The Thinking Voice Vocal Health Education

In this episode, Robert opens a conversation with Dr Lynn Bursten about her dissertation 'Constructed realities and transformation of consciousness: A holonomic approach'.

Links to materials mentioned:

FLOW, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Open Space Technology by Harrison Owen

Robert Sussuma, Stephen King and Dr Jenevora Williams open up this conversation with the randomly generated topic of ‘awareness’. 

What makes us aware, and what are we aware of? From bats to phenomenology, our hosts dive deep into the world of awareness.

“I did not respond adequately to your question concerning the role of phenomenology in my work. Phenomenology has, in fact, been the major theoretical framework and methodological tool in my research from the beginning. Thus, I described both theory and method most exhaustively in my thesis. This thesis (defended I 1998) was transformed into a book and published by Kluwer Academic Publishers – who later fused into Springer – in 2001. Springer has defined the book as a “classic text” and holds it available upon request in their “Classical Library”. The electronic version is also available in Amazon’s Kindle-Edition.
I mention this book because most of my colleagues have responded that they find the theoretical chapters in my book far too heavy to read. Still, exactly these chapters give insight into both how the in-depth interviews were performed, how my way of asking and responding contributed to the shaping of the text = the data, and how the analysis was done. This analysis, by means of rules and principles in phenomenology, did the most salient job in the whole process: It allowed me to identify the patterns of lived experience inscribed in the bodily structures. Precisely these patterns have by now, twenty years later, been confirmed by means of biomedical tests (stress-research etc.) and neuro-radiological documentation (brain research), clearly demonstrating the reliability and the validity of a phenomenological approach to embodied hardship and integrity violation.
In short: the extensive excerpts from the original interview-transcripts in my thesis may be illuminative as to “how to talk with people whose complex suffering is medically unexplained yet still real”, which may be a basic point of departure in your work, if I got it right. The book: Kirkengen AL. Inscribed Bodies. Springer 2001.
Kind regards from Oslo
Anna Luise”
Useful Links:
https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org
https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/rsa/rape-and-sexual-assault/support-for-victims-of-rape-and-sexual-assault

Robert Sussuma, Stephen King and Dr Jenevora Williams open up the fourth conversation with the randomly generated topic of ‘play’. 
Theory, origins and etymology… what could we consider about play in pedagogy?

Dr Marisa Lee Naismith shares some of her early experiences as a touring rock singer, life on the road wasn’t easy and of course there’s a vocal health story in there.

Robert Sussuma, Stephen King and Dr Jenevora Williams open up the fourth conversation with the randomly generated topic of ‘posture’. 
From racist roots, to bio-tensegrity, what can we learn from exploring posture for singing?

Also, find the October edition of the Vocal Health Education newsletter HERE with some super cool thoughts about posture!