Abstract

The present research aims to highlight the value of incorporating music into natural disaster recovery toward the ultimate goal of better addressing human losses, economic damages, emotional/psychological struggles, and communal/cultural impacts resulting from natural disasters. Qualitative content analysis is the main methodology applied. Music therapy approaches are compared with ethnographic/ethnomusicological approaches at the personal, national, and international levels. The key finding is that the field needs to supplement music therapy approaches with ethnographic/ethnomusicological approaches to aid the recovery of disaster victims, while embracing a multidisciplinary approach, natural disaster management, human connectivity through music, sustainability, education, and training and exercise. This research contributes toward a comprehensive evaluation of not only the benefits but also the shortcomings of the above two approaches.

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