dc.contributor.author | Herbert, Ruth | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-29T08:16:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-29T08:16:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Herbert, R. (2013). Music and Dissociation : Experiences Without Valence? 'Observing' Self and 'Absent' Self. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Music & Emotion (ICME3), Jyväskylä, Finland, 11th - 15th June 2013. Geoff Luck & Olivier Brabant (Eds.). University of Jyväskylä, Department of Music. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/41624 | |
dc.description.abstract | Empirical studies of music listening in everyday life frequently frame individuals' experience of music primarily in terms of emotion and mood. Yet emotions - at least as represented by categorical and dimensional models of emotion - do not account for the totality of subjective experience. This is particularly apparent in the case of a range of so-called 'alternate' or 'altered' states of consciousness including 'flow', aesthetic and spiritual expe-riences. Some researchers have responded by highlighting the process of absorption (effortless attention) within significant experiences of music. To date however, the role of dissociation (detachment), the counter-part of absorption, has received little research attention outside ethnomusicological accounts of ritualistic trance. This paper explores the importance of dissociation to everyday musical experiences, drawing on find-ings from the author's past and ongoing empirical studies of psychological processes of everyday involvement with music in 'real-world' UK contexts. Free phenomenological reports from unstructured diaries compiled by participants aged 9-85 indicate dissociation from self, surroundings or activity in conjunction with music is a common occurrence in everyday life, particularly for teenagers. Significantly, a number of experiences appear to possess neither positive nor negative valence, instead functioning to offer a relief from aspects of self (emo-tion and thought). Dissociation and Absorption are accepted characteristics of trance in hypnotherapeutic literature. Results from the data discussed here suggest that moves away from a perceived baseline state of consciousness in conjunction with hearing music in daily life are a common phenomenon and that such experi-ences may facilitate freedom from emotion. | fi |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | University of Jyväskylä, Department of Music | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Music & Emotion (ICME3), Jyväskylä, Finland, 11th - 15th June 2013. Geoff Luck & Olivier Brabant (Eds.). ISBN 978-951-39-5250-1 | |
dc.subject.other | dissocation | |
dc.subject.other | altered states | |
dc.subject.other | consciousness | |
dc.title | Music and Dissociation : Experiences Without Valence? 'Observing' Self and 'Absent' Self | |
dc.type | http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201305291832 | |
dc.type.dcmitype | Text | |
dc.contributor.laitos | Musiikin laitos | fi |
dc.contributor.laitos | Department of Music | en |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | fi |
dc.relation.conference | The 3rd International Conference on Music & Emotion, Jyväskylä, Finland, June 11-15, 2013 | |