Music therapy dictionary: A place of interdisciplinary encounters [in Greek]

Abstract

Welcome to the Music Therapy Dictionary, a place of interdisciplinary encounters. The starting point for the development of this English-Greek dictionary was the necessity to create a shared language that would clarify terminology and provide recommendations, while at the same time it would support the music therapy discourse, research and education in the Greek language. This initiative draws on Approaches' longstanding work as an English-Greek bilingual journal. The translational dilemmas and choices that inform the dictionary have permeated the efforts and the behind-the-scenes discussions of the team of Approaches from 2008 to the present day aiming to advance the scientific terminology in music therapy.

This undertaking is not intended to be an exhaustive review of all the concepts and terms pertaining to the field of music therapy. It makes a first step by opening up a space for a fertile academic dialogue, where the knowledge and interpretation of foreign language concepts and terms are achieved through opportunities for continuous exchange of ideas, reflection, consideration and re-consideration. Our primary intention is to create through the dictionary a place of interdisciplinary encounters, where concepts, terms, theories and authors from both the field of music therapy and other related fields contribute to an informed documentation, rendering and interpretation of foreign language terms.