To Be Fluid
‘Like culture, music is never static. It adapts to the shape of it’s containers like water’
— Belgrave & Kim, 2020
What is this all about ？
Welcome everyone,
Cultural Beings Music Therapy strongly advocates for health and wellbeing of people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Everybody copes differently when adapting to a new cultural environment. However, being in between two or more different cultures sometimes can be quite confronting, and we can end up feeling overwhelmed. The good news is we can start a new journey towards cultural wellbeing in music therapy where we can celebrate who we are and express a way of living as a unique cultural being.
Essential Principles
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Cultural Responsiveness
To increase awareness of our own cultures and others’ cultures with openness. It’s a life-long process of being self-reflective and respectful of everyone’s unique way of living.
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Multicultural Connection
Perhaps we are from different cultural backgrounds, but this won’t stop us from staying connected as we all have shared similarities as humans.
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Cultural Fluidity
To be in music, you are expanding your consciousness towards a state of fluid and well-balanced cultural wellbeing.
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Advocacy for Social Equality
To advocate for an equal and culturally responsive social system for people from diverse cultural backgrounds.