Let's talk music: A musical-communal project for enhancing communication among students of multi-cultural origin

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-31

  Gilboa, Avi ^a   Yehuda, Nechama ^b   Amir, Dorit ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Zinman College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the Wingate Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Common ingroup identity model; Contact groups; Immigration; Music therapy; Music therapy group work; Musical presentation; Musicking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449627644     PISSN: 08098131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08098130802610999     Document Type: Article

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