Mindfulness-Based Mobile Meditation Applications and Musical Experience, Meditopia Case

Yaşar Şekerci

doi:10.16878/gsuilet.942895

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Bilinçli Farkındalık Temelli Mobil Meditasyon Uygulamaları ve Müzikal Deneyim: Meditopia Örneği

Öz

Müzik ve meditasyon, insan yaşamında kuşatıcı bir deneyim sunmaktadır. Meditasyonun müzikle olan kuşatıcı devamlılığı, meditasyon pratiğinde uzun bir geçmişe sahiptir. Günümüzde modern kent yaşamında tinsel, rahatlatıcı, odaklanma, iyi olma halini artırıcı veya stresi azaltmayı amaçlayan meditasyon pratiklerine olan ilgi artmaktadır. Müzik ve sese odaklanan meditasyon uygulamalarına yönelik artan bu eğilim, teknolojiyi kullanan farkındalık tabanlı mobil meditasyon uygulamalarının yoğun kullanımı ile devam etmektedir. Bu noktada mobil meditasyon uygulamalarında kişiyi müziğe ve sese yönlendirerek yaratılan müzik deneyimi kritik, merkezi bir rol oynamaktadır. Bu çalışma, meditasyon uygulaması olan Meditopia pratiklerinde “soundscape” müziğin rolünü, ses ve müziğin kaynağı, vokal persona, ses ve ses ortamının tanımlayıcıları ile yetişkin meditasyon uygulamalarının ses ortam kalitesiyle ilişkisini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışmada görev bazlı gözlem ve derinlemesine görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Meditopia uygulamasını ilk kez kullanan ve İstanbul'da yaşayan 4'ü erkek 10'u kadın 14 katılımcı ile görüşmeler uzaktan video yöntemi ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışma, katılımcıların meditasyon uygulamalarında müzik ve sesi temel unsurlar olarak tanımladıklarını göstermiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Applications de Méditation Mobiles Basées sur La Pleine Conscience et Expérience Musicale, Cas de Meditopia

Öz

La musique et la méditation offrent une expérience immersive de la vie humaine. La continuité immersive de la méditation avec la musique a une longue histoire dans la pratique de la méditation. Aujourd'hui, dans la vie urbaine moderne, il y a un intérêt croissant pour les pratiques de méditation qui visent à être spirituelles, relaxantes, concentrées, améliorant le bien-être ou réduisant le stress. La tendance croissante aux pratiques de méditation axées sur la musique et le son se poursuit avec l'utilisation intensive d'applications de méditation mobiles basées sur la pleine conscience utilisant la technologie. À ce stade, l'expérience musicale créée dans les pratiques de méditation mobile en dirigeant statiquement l'individu vers la musique et le son joue un rôle central critique. Cette étude vise à mettre en évidence le rôle de la musique du paysage sonore dans les pratiques de Meditopia - étant une application de méditation - la source du son et de la musique, la personnalité vocale, les descripteurs du son et du paysage sonore et les pratiques de méditation des adultes en relation avec la qualité du paysage sonore. À cet égard, une observation basée sur les tâches et des entretiens approfondis ont été menés dans le cadre de cette étude. Les entretiens ont été réalisés avec 14 participants - 4 hommes et 10 femmes - qui utilisaient l'application Meditopia pour la première fois et résidant à Istanbul ont été interrogés via une méthode vidéo à distance. L'étude a montré que les participants définissaient la musique et le son comme des éléments essentiels de leur pratique de méditation.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Mindfulness-Based Mobile Meditation Applications and Musical Experience, Meditopia Case

Abstract

Music and meditation offer an immersive experience in human life. The immersive continuity of meditation with music has a long history in meditation practice. Today, in modern urban life, there is an increasing interest in meditation practices that aim to be spiritual, relaxing, focusing, well-being enhancing, or stress reducing. The growing trend toward meditation practices focused on music and sound continues with the heavy use of mindfulness-based mobile meditation apps using technology. At this point, the musical experience created in mobile meditation practices by statically directing the individual to music and sound plays a critical central role. This study aims to highlight the role of soundscape music in Meditopia, a meditation application. In this regard, task-based observation and in-depth interviews were conducted in this study. The interviews were completed with 14 participants-4 male and 10 female- using the Meditopia application for the first time and living in Istanbul were interviewed through a remote video method. The study showed that participants defined music and sound as core elements in their meditation practice.

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Araştırma Makalesi

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Yaşar Şekerci ^*
0000-0002-2574-7843
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Mayıs 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

25 Mayıs 2021

Kabul Tarihi

25 Mayıs 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Sayı: 7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.16878/gsuilet.942895

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https://izlik.org/JA94MK78WS

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Şekerci, Y. (2021). Mindfulness-Based Mobile Meditation Applications and Musical Experience, Meditopia Case. Galatasaray Üniversitesi İletişim Dergisi, 7, 85-108. https://doi.org/10.16878/gsuilet.942895