Blumer, Caroline

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Western University Scholarship@Western Inspiring Minds – Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity September 2021 Moments Of Meeting: The Impact Of "Being Known" On The Inclusion Of Individuals With Disabilities In Musical Contexts Caroline Blumer Western University, cdelazar@uwo.ca Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/inspiringminds Citation of this paper: Blumer, Caroline, "Moments Of Meeting: The Impact Of "Being Known" On The Inclusion Of Individuals With Disabilities In Musical Contexts" (2021). Inspiring Minds – Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity. 152. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/inspiringminds/152 "Moments of meeting": the impact of "being known" on the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in musical contexts. "Moments of meeting" can be described as moments of mutual recognition, as an encounter between two or more individuals, in which they experience being "seeing and known"1. In short, a moment when we are recognized and valued by another person.  Throughout ten years of teaching music to individuals with disabilities, I have observed that relationships played a crucial role in inclusion. Moments of shared experiences in which students and teachers create things together, such as stories, compositions, improvisations, may provide meaningful participation and learning opportunities for all. This relational perspective has been little explored in studies within music education2. Therefore, in my doctoral research, I decided to examine the relational aspect focusing on moments of mutual recognition. I am interested in understanding how "moments of meeting" occur in inclusive musical settings. And how such moments may impact the inclusion, learning, and lived experiences of individuals with disabilities in those contexts.    1 Schneider, D.A., & Keenan, E. (2015). From Being Known in the Classroom to “Moments of Meeting”: What Intersubjectivity offers Contemplative Pedagogy. The Journal of Contemplative inquiry, vol. 2, no. 1. Retrieved from: http://journal.contemplativeinquiry.org/index.php/joci/article/view/28  2 Hourigan, R. (2014). Qualitative Research Examining Students with Exceptionalities in Music Education. In The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199844272.013.027  

Moments Of Meeting: The Impact Of  Being Known  On The Inclusion Of Individuals With Disabilities In Musical Contexts

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