Rocinha’s contemporary soundscape historical perspective of the social constructions of identity, ethnic influences and behavioral implications in the perspective of Music Therapy

Abstract

The dynamic and complex nature of the inter-territorial relations and contemporary sound of the Rocinha neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, demand ongoing investigations about the way in which they are structured and leads us to question the relativity of movement from the man with the dialogic its acoustic environment. The socio-cultural relations involving the musical practices in anthropological, political and communicational perspectives of the exchanges and symbolic interactions are perceived in building a unique soundscape can be addressed both from the perspective of music therapy as ecological practice as from the perspective of ethnomusicology in participatory-action research. An acoustic ambience constituted by dense interweaving of historical influences, ethnic and stylistic enables also an perception on a construction can cause neurological and physiological reactions impressions that can possibly influence the human circadian rhythm that region