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dc.contributor.authorJansson, Dagen_US
dc.contributor.authorBalsnes, Anne Hauglanden_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-28T12:14:36Z
dc.date.available2016-01-28T12:14:36Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.identifier.citationJansson, D. & Balsnes, A.H. (2015). Unfreezing identities: Exploring choral singing in the workplace. International Journal of Community Music, 8(2), 163-178. doi:10.1386/ijcm.8.2.163_1en_US
dc.identifier.issn1550-7327en_US
dc.identifier.otherFRIDAID 1263034en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/2972
dc.description.abstractThe topic of this article is the emerging trend of singing at work. The discussion is based on case studies of singing interventions carried out at two different work places. Our phenomenological and hermeneutic approach focuses mainly on the employees’ experience of singing at work. The research data comprises group interviews, participant observation and questionnaires. The analysis was structured by thematic coding of the interview data. The discussion is illuminated mainly by Etienne Wengers community of practice theory (1998). The following research questions were explored: How do the members of a workplace community experience choral singing? What implications do the participants see for themselves as individuals and for the organisation? We identified four axes of impact: enjoyment, comfort zone, communality, and identity and roles. A workplace choir challenges perceptions about how collegues view each other and transform individual identities. Consequently, the choir may also change the workplace as a practice community.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherIntellecten_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Journal of Community Music;8(2)en_US
dc.subjectChoral singingen_US
dc.subjectWorkplace singingen_US
dc.subjectCommunities of practiceen_US
dc.titleUnfreezing identities: Exploring choral singing in the workplaceen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ijcm.8.2.163_1


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