Teoretiska perspektiv på musik och insomning - En musikvetenskaplig litteraturstudie om möjliga förklarings- och förståelsemodeller
This essay constitutes a literary study investigating how scientific literature within thefield of musicology can benefit to the understanding of how people use music as anaid for sleep and relaxation. Furthermore it aims to answer the question of whatconclusions can be drawn about the music people choose to use in these types ofsituations. The essay depicts the phenomenon of sleep music from several anglesgathered from the literature and investigates several models of understanding howand why people use music as a tool for emotional influence. As a complement to this,and to illustrate the modern usage of music for mind-altering purposes, the essay alsostudies a selection of digital sleeping aids ? apps.The study shows a complexity since the phenomenon can be viewed from severalangles that are not always consistent with each other. However, the study does showand confirm the usefulness of scientific literature within the field of musicology forthe purpose in question, since it shows how people in different contexts have beenaffected emotionally by music, and what available models of understanding this thereare. Finally the study shows that people have, to some extent, a need for individualdesign of their sleep environment, based both on perspectives from the literature andthe study of what functions that are included in the apps.