Uncommon music making: The functional roles of music in design for healthcare
23 Oct 2019-Music and Medicine (International Association for Music and Medicine)-Vol. 11, Iss: 4, pp 245-255
TL;DR: The use of music in design applications is experienced as a positive influence that can facilitate wellbeing for community members, persons with disabilities, medical patients, and healthcare professionals in the workplace.
Abstract: In this paper, we discuss some uncommon settings and roles for music, demonstrating how music can aid in the design and implementation of socially responsible healthcare products that are encouraging, inclusive, and sensitive to critical contexts. We review three music-inspired design cases (CareTunes: Musical Alarms for Critical Care, Music and Senior Exercise, and We Are All Musicians and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument) in which the authors took part. The literature review and the analysis of the case studies provide us with the following insights: music enhances sensory experiences, facilitates physical engagement with the world, music can guide medical professionals in critical contexts, and music creates social cohesion. All of these projects demonstrate the importance of involving participants (users or performers) in the process to address their life experiences. Thus, the use of music in design applications is experienced as a positive influence that can facilitate wellbeing for community members, persons with disabilities, medical patients, and healthcare professionals in the workplace.
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National University of Singapore1, Institute of High Performance Computing Singapore2, Leiden University3, Utrecht University4, Open University5, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences6, Royal Institute of Technology7, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg8, Singapore University of Technology and Design9, Pompeu Fabra University10, Delft University of Technology11, Queen Mary University of London12, Temple University13
TL;DR: The fields of music, health, and technology have seen significant interactions in recent years in developing music technology for health care and well-being as discussed by the authors. In an effort to strengthen the collabor...
Abstract: The fields of music, health, and technology have seen significant interactions in recent years in developing music technology for health care and well-being. In an effort to strengthen the collabor...
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