TY - JOUR
T1 - Study Abroad Soundtracks
T2 - Exploring the Role of Music in Cross-Cultural (Re)adaptation among U.S. and International Students
AU - Fanari, Alice
AU - Gahler, Heather
AU - Case, Tiana
AU - Gim, Hyeonchang
AU - Harwood, Jake
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors received financial support from the Graduate and Professional Student Council at the University of Arizona. The authors would like to thank all the participants for being willing to share their stories and experiences of studying abroad.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 World Communication Association.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This study explores the ways music can facilitate cross-cultural transitions in academic sojourns. It builds on music’s specific capacities for emotionally rich experiences, interpersonal connection and synchronization, and universality. Focus groups and interviews with U.S. and international students reveal that music helped students to establish new routines, become open to new genres, learn about the local culture, connect to others, and manage emotions. In a similar way, music facilitated the re-entry and allowed students to memorialize the study abroad experience. Our findings suggest that music can facilitate cross-cultural transitions via individual and collective experiences of music making and listening.
AB - This study explores the ways music can facilitate cross-cultural transitions in academic sojourns. It builds on music’s specific capacities for emotionally rich experiences, interpersonal connection and synchronization, and universality. Focus groups and interviews with U.S. and international students reveal that music helped students to establish new routines, become open to new genres, learn about the local culture, connect to others, and manage emotions. In a similar way, music facilitated the re-entry and allowed students to memorialize the study abroad experience. Our findings suggest that music can facilitate cross-cultural transitions via individual and collective experiences of music making and listening.
KW - Music
KW - adaptation
KW - facilitation
KW - re-entry
KW - study abroad
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U2 - 10.1080/17475759.2022.2028657
DO - 10.1080/17475759.2022.2028657
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122899727
VL - 51
SP - 510
EP - 527
JO - Journal of Intercultural Communication Research
JF - Journal of Intercultural Communication Research
SN - 1747-5759
IS - 5
ER -