Intercultural Dynamics in Music Care

Intercultural Dynamics in Music Care

Why is this course important?

The goal of doing a course like this is to become more culturally aware and more culturally sensitive. One reason this is so important in the context of music care, is because when we're talking about music care we are bringing music to the patient of the care experience. Music is always a product of culture. Music is inseparable from culture. For many people, music is the most important or one of the most important cultural elements that they connect with and identify with throughout their life.In this course we are going to deepen our understanding of the complex interplay that can exist between culture, music and identity, both in groups and in individual people.

After this course students will be prepared to:

• Develop and grow our skills and understanding of cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, & cultural humility.
• Identify and reflect on your own cultural background and influences and how this has shaped one’s own world view and perspectives.
• Understand that culture is an incredibly complex and important concept to consider in the caregiving environment

6 - 10 key topic areas that will be covered in 7 modules

• Overview of Music Care
• What is Culture?
• Culturally Sensitive Careand Other Cultural Diverse Concepts
• The Cross Cultural Dimension in Care and Counselling
• Creating Diverse Sounds Collection: Putting Cultural Sensitivity into Practice
• A Practical Approach to the Diverse Sounds Project
• Community Building and Music Making across Diverse Abilities.
• Four Levels of Cultural Awareness
  • Unconscious incompetence
  • Conscious incompetence
  • Conscious competence
  • Unconscious competence

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