ABSTRACT
The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume III: Wellbeing explores the connections between singing and health, promoting the power of singing—in public policy and in practice—in confronting health challenges across the lifespan. These chapters shape an interdisciplinary research agenda that advances singing’s theoretical, empirical, and applied contributions, providing methodologies that reflect individual and cultural diversities. Contributors assess the current state of knowledge and present opportunities for discovery in three parts:
- Singing and Health
- Singing and Cultural Understanding
- Singing and Intergenerational Understanding
In 2009, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada funded a seven-year major collaborative research initiative known as Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS). Together, global researchers from a broad range of disciplines addressed three challenging questions: How does singing develop in every human being? How should singing be taught and used to teach? How does singing impact wellbeing? Across three volumes, The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing consolidates the findings of each of these three questions, defining the current state of theory and research in the field. Volume III: Wellbeing focuses on this third question and the health benefits of singing, singing praises for its effects on wellbeing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|169 pages
Singing and Health
chapter 8|11 pages
Singing For Rehabilitation
chapter 9|15 pages
The Impact Of Singing On Human Communication In Aging
chapter 11|10 pages
Singing as an Evolved Behavior for Social Bonding
part II|157 pages
Singing and Cultural Understanding
chapter 15|12 pages
Singing, Cultural Understanding, and Wellbeing
chapter 23|13 pages
Studying Singing Storytellers in Cape Breton
chapter 24|12 pages
Building Bridges Between Self and Others
part III|102 pages
Singing and Intergenerational Understanding