Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- 1980s; Pop Music; History of Indonesia; History of ASEAN; Pop Culture (1)
- Abstract Art; Artistic Abstraction; Contemporary Art Studies; Digital Innovations in Art; Modern Trends in Art; Technological Influence on Art; Abstract Art Evolution; Traditional Kazakh Art; Kazakhstan (1)
- Adaptation; Cultural Negotiation; Lakhon Rong; Thai Musical Theater; Western Influence (1)
- Adaptive Reuse; Built Heritage; Sustainable Urban Development; Singapore; Southeast Asia (1)
- African Art & Culture; Akan Clan Systems; Cultural Objects; Museum Theater; Museum Engagement; Ghana (1)
-
- African Print; Perception; Preference; Age groups; Southwest; Nigeria (1)
- Ajat Indu; Dance; Hegemony; Iban; Sarawak; Malaysia (1)
- Animation; Anxiety; Pediatric; Cancer; Hospital (1)
- Architecture; Buddhism; China; Daoism; Iconoclasm; Monuments (1)
- Art Education; Aesthetic Development; Aesthetic-Cognitive Relationship; Well-being Implications; Experiential Programs (1)
- Art and Technology; Eco Art; Data Visualization; Interactive Installation Art; Contemporary Art; Pollution; Thailand (1)
- Art competition; Contemporary art project; Curatorial process; Visual arts; Young artist (1)
- Art program; Aesthetics inquiry; Quality of life; Mild cognitive impairment; Visual thinking strategies; Transformative art learning; Elderly; Geriatric; Thailand (1)
- Asian architecture; Ethno-cultural blending; Museum design; Malaysian buildings; Malaysian architecture; Malaysia (1)
- Aso-oke; Handwoven; Ondo people; Clothing identity; Textiles; Nigeria (1)
- Assemblage Art; Junk Art; Junk Aesthetics; Utilitarian Objects; Metal Art; Recycle; Repurposing; Art-based Research (1)
- Audience Engagement; Digital Mediatization; Indonesian Cultural Practices; Interactive Consumption (1)
- Beauty pageant; Transformative power; Fashion; Ghana’s most beautiful; Ghana (1)
- Benin Kingdom History; Benin Art; Benin Culture; Ancient Costume; Bronze Casting; Carving; Pottery; Nigeria (1)
- Blue space; Depression; Green space; Overcrowding; Urban morphology; Urbanization (1)
- Blumenfeld; Arensky; Cui; Glière; Late Romanticism; Russian Piano Music (1)
- Bugis Makassar; Culture; Indonesia; Values; Walasuji; Tradition (1)
- COVID-19 Pandemic; Smart City; Health Protocols; Urban Environment; Urban Sustainability; Indonesia (1)
- COVID-19; Pandemic fatigue; Liminality; Festival; Social distancing; Thailand (1)
- Calabash; Fabric; Beauty; Struggles; African Women; Art; Africa (1)
- Capacity Building; Ecotourism; Traditional Craft Enterprises; Cultural Heritage; Local Community Participation; Sustainable Tourism; Ghana (1)
- Cemetery Kampung; Identity; Spatial characteristics; Urban interaction; Indonesia (1)
- Chao Phraya river; Bangpakong river; Adaptive landscape; River delta; Cultural Landscape; Thailand (1)
- Character Design; Phetchaburi Mascot; UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy; Identity Essential Elements (1)
- Chiang Mai; Intangible cultural heritage revitalization; Urban identity; Urban resilience; Urban sustainability; Ritual; Thailand (1)
Articles 121 - 150 of 187
Full-Text Articles in Cultural History
Contemporary Art Project Initiative To Support Artist Career And Sustain Cultural Continuity, Ark Fongsmut
Contemporary Art Project Initiative To Support Artist Career And Sustain Cultural Continuity, Ark Fongsmut
Journal of Urban Culture Research
The idea to support artists to develop and maintain their career has sustained cultural continuity. In Thailand, the primary motivation and support for visual artists are through medals and prize money through platforms such as commissions, competitions and contests where the value lies on visual impact. For contemporary art, the artwork comes in series with a conceptual framework, medium experimentation, working process, etc. These platforms might not be supportive for young contemporary artists. Therefore, this article aims to discuss the Thai platform options available. This study touches on the Paris Salon for the judging process and the movement of art …
Journal Policies, Jucr Staff
Learning From The Collective Space In Making Culture And Making Space : A Case Study From Yogyakarta City, Indonesia, Zita Wahyu Larasati, Pinurba Parama Pratiyudha, Galih Prabaningrum, Devy Dhian Cahyati, Krisdyatmiko Krisdyatmiko
Learning From The Collective Space In Making Culture And Making Space : A Case Study From Yogyakarta City, Indonesia, Zita Wahyu Larasati, Pinurba Parama Pratiyudha, Galih Prabaningrum, Devy Dhian Cahyati, Krisdyatmiko Krisdyatmiko
Journal of Urban Culture Research
The contestation of urban space is a dialectical process in defining space by stakeholders in urban areas. We will explain the efforts of city citizens to form a collective space by promoting a making culture. With the spirit of Do It Yourself and Do It With Others, the collective space produces shared knowledge and democratizes data to increase the capacity of urban citizens. This study is grounded on empirical research in Yogyakarta through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and participant observation. We discuss the formation of collective space in urban informality to encourage urban communities. This study finds that the …
Cultural Changes Since Đổi Mới - From Guidelines To Reality, Dung Nguyen-Manh
Cultural Changes Since Đổi Mới - From Guidelines To Reality, Dung Nguyen-Manh
Journal of Urban Culture Research
In Vietnam a couple years before the reform termed Đổi Mới, was a grey picture with serious crises. That is a vital premise, a life and death situation for the Communist Party of Vietnam in the VIth Party Congress in 1986. On the eve of Đổi Mới, Vietnamese culture in general, was in a narrow, dogmatic and ideologically subsidized environment. Yet, since Đổi Mới, the Vietnamese culture and the cultural development, although resulted in achievements, faces a huge challenge: restrictions, not yet suitable for its national conditions, socialist-oriented market economy and international integration. This article provides personal experiences and perspectives …
Music And Art In Political Campaigns, Bussakorn Binson
Music And Art In Political Campaigns, Bussakorn Binson
Journal of Urban Culture Research
No abstract provided.
Visual Game Character Design To Engage Generation Z In An Effort To Develop Anti-Corruption Behavior In Indonesian Society, Eva Y, Noversar Jamarun Ms, Ari Leo B3, Cameron Malik
Visual Game Character Design To Engage Generation Z In An Effort To Develop Anti-Corruption Behavior In Indonesian Society, Eva Y, Noversar Jamarun Ms, Ari Leo B3, Cameron Malik
Journal of Urban Culture Research
This article aims to discuss the visual design of characters in a digital game about corruption and is intended to raise awareness of the danger of it for the Z generation. A visual character "in-game" is a better vehicle for spreading an anti-corruption message as each character has a different background and storyline representing their role and skills in a mission. The character, especially the villain figure, is based on a true story of a corruption case with a bit of modification, to make the message more easily absorbed by Gen Z players in Indonesia. Moreover, the main character in …
The Transformative Power Of Fashion Within Beauty Pageants : The Case Of “Ghana’S Most Beautiful”, Scholastica Wompakeah Azuah, Ebenezer Kofi Howard, Benjamin Kwablah Asinyo
The Transformative Power Of Fashion Within Beauty Pageants : The Case Of “Ghana’S Most Beautiful”, Scholastica Wompakeah Azuah, Ebenezer Kofi Howard, Benjamin Kwablah Asinyo
Journal of Urban Culture Research
Pageants can be competitions for ladies with qualities of beauty determined by societal values and norms. In pageants’ orientation toward continuous change, they tend to achieve results through the engagement of fashion; the most visible medium of change found in aesthetics, culture and social events. Ghana's Most Beautiful Pageant’s engagement in traditional fashion has chalked up many successes. However, since its inception 15 years ago, little has been assessed on its transformative power. An exploratory sequential design was employed with a population comprised of viewers, fashion designers, organizers, judges, traditional rulers and contestants. Purposive sampling was used in selecting categories …
The Devil In The Details : Analysing The Ethno-Cultural Blending In Malaysian Museum Buildings, Nor Hafizah Anuar, Muhammad Ilmam Tharazi, Yasmin Mohd Faudzi, Najah Md. Alwi
The Devil In The Details : Analysing The Ethno-Cultural Blending In Malaysian Museum Buildings, Nor Hafizah Anuar, Muhammad Ilmam Tharazi, Yasmin Mohd Faudzi, Najah Md. Alwi
Journal of Urban Culture Research
Museums are often used as a ‘visualizing technology’ to project the cultural identities of a nation or a particular demographic. The choice of building, either newly constructed or converted from an historic structure, places the importance of its architectural features to convey certain meanings over others. Using comparative analysis on multiple case studies as the main method for data collection, this paper identifies the architectural features on three selected building facade of Penang museums in relation to one another. It will then determine the cultural influences to explore the mechanism of ethno-cultural blending integrated into the architectural styles. Penang was …
Selected Piano Works By Klaus Pringsheim’S Students At The Tokyo University Of The Arts : Analysis, Interpretation And Performance Techniques, Panjai Chulapan
Selected Piano Works By Klaus Pringsheim’S Students At The Tokyo University Of The Arts : Analysis, Interpretation And Performance Techniques, Panjai Chulapan
Journal of Urban Culture Research
This research article discusses selected piano works by Thai and Japanese composers who studied with Klaus Pringsheim (1883-1972) at the Tokyo University of the Arts in Japan around 1931-37. Pringsheim established the conventional Romantic musical language among his students. A few students, including Prasidh Silapabanleng and Komei Abe, also furthered the idea of integrating vernacular musical language in their compositions. Silapabanleng incorporated Thai traditional melodies in many compositions. Abe also interlaced a koto playing technique in his Piano Sonatina No.3 in C minor which required specific musical knowledge and interpretation in order to convey the performance perfectly. This article focuses …
Gangnam (Life)Style As A Global Culture : Consumption And Connections For Upward Mobility, Kyoung-Ho Shin
Gangnam (Life)Style As A Global Culture : Consumption And Connections For Upward Mobility, Kyoung-Ho Shin
Journal of Urban Culture Research
This study examines the political economic and social contexts of lifestyle of cultural consumption in Gangnam area of Seoul, South Korea. By focusing on consumption in the Gangnam area, in which the glitz of successfully riding the wave of globalization has crystallized, this study discerns major cultural and spatial features of the city’s new global urbanism. Whereas the dominant narrative on global cities emphasizes the financial concomitants of globalization in relation to global cities, this study draws attention to cultural dimensions of the dynamics that are manifest in “lifestyle” to which many residents of this global city in East Asia …
Urban Identity Represented By Concept Stores Converted From Machiya In Central Kyoto, Supitsara Intaraksa, Nawit Ongsavangchai
Urban Identity Represented By Concept Stores Converted From Machiya In Central Kyoto, Supitsara Intaraksa, Nawit Ongsavangchai
Journal of Urban Culture Research
The city grid plan of Kyoto gave birth to rectangle street blocks and long narrow land plots for the layout of machiya, a traditional townhouse. From the last two decades, many old buildings in Kyoto including machiya were restored for contemporary use as concept store which widely known for its distinctive design that can represent Kyoto's urban features. This research aims to clarify the relationship between modern concept stores and the traditional urban fabric of Kyoto by selecting nine concept stores as case studies to collect data on-site for doing content analysis from their spatial planning to physical design; …
Historical And Cultural Conditioning Of Building City's Image And Brand On The Example Of Lodz, Jolanta Bienkowska
Historical And Cultural Conditioning Of Building City's Image And Brand On The Example Of Lodz, Jolanta Bienkowska
Journal of Urban Culture Research
The aim of this article is to present, with the example of the city of Łódz, the impact of the narrative of a place led by myths and symbols on the perception of the image and brand positioning. Throughout the research procedure, the historical overview of Łódz was outlined in the forefront. Then, the content of 67 selected texts presenting genealogical myths were analyzed. The confrontation of historical content with myths made it possible to formulate a conclusion that the knowledge of the culture of a place, including myths and symbols, is a database for the analysis of the reasons …
Fashion Collection Design Guidelines For Elderly Women In Bangkok Based On Thai Cultural Heritage, Atthaphon Ponglawhapun, Patcha Utiswannakul
Fashion Collection Design Guidelines For Elderly Women In Bangkok Based On Thai Cultural Heritage, Atthaphon Ponglawhapun, Patcha Utiswannakul
Journal of Urban Culture Research
Aging populations are increasing significantly worldwide, thereby generating aging societies. Certain product categories that interest elderly women in Bangkok include healthcare, lifestyle fashion, and culture. Cultural heritage are recognized as an important tool that can promote products and brand image. Fashion collection design based on cultural heritage concepts or storytelling have more opportunities to succeed in the fashion market. This research investigates two main points: (1) elderly women’s needs and preferences for fashion products and (2) conceptual guidelines for designing a fashion collection based on Thai cultural heritage. The sample population of this study included 439 elderly women from Bangkok. …
Thai Folk Theatre’S Contribution To Wellness Support: A Case Study Of Likay Performance For Hypertension Education, Anukoon Rotjanasuksomboona, Pithi Chanvorachote
Thai Folk Theatre’S Contribution To Wellness Support: A Case Study Of Likay Performance For Hypertension Education, Anukoon Rotjanasuksomboona, Pithi Chanvorachote
Journal of Urban Culture Research
This work demonstrates the employment of Likay, a folk theatre performance, as an educational tool for promoting the awareness of hypertension in elderly Thais. Utilizing interdisciplinary approaches across the academic fields of health science and the performing arts, this project created a Likay production dealing with the topic of hypertension and related medical information. Fifty elderly people from the Ta Ma Prang subdistrict, Kaeng Khoi district of Saraburi province, Thailand, were included in this study. A survey questionnaire was distributed prior to and after the performance to monitor the improvement of understanding as well as the awareness of hypertension …
Journal Policies, Jucr Staff
Artistic Yarn Portraitures On Streetism In Ghana – Highlighting The Struggles Of Street Children, Edem Afful, Edem Kwami Buami, Akosua Mawuse Amankwah, Ebenezer Kofi Howard
Artistic Yarn Portraitures On Streetism In Ghana – Highlighting The Struggles Of Street Children, Edem Afful, Edem Kwami Buami, Akosua Mawuse Amankwah, Ebenezer Kofi Howard
Journal of Urban Culture Research
Textile art is widely used by artists to communicate a message. This concept simply employs materials and techniques unconventionally to produce works of art that strives to gain the attention of viewers.This project exercised the concept where yarns of different textures were used in the production of works of art that falls in the ambits of textile art. These works communicate the emotional state and ordeals street children undergo on the streets of Kumasi. The philosophical underpinnings of each textile art seeks to draw the attention of citizens about the struggle of these children in our society and support to …
Smart Band Technology : A Music-Based Activity For The Thai Elderly, Pornprapit Phoasavadi
Smart Band Technology : A Music-Based Activity For The Thai Elderly, Pornprapit Phoasavadi
Journal of Urban Culture Research
The Smart Band Application is a music application paired with a hardware device designed for the Thai elderly at foster care homes to enhance group participation in musical-based activities. It is small, wireless (or wired) and easily attached to most instruments that produce pitches. For this research a set of eight angklungs (a SE Asia bamboo tube shaker instrument) covering the range from C to high C was selected. Angklungs are affordable, easy to play and have an appealing sound. Eight Smart Band devices, which consist of a set of sensors and vibrators, were attached to the angklungs to collect …
The Arts In Times Of Crisis, Bussakorn Binson
The Arts In Times Of Crisis, Bussakorn Binson
Journal of Urban Culture Research
No abstract provided.
Living With Inundation And Dehydration : Comparison Of The Adaptive Landscape In The Chao Phraya And The Bangpakong River Deltas, Ariya Aruninta, Hajime Matsushima
Living With Inundation And Dehydration : Comparison Of The Adaptive Landscape In The Chao Phraya And The Bangpakong River Deltas, Ariya Aruninta, Hajime Matsushima
Journal of Urban Culture Research
This paper compares the research outcomes regarding the two river deltas in the central part of Thailand: the Chao Phraya River – CPR and the Bangpakong River – BPR. The most common feature of the river deltas in this region is an ecosystem landscape that fluxuates throughout the year. These river dynamics are known as the pulse flow, which influences the way of life of riverfront communities and agriculture. The pulse differences are high and low in magnitude on the scale of a day, a lunar calendar month, annual seasons, a century, or even a longer period. The objectives of …
The Musical Status Of The Roma In Primorje-Gorski Kotar County (Republic Of Croatia), Ines Cvitkovic Kalanjoš
The Musical Status Of The Roma In Primorje-Gorski Kotar County (Republic Of Croatia), Ines Cvitkovic Kalanjoš
Journal of Urban Culture Research
The Roma are the most populous minority group in Europe and have lived in the territory of the modern-day's Republic of Croatia for 700 years. This study is based on cultural and musical research in the area of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, with an emphasis on the conurbations of Rijeka, Delnice, Crikvenica and Novi Vinodolski. This paper asks what the musical position of the Roma in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County is and how this is reflected in their music and in musical interaction with other Roma and non-Roma. The work gives an overview of the musical life of the Roma and takes …
Surviving Festival Disruptions : The Transformation Of The New Life | Performance Cultural Ecosystem In Contemporary Bangkok Due To The 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic, Pornrat Damrhung
Surviving Festival Disruptions : The Transformation Of The New Life | Performance Cultural Ecosystem In Contemporary Bangkok Due To The 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic, Pornrat Damrhung
Journal of Urban Culture Research
This article examines how COVID-19 disrupted the Life | Performance festival in Bangkok in 2020; focusing on changes in three festival components. Viewing the festival as a cultural ecosystem interrupted by the 2020 novel coronavirus, the article will focus on the disruptions forced on three pieces: Eko Supriyanto’s Urban Movement Laboratory, Gecko Parade’s Lindbergh’s Flight and Pichet Klunchun’s No. 60: Exhibition, Lecture | Demonstration. The pandemic-induced disruptions in these performances highlight several important ways that the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the Life | Performance urban festival. Changes occurred in the timing/scheduling, spacing/location, relationship with audiences/viewers and their mode of performance for …
Qualitative Comparative Analysis In The Emotion Of Artistic Creativity : An Analysis Of Isolation In Painting, Fan Zhang, Tetriana Ahmed Fauzi, Muhammad Khizal Saat
Qualitative Comparative Analysis In The Emotion Of Artistic Creativity : An Analysis Of Isolation In Painting, Fan Zhang, Tetriana Ahmed Fauzi, Muhammad Khizal Saat
Journal of Urban Culture Research
This paper highlights the outcomes of the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) of isolation in paintings. A general literature review was conducted to analyze the connection between art, emotion and society in the existing research. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is often used in the organization research of Humanities and Social Sciences and in this study, it is mainly used to analyze the expression of artist’s paintings. This paper makes a detailed analysis of the factors affecting the expression of isolation in paintings. Through the researcher's discussion among the selected Artist’s paintings, the researchers rely on Boolean algebra and take …
Mobility Revisited : The Illusion In Bangkok & Tokyo Transportation – A Comparative Analysis, Chai Skulchokchai
Mobility Revisited : The Illusion In Bangkok & Tokyo Transportation – A Comparative Analysis, Chai Skulchokchai
Journal of Urban Culture Research
This paper argues against the traditional notion of mobility by reinterpreting it through three concepts: Margin of Indeterminacy, Governmobility and Lefebvre’s Production of Space. The author chooses to compare the transportation of Bangkok and Tokyo based on direct experience and the city transportation’s respective notability. The paratransportation and decentralized transportation in Bangkok allows the city to have a wider margin of indeterminacy than Tokyo. By that, people in Bangkok has other alternatives when a major transportation has an issue. Tokyo depends primary on its railway. Foucauldian governmentality argued that mobility is another way where the government governs over the people. …
Art As Soft Power, Bussakorn Binson
Art As Soft Power, Bussakorn Binson
Journal of Urban Culture Research
No abstract provided.
Chiang Mai’S Intangible Cultural Heritage : Urban Revitalization And Cultural Identity In A Northern Thai City, Alexandra Denes, Ajirapa Pradit
Chiang Mai’S Intangible Cultural Heritage : Urban Revitalization And Cultural Identity In A Northern Thai City, Alexandra Denes, Ajirapa Pradit
Journal of Urban Culture Research
Founded in 1296 CE, the walled city of Chiang Mai, Thailand was once the capital of the Lanna kingdom. In the sixteenth century, Chiang Mai’s fortunes waned, and it became a tributary state under the Burmese. This was followed by its incorporation into the Thai nation-state in the twentieth century. One outcome of Chiang Mai’s administrative integration into the Thai nation was the erosion of its distinctive cultural identity. Beginning in the 1980s, key local figures began to collaborate with communities and academic institutions to revitalize Chiang Mai’s intangible cultural heritage, including its craft traditions, rituals, textiles, and dance performances. …
Effects Of Cultural Processes On Heterotopic Spaces : The Case Of Bomonti, Istanbul, Ilgi Toprak, Orhan Hacihasanoglu
Effects Of Cultural Processes On Heterotopic Spaces : The Case Of Bomonti, Istanbul, Ilgi Toprak, Orhan Hacihasanoglu
Journal of Urban Culture Research
The cultural change model covers the cultural change processes and their effects on different spaces in the urban environment. Cultural processes constitute cultural change and may in turn alter the lifestyle of individual human beings and societies. The cultural change model for heterotopic spaces proposes that heterotopic spaces and their close environment physically change by the cultural processes that are taking place in the related society. A case study was conducted in the Bomonti region to obtain the cultural changes and their relations and effects on heterotopic spaces. The Bomonti beer factory which is defined as a heterotopic space in …
Ar-Sculptures : Issues Of Technological Creation, Their Artistic Significance And Uniqueness, Tetiana Sovhyra
Ar-Sculptures : Issues Of Technological Creation, Their Artistic Significance And Uniqueness, Tetiana Sovhyra
Journal of Urban Culture Research
The threat of the Covid-19 epidemic quickly influenced the development of remote working tools using modern IT technologies. This has led to the emergence of a significant number of cultural practices for remote (virtual) use. Among them are experimental attempts to create volumetric virtual models that could be considered sculptures. At the same time, these developments have served the emergence of culturological problems: solving questions of uniqueness, artistic significance of works of this kind. In this regard, this article provides the results of a scientific study of the specifics of creating virtual sculptures, authorship issues and artistic significance of virtual …
Exploring Sound Emission In Shanghai Zoo As A Public Space, Gisa Jähnichen, Paula Stefanini
Exploring Sound Emission In Shanghai Zoo As A Public Space, Gisa Jähnichen, Paula Stefanini
Journal of Urban Culture Research
The existence of zoos in cities provokes different reactions in people. Some view it to be an entertaining place to visit on an off day. Now, more often that people are not in favor of zoos anymore, for even though the idea of seeing wildlife in person is attractive, it is also sad to see these animals encaged and even more so under less optimal conditions. The purpose with this article is to investigate the impact of music and other human sounds in animals subject to captivity in the zoo, and if and how it creates changes in their behavior. …
Conservation Of Row Houses In Old Commercial District Mekong Riverside Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand, Pakorn Pattananurot, Suthon Khongsaktrakun
Conservation Of Row Houses In Old Commercial District Mekong Riverside Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand, Pakorn Pattananurot, Suthon Khongsaktrakun
Journal of Urban Culture Research
The objectives of this research paper are; 1) to study the development of towns & commercial districts, 2) to study the architectural characteristics of the row houses and 3) to propose guidelines for their preservation by studying related theories & research, conducting field surveys & interviewing the owners or tenants. This study found that a group of Chinese immigrant merchants formed a commercial district and built row houses to trade, store and live by the Mekong Riverside & Sunthon Wichit Road. Traditional row houses can be divided into 3 types; 1) Mixed Chinese influenced style of a single storey 2) …
Composition Plus : A Process-Compositional Approach In Music Therapy To Empower Creative Potential, Jos De Backer, Birgit Sebreghts, Katrien Foubert
Composition Plus : A Process-Compositional Approach In Music Therapy To Empower Creative Potential, Jos De Backer, Birgit Sebreghts, Katrien Foubert
Journal of Urban Culture Research
This paper presents a music therapy method Composition Plus, a process-compositional approach that is rooted in the music therapeutic improvisational practice. Composition Plus arose from an increasing need in today’s field of music therapy for short-term treatment models that are approachable and accessible, to guide and empower individuals in their creative capacities. The purpose of this paper is to present the therapeutic and theoretical framework and to illustrate this with (musical) impressions from two cases. Composition Plus exists of a predetermined number of sessions with clearly predefined objectives, split in three subsequent phases. Three core features are underpinning these sessions: …