TY - JOUR
AU - Carless, David
PY - 2021
DA - October
TI - What can a song bring? Balancing out the picture in pandemic
JO - International Review of Qualitative Research
DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/19408447211049529
AB - How might we personally and collectively contain the burnout and emotional depletion that has arisen as a consequence of COVID-19? For some, the pandemic has been a further stressor on top of pre-existing trauma. Under these circumstances, how can we continue our work of intervening into the challenges and demands that face our communities? Here, I turn to a song – called It’s Alright – written and sung not only as a response, but also as a survival strategy. I try to let its sentiments and sensations wash over me to calm my nervous system. I sing it as a way to self-soothe, to stabilise. I sing it with and for you, on the chance it might be of service.
PB - SAGE Publications
UR - https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/publications/3e46052a-5f7d-4271-b392-d3ca1f434d25
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Mental health and wellbeing
ER