Popular Music as Public Health Technology: Music for Global Human Development and “Giving Voice to Health” in Liberia

This article presents an applied ethnomusicological approach to public health promotion, showing how mediated popular music can support better sanitation behavior, by outlining a pilot project conducted in post-conflict Liberia. This approach centers on amethodfor effective, sustainable, empowering,...

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Published in:	Journal of folklore research Vol. 54; no. 1-2; pp. 41 - 86
Main Author:	Frishkopf, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington Indiana University Press 01.01.2017
Subjects:	Action research Analysis Applied anthropology Applied research Behavior change Behavior modification Behavioral changes Beliefs Blues (Music) Book publishing Case studies Change agents Cognitive development Collaboration Constructivism Creativity Double consciousness Economic development Egalitarianism Empowerment Ethics Ethnomusicology Folk music Folklore Grass roots movement Health behavior Health education Health promotion Health services Hegemony Heroism & heroes Human development Hygiene Intersectionality Literary devices Logic Medical technology Mental health Multiculturalism & pluralism Music Music education Music videos Musical performances Musical register Musicology Narrative techniques Participatory action research Pedagogy Physical fitness Pilot projects Popular music Psychological theories Public health Public health movements Sanitation Social change Sustainability Sustainable development Technology Theory Vocal music Water shortages Websites Liberia Canada United Kingdom Ghana West Africa
ISSN:	0737-7037, 1543-0413
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