Irish World Academy of Music and Dance and Health Research Institute (HRI), University of Limerick, Castletroy, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland.
Health Promot Int. 2022 Jun 2;37(Supplement_1):i26-i36. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daac011.
This article investigates lived experiences of participation in a training programme entitled 'Singing as a Tool for Community Building in Changing Societies', facilitated by Musicians Without Borders (MWB) and coordinated in partnership with the Health Research Institute PART-IM (Participatory and Arts-Based Methods for Involving Migrants in Health Research) research cluster at the University of Limerick. The aim of this qualitative study is to enhance understanding of participant experience regarding programme delivery, skill acquisition and community building. The research methodology uses an ethnographic framework. Data collection approaches included participant observation, author fieldnotes, individual semi-structured interviews, and an anonymous, post-training, feedback questionnaire. Thematic analysis of the data resulted in three key themes: the importance of expert facilitation; culturally aware contextualizing and conceptualizing of singing; and professional, whole-person support. These themes were cross-referenced against the research categories of delivery, skill and community building. The findings propose the importance of experienced, expert facilitators, contextualized understandings of diverse artistic traditions delivered by a culturally diverse team, and attention to the whole-person needs of both facilitators and participants. This research enhances understanding of participant experiences of arts-based training programmes in singing and the potential application of this learning for using singing as an arts-based research (ABR) method in migrant health research.
本文调查了参与由音乐家无国界组织（MWB）组织并与利默里克大学参与和基于艺术的方法吸引移民参与健康研究（PART-IM）研究小组合作的题为“歌唱作为变革社会社区建设工具的培训计划”的生活体验。这项定性研究的目的是增进对参与者在计划实施、技能获取和社区建设方面的经验的理解。研究方法采用民族志框架。数据收集方法包括参与者观察、作者现场记录、个人半结构化访谈以及匿名的、培训后、反馈问卷。对数据的主题分析得出了三个关键主题：专家促进的重要性；对歌唱的文化意识的背景化和概念化；专业的、全面的人员支持。这些主题与交付、技能和社区建设的研究类别交叉参考。研究结果提出了经验丰富的专家促进者的重要性、由文化多元化团队提供的多样化艺术传统的背景化理解，以及对促进者和参与者的整体需求的关注。这项研究增进了对歌唱等基于艺术的培训计划中参与者体验的理解，以及将这种学习应用于将歌唱作为移民健康研究中的一种基于艺术的研究（ABR）方法的潜力。
