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 non-dominant 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.
Research Opportunity
Are you a Registered Music Therapists who have experience working with people with dementia AND/OR their family carers from non-dominant cultural backgrounds in Australia? we’d love to hear from you!
Essential Principles
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Intersectionality
Intersectionality offers a way to move beyond one-size-fits-all assumptions in care. It recognises that lived experiences are shaped by overlapping social positions (e.g., culture, gender, age, ability, race, ethnicity, socio-economic status).
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Cultural Fluidity
Culture is never static. Music offers a space to navigate our fluidity—where we drift and return, uncover and reshape, learn and relearn ways of being, connecting, and belonging.
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Solidarity
Solidarity emphasises shared responsibility and action for justice, standing with and supporting those whose voices are often unheard, while challenging systemic power imbalances that disadvantage culturally minoritised communities.