Musical experience in childhood through the body

Embodied musical cognition and phenomenology of the social world

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https://doi.org/10.24215/18530494e067

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musical education, body, embodied musical cognition, childhood, phenomenology of the social world

Abstract

In this paper I discuss some contributions of embodied musical cognition and the phenomenology of the social world to explore the potentialities of these perspectives for studying musical experience in childhood from the body. My thesis is that both positions can be complementary and enrich their respective fields of knowledge about the study of musical experience. To demonstrate similarities and differences, I present arguments of embodied musical cognition and the phenomenology of the social world. I explain how the phenomenology of the social world can solve the explanatory limitations of embodied musical cognition, while at the same time, how theoretical contributions of phenomenology can be increased by interpretations of the embodied cognitive approach. I think that these reflections can lead to stronger foundations for studying the musical experience of children in music education, which can also lead to a better understanding of the music learning process in childhood. Integrating philosophical reflection into the contributions of embodied cognition is what this involves, in order to provide greater epistemological clarity based on the phenomenology of the social world.

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2024-08-06

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How to Cite

Partida-Valdivia, J. M. (2024). Musical experience in childhood through the body: Embodied musical cognition and phenomenology of the social world. Epistemus. Journal of Studies in Music, Cognition & Culture, 12(1), 067. https://doi.org/10.24215/18530494e067