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dc.contributor.authorFoster, Dennis Jamesen
dc.contributor.authorHays, Terrenceen
dc.contributor.authorAlter, Francesen
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-26T11:22:00Z-
dc.date.created2014en
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16828-
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative inquiry explores the content, processes, and social functions of personal meanings of specific pieces of music. The inquiry analyses the personal meanings adhering to 390 pieces of music selected by 79 adults aged between 30 and 78 years. An innovative aspect of the inquiry is that its data sample was not collected by the researcher but drawn from an archive of radio interviews conducted by a previous interviewer. Analysis and interpretation of these data was guided by the systematic methods of constructivist, grounded theory methodology. The inquiry reveals that the content of personal meanings of specific pieces of music aligns with meanings described in previous research. However, probing beneath the surface of such descriptions, this inquiry reveals a number of distinguishing characteristics of personal meanings. Firstly, personal meanings adhere to specific pieces of music. In this case, the sounds of a piece of music, its sonic materiality, matter. Secondly, personal meanings are not fixed but are dynamic, cumulative admixtures of multiple meanings. Thirdly, personal meanings adhere to pieces of music via a number of pathways which integrate aesthetic responses to the music, acquired knowledge about the music or its performance, and biographical associations into the ongoing story of informants' lives. Fourthly, personal meanings constitute social action simultaneously engaged in the reflexive project of self and ongoing reproduction of expectations and assumptions about the role of music in social life. The inquiry suggests that previously collected qualitative data can provide trustworthy samples for later research. It also highlights the need for scholars of music to reconsider the potential of subjective meanings as sites for investigating the human experience of music.en
dc.languageenen
dc.titleMusic: Pathways to Personal Meaningen
dc.typeThesis Doctoralen
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dc.subject.keywordsAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Educationen
dc.subject.keywordsTeacher Education and Professional Development of Educatorsen
dc.subject.keywordsEducationen
local.contributor.firstnameDennis Jamesen
local.contributor.firstnameTerrenceen
local.contributor.firstnameFrancesen
local.subject.for2008139999 Education not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.for2008130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educatorsen
local.subject.for2008130301 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Educationen
local.subject.seo2008930103 Learner Developmenten
local.subject.seo2008930102 Learner and Learning Processesen
local.subject.seo2008930199 Learner and Learning not elsewhere classifieden
dcterms.RightsStatementCopyright 2014 - Dennis James Fosteren
dc.date.conferred2015en
local.thesis.degreelevelDoctoralen
local.thesis.degreenameDoctor of Philosophyen
local.contributor.grantorUniversity of New Englanden
local.profile.schoolSchool of Educationen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Educationen
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local.title.subtitlePathways to Personal Meaningen
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local.title.maintitleMusicen
local.output.categorydescriptionT2 Thesis - Doctorate by Researchen
local.relation.urlhttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12612en
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local.search.authorFoster, Dennis Jamesen
local.search.supervisorHays, Terrenceen
local.search.supervisorAlter, Francesen
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