Storying the musical lifeworld
illumination through narrative case study
pp. 35-56
in: Margaret S. Barrett, Sandra L. Stauffer (eds), Narrative inquiry in music education, Berlin, Springer, 2009Abstract
In addition to the exploration of the general, music education will continue to benefit from the study of personal meaning from the perspective of the particular. This idea aligns with the field of psychology where a strong case has been made for idiographic perspectives to act not only as support for but also as antidote to the prevalence of nomothetic viewpoints.