Subject(s) - music therapy , field (mathematics) , consciousness , space (punctuation) , musical , power (physics) , sociology , psychology , epistemology , psychotherapist , visual arts , computer science , art , philosophy , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , operating system
In this paper, I illustrate how the Field of Play model, developed by Carolyn Kenny (1989) as a guide for the theory and practice of music therapy, can also serve as a model for educational practice. Descriptions of each of the fields that comprise this model - aesthetic, musical space, field of play, ritual, a particular state of consciousness, power and creative process - provide a springboard for reflecting on my role as a music therapy educator in sowing a Field of Play with my students. I also discuss some of the theoretical and philosophical ideas that inform my work. I conclude with some ‘food’ for thought, including a list of questions for reflection aimed at inspiring you, the reader, to begin, or continue, reflecting on the assumptions, theories and values that inform your work as music therapy clinician, educator and/or researcher.