Toward a radical practice: A recuperative critique of improvisation in music therapy using intersectional feminist theory

摘要

In this recuperative critique the author analyzes aspects of music therapy improvisation, including the therapeutic relationship, music, and the act of improvisation as well as its inherent body politics and its understandings of situated knowledge, from an intersectional feminist perspective. Based upon this analysis, the author invites readers to reconsider and reshape the accepted theories and practices of improvisation in music therapy. Links are made to relevant music therapy literature. Recommendations are offered to establish intersectional awareness as a foundational competency in music therapy improvisation.