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Bonde, Lars Ole: Analogy And Metapher In Music Therapy Theory ...
Robert Henningsen Jensen (1983) Små strøtanker. Eget forlag. Horsens (p.
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Through many years my parents had contact with RHJ, a former butcher
(born 1944) who was diagnozed as schizophrenic when he was in his early
twenties. He was hospitalized 3 times during the period 1969-1973. After
that time he used writing as a from of ‘self therapy’, describing his
experiences and formulating his credo’s and life philosophy. LOB
Appendix 2: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS developed in Henk Smeijsters (1998):
Developing concepts for a general theory of music therapy. Music as
representation, replica, semi-representation, symbol, metaphor, semi-
symbol, iso-morphé, and analogy.
Concepts:
REPRESENTATION: aesthetic, resembling reference to object
(in music: Tone paintings, (iconic representations, LOB), sound imitations).
REPLICA: representation with physical and relationship (copy)
ANALOGUE/ANALOGY. Representation with only formal relationship (no
physical copy, but resemblance with object) No dualism, no need for
interpretation, 'same and different' (Ansdell). - "An expression in music and
music interaction which in essence shares the same characteristics as the
(manifest) processes of the psyche" (ex. playing soft in background//being
shy; playing slow//endogenic depressive behaviour; playing fixed patterns
of rhytm//compulsive behaviour). Leads to: "In MT the music dimension (c:
vitality affects) of a client's Self is augmented." (Smeijsters 1995) "The
aesthetic expression means what is manifest"- thus making interpretation
superfluous, but still a "trans-formational language" is necessary
SEMI-REPRESENTATION: partly realistic representation with extra meaning
(ex. Freudian dream symbols.) (The realism is there, but as a metaphor)
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