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Kari Batt-Rawden’s PhD research on music and health promotion has won a Strong Commendation from the Royal Society for Public Health. The award was presented in September at the International Conference on Music and Health, organized by the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health at Canterbury Christ Church University.
The research, undertaken with a sample of twenty two people suffering from various forms of chronic illness, developed an original method of Participatory CD Design. Each Research Participant was interviewed by Batt-Rawden eight times over the course of one year, coinciding with the creation of six CD compilations where each participant selected tracks significant to them as part of their on-going care of self and everyday health promotion. The research examined participants’ everyday forms of expertise and informal learning about how to use music to promote well-being – for example, to manage pain, to relax, to aid sleep. Dr Batt-Rawden received her PhD in Music Sociology last year from Exeter University and remains a strong supporter of this group, offering advice and mentoring to new members as they embark on the PhD process. She is an academic and researcher at Eastern Norwegian Research Institute. Her work was supervised by Tia DeNora, with an additional team of research mentors in Norway with international expertise in the area of music and health: Trygve Aasgaard, Even Ruud, and Gunnar Telnes. Her PhD was examined by John Sloboda. Congratulations Kari! For more information see: http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/newsrelease.asp?view=print&newsPk=1208
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