| Abstract [eng] |
Artistic-social projects for people with disabilities, implemented in Lithuania have the characteristics of Community music therapy. In order to describe the properties of Community music therapy, music therapists Stige & Arao (2011) are using the quality model, expressed by abbreviation PREPARE. The aim of this research is to identify the most prominent qualities of community music therapy in artistic-social projects for people with disabilities, following the PREPARE model. The tasks are: 1) To analyze the significance of communality in the process of psychosocial rehabilitation of the people with disabilities; 2) To analyze the place of music therapy in the socio-cultural structure; 3) To reveal the experiences of the participants of artistic-social projects - experts, professional musicians and people with disabilities - in the implementation of artistic social projects according to the structure of the Community music therapy model PREPARE; 4) To identify the most prominent qualities of Community music therapy and their expression in artistic-social projects. Qualitative research was carried out using the method of thematic analysis. The deductive (theoretical) research strategy was chosen, generalizations are made on the base of the collected research data. Nine informants - participants of artistic-social projects (experts, people with disabilities and professional musicians) were selected on the principle of voluntary participation, forming a group of 3 researchers. The data presented by them are analyzed separately, distinguishing the qualities of Community music therapy, common to all the groups. The analysis of literature sources shows that participation of the people with disabilities in communities’ socio-cultural activities enables them to strengthen themselves and strengthen community relations, while analyzing the qualities of Community music therapy in artistic-social projects based on the theoretical assumptions of the PREPARE model, the social and cultural context of a particular project must be taken into account. The data of the empirical study highlighted: 1)The different expression of the signs of the PREPARE model Community music therapies in the groups of experts, people with disabilities and professional musicians; 2) the most prominent qualities of Community music therapy in artistic-social projects, monitoring the cooperation of participants, the need of a safe emotional and physical environment, creation of relationships between participants, development of people with disabilities and perfection of all participants in the music-making process; 3) reveal the need of changing the social image of people with disabilities and ensuring their equal opportunities in the creative process. |
