Title:	SIGNIFICANCE OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCES IN SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Author(s):	Serja Turunen and Antti Juvonen
ISBN:	978-989-8704-00-9
Editors:	Theodora Issa, Nurfadhlina Mohd Sharef, Tomayess Issa and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2013
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Musical experiences, significant memories, transferring cultural heritage, education for sustainability.
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	29
Last Page:	36
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Our focus on sustainable development is on its cultural and social dimensions. It is important that cultural heritage is transferred from one generation to another as a means of producing sustainable cultural and social development. Also, the building and retention of each individual’s own social and cultural identity is important in a multicultural world. The point of view of our article is music as a producer of sustainable cultural and social development. The two researches described were done in Finnish schools in 2010 and 2011, and the data included both quantitative and qualitative elements, but in this article we focus on the qualitative data only. Two researches focused on Finnish elementary (3rd and 4th grade, N=17), secondary (8th grade) and upper secondary (1st grade) school pupils (N=326). In the research of younger pupils, we explain how experiences are built and described in listening to classical music in different situations in the classroom, as well as in concert situations. The research was done using the starting points of phenomenology. The research of older pupils handled musical memories and significant musical experiences in the pupils’ lives, and was carried out as a paper questionnaire. It included qualitative data in the form of open ended questions, which were analysed using content analyses. We draw a line from experiencing music to building significance in musical experiences. Our goal is to open the connections between significant musical experiences as a means of building sustainable social and cultural development by supporting children’s cultural and individual identities, socializing individuals in the surrounding society and environment in connection with history and ancestors.
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