An Ecology of Eudaimonia and its Implications for Music Education

Boyce‐Tillman, June

doi:10.4324/9780429264948-7

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“…This section will chart the line that links the Greek idea of eudaimonia to the current positive psychology movement (Boyce-Tillman, 2020 ) in areas such as the definition of the self, the pursuit of happiness, morality, societal well-being, the spirituality of contemplation, developments in physics and neuroscience, relationships with the cultural past (the ancestors), and the place of autonomy in a neo-liberal economy. In between Aristotle and the twentieth century came Rousseau's notion of the self.…”

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“…I start with this poem to indicate how the perception of the sound world has changed during the pandemic, maybe a shift to Heart's Ease which is how John Tavener saw the purpose of music (Boyce-Tillman and Forbes, 2020 ). In earlier work, I charted the development of the idea of eudaimonia from the Greek civilisation in Aristotle through its Christianization at the hands of Thomas Aquinas and how it fed into the positive psychology movement (Boyce-Tillman, 2020 ). From this review I distilled a number of features within it:…”

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Heart's Ease: Eudaimonia, Musicking in the Pandemic, and Its Implications for Music Education

Boyce‐Tillman

2021

Front. Psychol.

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This article will review the themes found in the literature on eudaimonia: ethical behaviour, a sense of meaning and purpose, autonomy – being able to make wise decisions and manage behaviour, contemplation, relationship with spirits of the ancestors and celestial beings and relationships of mutuality, respect. It will use these to critique various events online during the pandemic, such as the Embodiment conference, the SHIFT conference and the ZOOM peace choir. These developments related to music and wellbeing will be used to interrogate the purposes of music education and what might be learned from these new developments in relation to technology in relation to themes, such as values, orality and literacy, process and product.

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Heart's Ease: Eudaimonia, Musicking in the Pandemic, and Its Implications for Music Education

Boyce‐Tillman

2021

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“…Contemporary scholars have proposed that active musical engagement leads to well-being and personal fulfillment, a philosophical concept known as eudaimonia (Elliott and Silverman, 2014;Boyce-Tillman, 2020;Smith and Silverman, 2020). Rooted in the philosophy of Aristotle, eudaimonia is:…”

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“…A number of music-related effects, drawing from the positive psychology movement, have been associated with eudaimonic well-being ( Boyce-Tillman, 2020 ; Smith and Silverman, 2020 ). They include flow ( Csikszentmihalyi, 1990 ; Lamont, 2011 ; Groarke and Hogan, 2016 ), peak experience ( Maslow, 1971 ; Gabrielsson and Lindström, 2010 ), self-actualization ( Maslow, 1962 ; Heintzelman, 2018 ), and transcendence ( Minichiello and Hayes, 2005 ; Groarke and Hogan, 2016 ).…”

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Jammin’ the Blues: Experiencing the “Good Life”

Debrot

2021

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The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics, attitudes, and perceptions of older musicians who participated regularly in a local blues jam. Six core dimensions of eudaimonic well-being and their conceptual foundations provided a framework for examining the way that music-making contributes to subjective well-being during the lifespan of an individual. The following research questions guided this investigation: (1) In what ways do biographical factors and engagement with music influence the lives of older adult blues/rock musicians who participate in a local blues jam? (2) What implications for subjective well-being with regard to music learning might be used to inform music education practices? Interviews and observations over a 2-month period provided data for understanding how lived experiences impacted personal well-being, and musical growth and development over time. Findings suggested that eudaimonic well-being is the result of active engagement in human activities that are goal-directed and purposeful, and a good life involves the self-realization of individual dispositions and talents over a lifetime. Implications for music education include individualized pedagogical approaches that encourage learners to discover a sense of well-being in and through music.

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“…Eudaimonia is probably less familiar to some, since writing on this term is far sparser. As contributors to this special topic have noted elsewhere, eudaimonia is a concept that began its life with Plato and Aristotle, and has been interpreted according to prevailing paradigms in Western secular and religious thought ever since (Boyce-Tillman, 2020 ; Silverman, 2020a ; Smith and Silverman, 2020 ; van der Schyff, 2020 ). Eudaimonism—the ethos of or orientation to eudaimonia—is an ethical frame that focuses on human flourishing or thriving.…”

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